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Queen Elizabeth II of England is dead. The development was announced on Thursday in a statement by the royal family. “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow,” the statement reads. Queen Elizabeth […]

The national executive committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has passed a vote of confidence in the national working committee (NWC) of the party.  Ndudi Elumelu, minority leader of the house of representatives, moved the motion at the NEC meeting on Thursday.  The motion, which was seconded by Ishola Balogun-Fulani, […]

Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, says it is against the constitution of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the national chairman and presidential candidate to come from the same region. Wike spoke on Thursday at the inauguration of a campus of the Rivers State University in Ahoada east LGA of the state. […]

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ), has dismissed allegations that some military personnel and security agencies are involved in oil theft and illegal oil bunkering in the Niger Delta region. Fielding questions from journalists on the operations of the military, Jimmy Akpor, director of defence information, said the allegations were unfounded. According to NAN, Akpor […]

The Competition and Consumer Protection (CCPC) Tribunal sitting in Abuja has ordered MultiChoice Nigeria Limited to pay N25 million fine for violating a restraining order. Multichoice is the owner of the satellite television services, DStv and GOtv — popular subscription-based platforms in Nigeria. In a ruling on Thursday, a three-member panel of […]

Adolphus Wabara, former senate president, has been named the new chairman of the board of trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The announcement was made at a meeting of the PDP BoT which was held on Thursday at the opposition party’s national secretariat in Abuja. Wabara takes over from Walid Jibrin, […]

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) says its members are losing jobs over the prevailing oil theft bedevilling the country. Festus Osifo, president, PENGASSAN, said this on Wednesday in Abuja at a press conference heralding its new advocacy programme themed “Chasing Oil Thieves and Vandals out of Business”. […]

The pre-order platform for Simon Kolawole’s maiden book, ‘Fellow Nigerians, It’s All Politics’, is now live on the website of Roving Heights, the nation’s most respected bookstore. Cable Books, the book publishing arm of TheCable, said while the cover prices for paperbacks and hardbacks are N6,000 and N9,000 respectively, there will be a […]

Police constables, on Wednesday, held a protest in Osun state over alleged non-payment of their salaries. According to NAN, the police constables marched through some areas in Osogbo, the Osun capital, carrying placards with inscriptions that read ‘Pay our Salaries Now’, ‘Some are Dead’, ’18 Months, No Stipends’, and ‘Pay Us our Stipends […]