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By Dapo Akinrefon LAGOS — Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, on Monday led a delegation to visit leaders of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, in Lagos, ahead of the 2027 elections. Obi was accompanied by former LP governorship candidate in Lagos State, Mr. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour; National Coordinator of the […]

•Shettima says hunger unifies humanity •Pledges enhanced credit access, irrigation expansion, full-time rural jobs By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA—THE Federal Government, yesterday, announced fresh incentives to boost agricultural investment under President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. This is part of ongoing reforms to unlock Nigeria’s vast food production potential through new policies that serve as a […]

…LG Chairman hails CSR, urges emulation By Chioma Obinna & Olasunkanmi Akoni IKEJA — The Chairman of Ikeja Local Government Area, Comrade Akeem Olalekan Dauda (AKOD), has commended Vanguard Media Limited for donating free eyeglasses to members of the Newspapers and Magazines Distributors’ Association of Nigeria (NDAN), Ikeja Zone, describing the gesture as “laudable and […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni A fresh fire outbreak on Tuesday evening gutted a four-storey building, Emab Plaza, located behind Mandilas, Lagos Island. The incident was reported at about 9 pm, prompting the immediate dispatch of all fire crews from the Ebute Elefun Oniru Fire Stations of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service. The cause of […]

Gov Alex Otti of Abia has given automatic employment to nine ex-National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members of Abia origin who received the Presidential Honours awards at the end of their service year. Otti announced the automatic employment while receiving the ex-Corps members, led by the NYSC Coordinator in the state, Mrs. Gladys Adama, in […]

The Coalition of Federal Pensioners of Nigeria has threatened a nationwide naked protest on October 6 if the government fails to implement pension increments and palliatives. The coalition’s National Chairman, Mr Mukaila Ogunbote, announced this during a news conference on Tuesday in Lagos. Ogunbote, who also chairs the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, NIPOST Chapter, stated […]

  More than 10,000 children need treatment for acute malnutrition in Gaza City, where the Israeli army launched a major ground offensive on Tuesday, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported. “The forced and massive displacement of families from Gaza City is a deadly threat to the most vulnerable,” said Tess Ingram, a UNICEF spokeswoman […]

  The Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, Adewole Adebayo, has described President Bola Tinubu as a well-known tax collector. Adebayo, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday, said that Tinubu did tax collection in Lagos as a governor and is doing it now in Abuja as […]

  Kylian Mbappe slammed home two penalties for Real Madrid as the record 15-time winners opened their Champions League campaign with a controversial 2-1 comeback win over Olympique Marseille on Tuesday. Timothy Weah opened the scoring for the French visitors before Mbappe levelled from the spot and Madrid defender Dani Carvajal was sent off for […]

  Top Hollywood studios filed a federal lawsuit on Monday against Chinese artificial intelligence company MiniMax, alleging massive copyright infringement. Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Universal Pictures accuse MiniMax of building what they call a “bootlegging business model” that systematically copies their most valuable copyrighted characters to train its AI system, then profits by generating […]

  Governor Caleb Mutfwang has restated his firm support for the establishment of state police as part of efforts to tackle insecurity across Plateau State and Nigeria at large. Speaking at the special court session marking the commencement of the 2025/2026 legal year in Jos, the governor emphasized that the time for state police has […]

  US President Donald Trump landed in Britain on Tuesday for an unprecedented second state visit at the invitation of King Charles III, AFP journalists said. Air Force One touched down at Stansted Airport near London at 9:07 pm (2007 GMT). On the way, Trump told journalists the visit was “going to be a very […]