Politics

Wabara’s PDP BoT calls emergency NEC meeting amid leadership dispute

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees, led by Sen. Adolphus Wabara, has summoned an emergency National Executive Committee meeting for Monday. Wabara spoke on Sunday in Abuja during…

Economy

Tinubu seeks Senate approval for fresh $516m Sokoto–Badagry Highway loan request

Tinubu asked lawmakers to approve a $516,333,007 financing package from Deutsche Bank and incorporate it into the federal government’s existing borrowing plan already endorsed by the legislature. By Deborah Hassan …

Sports

Doctor urges singer Portable to undergo brain scan after celebrity boxing defeat

A Canada-based Nigerian doctor, Arinze Onwumelu, has urged  singer Portable to undergo a brain scan following  the fierce celebrity boxing match between him and  skit maker Carter Efe. The high-intensity…

Entertainment/Showbiz

Mrs Alao-Akala sets Ibadan aglow with 22-year old spiritual legacy

By Kehinde Emmanuel The former First Lady of Oyo State, Chief (Mrs) Oluwakemi Alao-Akala, recently set Ibadan aglow as she hosted the 22nd edition of her annual Unlimited Praise programme.…

Security

Navy cracks down on oil thieves, militants in Niger Delta

The Nigerian Navy has intensified its crackdown on crude oil theft and maritime crimes, destroying illegal refining sites and dismantling militant hideouts across Rivers, Bayelsa and Cross River states. This…

General News

killings: Ebonyi Govt lifts 3 months curfew in Amasiri/Okporojo

Ebonyi Government has lifted the over three months curfew imposed on Amasiri community, following the violent boundary clash and killings in Okporojo, Edda Local Government of the state. The lifting…

Opinions/Columnists

A mini-Nigeria in Asaba

Cable Point, better known in the good old days as Wire, is one of the most iconic and culturally mixed neighbourhoods in Nigeria  By Sylvester Asoya In 1978, Mallam Mohammed…