The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has revealed that he assumed the position on the instrumentality of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Abbas said that the support of Tinubu came even when he didn’t have any personal relationship with him. This unexpected backing from the President has been attributed to Tinubu’s […]
Swansea City Football Club has confirmed that Luka Modrić has invested as a minority shareholder of the club. The previous Ballon d’Or winner and Croatian midfielder is bringing his leadership, football passion, and experience to the Championship club. As Swansea City said in a statement, “Luka’s leadership, knowledge, and passion for football […]
Irate investors filled the Oke Ado area of Ibadan on Monday in a state of tension as they stormed the office of CBEX, a computer investment and trading website, in fury over the failure of the company and inability to refund customers’ funds. The protest later turned to looting as valuables and assets in […]
In a strategic deal to scale up Nigeria’s infrastructure financing and unlock long-term domestic capital, the United Kingdom, through its Mobilising Institutional Capital Through Listed Product Structures (MOBILIST) programme, has invested ₦9.5 billion (approximately $6 million) in Nigeria’s Infrastructure Credit Guarantee Company Limited (InfraCredit). The investment is a critical milestone under InfraCredit’s total ₦64 […]
Nigerian artist, Peter Okoye, one half of the defunct musical duo P-Square, testified against his older brother and former manager, Jude Okoye, on Monday in a highly publicized ₦1.38 billion money laundering trial. In front of Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court in Lagos, Mr. Okoye, also known as Mr. P, accused […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum has rejected proposals for a coalition or merger with other political parties ahead of the 2027 general election. By opting to go it alone, the PDP is signaling its confidence in its ability to challenge the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) without needing to form alliances […]
Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe was hospitalized towards the end of last week with pneumonia. The 47-year-old was hospitalized for a few days of illness. He will therefore be absent for the subsequent two Premier League matches against Crystal Palace and Aston Villa. Howe sat out Newcastle’s 4-1 victory at Manchester United on Saturday, […]
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has emphatically disowned reports being circulated on the social media that it owed late Nigerian football icon, Christian Chukwu, the sum of $128,000 at the time of his death. The disavowal follows as the general public continues to question how late national sports legends are treated. Chukwu, whom everyone […]
Harvard University has come out boldly against a series of far-reaching policy demands issued by the Trump administration, a stance that now threatens nearly $9 billion in federal funding. The administration had issued the demands in an effort to overhaul the university’s policies concerning diversity, student protests, campus governance, and antisemitism, citing alleged civil […]
As the dust of the lynching of some armed travellers in Edo State is yet to settle, operatives of the Edo State Security Network have apprehended four armed travelers in Benin City, sparking concerns about the safety and security of the state. The suspects, identified as Yusuf Abdulkarim, Mujaheed Garba, Shittu Idris, […]
