Author: Damilola Olufemi

The NNPP has announced it will not be participating in the local government elections taking place on Saturday in Lagos State, citing unresolved internal disputes as the reason for its withdrawal.

The Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) has given the reason behind the non-payment of June salaries for federal civil servants in the country. The OAGF spokesman, Bawa Mokwa, in a statement on Friday, blamed the non-payment of the salaries on technical glitches. Mokwa stated that complaints from workers on the non-receipt of their June salary led to probing the matter, which resulted in some glitches having occurred, particularly for workers using Zenith Bank as their earning accounts. “Upon investigation, it was discovered that the salary payments for employees across various Ministries, Departments, and Agencies, MDAs, were…

The Minister of Art, Culture, and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, has called for the presidency to remain in southern Nigeria beyond 2027, emphasising the need to uphold a sense of fairness and national balance in the country’s political structure. Musawa, who hails from the North, made the statement during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Friday, where she expressed support for the current rotational power arrangement between Nigeria’s northern and southern regions. “After eight years of President Buhari, who is from the North, it was only fair that power shifted to the South,” she said. “Now that President…

Former Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, has reacted to the Supreme Court’s verdict on the 2024 governorship election, affirming Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the governor of the state. According to Obaseki, who was governor of the state between 2016 to 2024, he was sure that the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Asue Ighodalo, won the poll. He said, “I am profoundly grateful to the good people of Edo State and Nigerians for their overwhelming support for the victory, which we believe our party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), its candidate, Dr. Asue Ighodalo and…

he Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the 2024 Edo State governorship election, Asue Ighodalo, has faulted the Supreme Court verdict, describing it as a ‘deliberate and coordinated robbery.’

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced a sweeping 50% tariff on imports from Brazil, escalating tensions between the two nations amid growing criticism of Brazil’s internal political affairs and what Trump described as unfair trade practices. The 50% levy on Brazilian goods would take effect starting August 1. The tariff matches a similar deadline that dozens of other countries are also facing under Trump’s new “reciprocal” trade agenda. In a strongly worded letter to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday, Trump condemned the ongoing legal proceedings against former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, calling them an “international disgrace.”…

The Chief Executive Officer of X (formerly Twitter), Linda Yaccarino, has resigned from her position. Yaccarino’s resignation as the CEO of Elon Musk’s social media platform comes after spending two years in the role. She made known her stepping down via the X platform on Wednesday. However, she did not provide any reason behind her exit. Before her appointment, in May 2023, when Musk bought the X platform in a $44 billion deal, she was a former advertising executive at NBC Universal. Yaccarino officially took over from Musk as the CEO in June 2023. Announcing her exit, Yaccarino tweeted, “After two…

The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has given a strict warning that green card holders with past criminal details face the risk of revocation of their status as lawful permanent residents (LPRs) and a subsequent deportation. The immigration bodies reiterated this to LPRs that having a green card is a privilege, not a right. Nigeria ranks 15th globally as those given green cards The Office of Homeland Security Statistics (OHSS) in a 2024 report disclosed that close to 12.8 million LPRs live in the US, with Nigerians ranking among the top African countries who are LPRs. Nigeria was…

The federal lawmaker representing Benue South, Abba Moro, has expressed his intention not to be a part of the new African Democratic Congress (ADC) but to remain a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Moro, who is also the Senate Minority leader, made this known on Tuesday via his Facebook page. The coalition’s leaders, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ex-Senate President David Mark, former Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido, and other prominent figures within the PDP and the All Progressives Congress (APC), including former Osun state governor, Rauf Aregbesola, who serves as the interim National Secretary of the…

Students desirous of studying Engineering courses have dominated the list of top scorers for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), with the best candidate scoring 375. The list was released on Tuesday by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). According to the JAMB Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, one of the students, Okeke Chinedu Okeke, attained the highest score with 375 out of 400. The JAMB boss noted that Okeke, an indigene of Anambra stated selected the University of Lagos (UNILAG) as his institution of choice and is desirous to study Mechanical Engineering. According to JAMB, followed by Okeke is…