Isa Pantami, former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and emerged as the party’s governorship candidate for the 2027 election in Gombe State. Pantami secured the PDP ticket during the party’s governorship primary on Tuesday in Gombe through a voice affirmation process. Announcing the outcome, Gregory Yenlong, chairman…
Telecommunications subscribers across Nigeria have regained access to emergency airtime lending services as major operators, Airtel and Glo, quietly restored the platforms following the suspension of the controversial Digital, Electronic, Online or Non-Traditional Consumer Lending (DEON) Regulations 2025 by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC). The development comes amid mounting legal pressure…
An X user has stirred reactions online after revealing that his niece allegedly became upset in their family group chat after he stopped sending her money while continuing to support her older sister. According to him, he decided to stop the financial support after seeing the teenager post videos of herself kissing a boy…
An eyewitness captured the moment a car on the edge of a broken bridge fell into a fast-flowing river below. The incident happened in central China on Monday, May 25. The broken-down vehicle in the Hubei province was captured on camera teetering on a fractured bridge before the structure gave way, sending the car into…
Defending champions Argentina and England will have their World Cup teams based in Kansas City under a list of training sites announced by FIFA . The record 48 teams competing in the global football showdown that begins next month will have 39 teams based in the United States, seven more based in Mexico, and…
Men of the Ogun State Area Command 1 of the Nigeria Customs Service, Idiroko, have intercepted a luxury passenger bus loaded with suspected military camouflage uniforms, cannabis sativa, and other prohibited items allegedly smuggled into the country. Disclosing this to newsmen, the acting area controller of the command, Oladapo Afeni, said the bus, which…
The United States launched new “self-defense” strikes on Iran, the U.S. military said Monday night, May 25, potentially complicating negotiations to end the war that President Donald Trump launched in February. Navy Capt. Tim Hawkins, a military spokesman, said in a statement that the strikes occurred in southern Iran “to protect our troops from threats…
Ferrari has presented its first fully electric car, marking a high-stakes shift by the luxury sports car maker as competitors including Porsche and Lamborghini scale back their EV ambitions, citing weak demand. The four-door Luce, Italian for ‘light’, was developed with the help of former Apple design chief Jony Ive and his collective LoveFrom,…
Uche Nnaji, the former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, has emerged as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State ahead of the 2027 elections. Nnaji won the PDP governorship primary after polling 7,424 votes, defeating Samson Nnamani, who received 600 votes. The election was held across the 17 local…
Linton Weirich, who went viral for having s£x with a guard at HMP Wandsworth, has spoken out about the effect of the incident on his life. In 2024 Weirich was filmed having s£x with married prison officer Linda De Sousa Abreu in an explicit clip that was widely circulated online, sparking a police investigation. Linda De…
