The ongoing All Progressives Congress Senate primary election for Delta North has sparked widespread reactions online after a video appeared to show former Delta State governor Ifeanyi Okowa overwhelmingly defeating Ned Nwoko in a physical headcount of supporters. In the viral footage circulating on social media, an official overseeing the primary process was seen counting…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the names of 47 senatorial aspirants who failed to secure clearance to take part in the party’s Senate primaries for the 2027 general elections. The names were released on Monday in a statement issued by the APC’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka. He explained that the screening was…
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted N100m bail to Nasir el-Rufai, former governor of Kaduna, in the case pertaining to alleged unauthorised access to a telephone conversation involving Nuhu Ribadu, national security adviser (NSA). Among the bail conditions include a surety who must reside in either the Maitama…
The Deputy Mayor of Bende Local Government Area of Abia State, Hon. Mrs. Ngozi Anya, has called out women, accusing them of proudly teaching the next generation of women that the best punishment for a cheating husband is to cheat back. Anya, who stated this in a Facebook post on Sunday, May 17,…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to former Kaduna state governor Nasir El-Rufai over alleged access to a phone conversation involving Nuhu Ribadu, the National Security Adviser (NSA). Justice Joyce Abdulmalik granted the bail on Monday in the sum of N100 million with one surety in like sum. The court said the…
A video showing the moment a security guard physically ass@ulted a lawyer at the Federal High court Abuja today, May 18, has made the rounds on social media. Activist, Omoyele Sowore, who shared the video online, wrote; ‘’The Federal High Court has now been reduced to a center for the dehumanization of lawyers and…
Public school teachers in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, withdrew their services and suspended all academic activities on Monday morning [1]. The industrial action follows the recent abduction of several educators and pupils, and the subsequent killing of a teacher by suspected terrorists. The protesting teachers marched through the streets displaying placards with various inscriptions. They…
American actor A. Russell Andrews has been diagnosed with ALS. The “Insecure” and “Better Call Saul” star revealed the diagnosis during an appearance on CNN’s “The Story Is with Elex Michaelson,” with his fiancée, actress and now caregiver Erica Tazel, by his side. Andrews, 64, revealed he was diagnosed in the fall of…
The Atlantis community in South Africa is reeling after an 11-year-old girl gave birth, allegedly as a result of s3xual abuse by her mother’s boyfriend. The child, who gave birth last week, has since been removed from her home and placed in a place of safety. The 32-year-old suspect made a brief appearance…
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has condemned the alleged assault on doctors and other healthcare workers at the Emergency Department of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo State. In a press statement issued on Monday, May 18, and signed by its President, Dr. Mohammad Usman Suleiman, NARD described the incident, which occurred on Friday,…
