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Douye Diri, Governor of Bayelsa State, has directed the immediate removal of Okosughe Benson Eseimokumo, Paramount Ruler of Ogboinbiri Community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, following Tuesday’s violent conflict that engulfed the community. Diri handed down the punishment on Thursday during the April 2026 Praise Night at the King of Glory Chapel in Government […]

L-R: Anderson Ukeh, NDDC Abia State Office Director; Dimkpa Eruba, Abia State Representative on NDDC board; Inyeka Obioha, Training Consultant; Freeman Okwurakpo, NDDC Assistant Director procurement. The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has continued to campaign for policy reforms and the digitization programme. The Commission has extended the sensitisation programme for Niger Delta stakeholders of […]

      Amid rising scrutiny over the overlap between faith and politics, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has drawn a firm line insisting the First Lady’s place in the church is rooted in doctrine, not political power. Adeboye declared that Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, […]

Nigeria’s leading payments platform, OPay Digital Services Ltd., has enlisted Wall Street heavyweights Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, and JPMorgan Chase to lead its planned initial public offering in the United States, according to people familiar with the matter. The SoftBank-backed fintech is targeting a valuation of approximately $4 billion for the share sale, which could take […]

The Trump administration has introduced further restrictions on potential asylum seekers by requiring US visa applicants to confirm they do not fear persecution in their home countries. The administration’s goal is to prevent individuals from using non-immigrant visas as a means to claim asylum once they reach US soil. According to a diplomatic notice sent […]

Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has plunged into a fresh leadership crisis following a judgment by the Supreme Court of Nigeria that invalidated its national leadership structures and triggered an emergency takeover by its Board of Trustees (BoT). In a development on Thursday, the apex court voided the party’s November 2025 […]

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has reaffirmed that Iran will participate in the 2026 FIFA World Cup and play its scheduled matches in the United States, despite ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Iran’s involvement had been cast into doubt following reported military escalations involving the United States and Israel earlier this year. However, Infantino […]

A fresh wave of defections is reshaping Jigawa State’s political landscape, with two longstanding members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) crossing over to the All Progressives Congress (APC), reinforcing the ruling party’s growing dominance. Governor Umar Namadi formally received the defectors—Sani Haru Babura from Babura Local Government Area and Mustapha Sule Tankarkar from Sule […]

Julian Alvarez’s second-half penalty earned Atletico Madrid a 1-1 draw against Arsenal in their UEFA Champions League semi-final first-leg clash at the Civitas Metropolitano in Madrid on Wednesday. Viktor Gyokeres gave the Premier League leaders the advantage from the penalty spot just before half-time after being fouled, but Alvarez levelled 10 minutes into the second […]

When global thought leaders and senior data governance professionals gathered in Australia recently for the Institute of Information Management (IIM) Global Network Annual Conference, charting a new course for AI and Data Ethics was the focus of discussions. The conference which had as theme, ‘AI-Driven Transformation: Strengthening Public Trust, Ethics, and Data Resilience in a […]