Venezuela court declared Rodriguez acting president after Maduro seized by US
Venezuela’s Supreme Court has ordered Vice President Delcy Rodriguez to temporarily assume presidential powers in a bid to preserve administrative continuity following the dramatic seizure of President Nicolas Maduro by…
Blind girl adopted by comrade Oshiomhole in 2011 graduates with law degree
Fourteen years after former Edo State Governor and now Senator representing Edo North, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, publicly adopted a nine-year-old blind schoolgirl, Joyce Imasuen Osaivbie, at a disability rights lecture,…
Wike bit Fubara, says ‘barking dogs’ made him governor
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Saturday launched a sharp attack on Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, saying the same political forces now derided as…
‘No Gree…’ Here for good
By Tunde Akanni “Like play…”, as they say, Dangote emerges the Man of the Year 2025!A consumerist perspective, you may say. But who could have imagined that the 2024 Gen…
Kwara police arrest three suspects for burning idol worshipper’s house
Kwara State Police Command has arrested three suspected arsonists for burning the property of a traditional worshipper in Ilorin, the state capital. Before the eventual arrest of the suspects, there…
USA graduates 650 students
The Universal School of Aviation has graduated about 650 students at its 14th convocation and awards ceremony held at its headquarters in Lagos. In a statement made available to newsmen,…
Nigerians spent N130bn on Schengen visa applications –Report
About N130bn was spent by Nigerians on Schengen visa applications over the past 11 years. According to figures compiled by SchengenVisaInfo.com from European Commission data, Nigerian applicants spent a total…
Construction sector generates N13.83tn to GDP in 2025
The construction sector generated N13.83tn in nominal terms to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product in the first nine months of 2025, recording a real growth rate of 5.57 per cent, higher…
Banks closed 229 branches
Nigeria’s banking industry shut 229 physical branches in one year as customers increasingly turned to Point of Sale terminals for their daily transactions.This is according to the Central Bank of…
ADC membership surge after Obi’s defection
The defection of the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to the African Democratic Congress has begun to boost the party’s political strength in the South, with no fewer…