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The Asset Management Company of Nigeria has announced that the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) has been sold. Gbenga Alake, the managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of AMCON,…

A three-storey building on Thursday collapsed on Lagos Island, injuring some occupants. The building located on Asesi Lane around the Adeniji Adele Road went down suddenly early Thursday. “Four persons have been…

Ralph Nwosu, founder and pioneer Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has said former Senate President David Mark is leading the coalition to the Presidential Villa. The coalition, which was established to…

President Bola Tinubu this week replaced Idris Olorunnimbe With Tanko Al-Makura as board chairman of the Universal…

The special adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on transportation, Sola Giwa, has granted formal approval for the temporary suspension of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) lane enforcement along the Eko Bridge and Odo…

A few days to the Lagos local government elections, opposition party candidates are still undergoing statutory screening by the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC). Under the electoral guidelines for the…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), on Wednesday, said poverty and food insecurity have risen in Nigeria in the past two years under President Bola Tinubu, even as it lauded fuel subsidy removal and exchange rate…

Tunbosun Awe, an aide to the senator representing Ondo North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Olajide Ipinsagba, has resigned from his appointment. Mr Awe served as a ward liaison officer at Isowopo Ward…

The Presidency on Wednesday described the new opposition coalition, the African Democratic Congress, as a conclave of what it called “internally displaced politicians.” Reacting to the unveiling of the ADC’s new…

Suspected armed bandits have reportedly killed 15 people and injured several others in the Kwallajiya community in Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The fresh armed attack, according to findings by our…

Rotimi Amaechi, former minister of transportation, has resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking with journalists in Abuja on Wednesday after the official adoption of the African Democratic…

The appointment of Rauf Aregbesola, the former minister of interior, as interim secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) — the platform adopted by the opposition coalition — has reaffirmed what had been…

Members from Niger and Kwara states on Wednesday informed the House of Representatives that over 600 persons declared missing in the recent Mokwa flood disaster in Niger State are presumed dead. In a motion of urgent…

Yunusa Tanko, national coordinator of the Obidient Movement Worldwide, says Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in 2023,…

MTN Nigeria has announced a three-year national roaming agreement with Emerging Markets Telecommunications (EMT) Services Limited, enabling 9mobile subscribers to…

Management of Wells Carlton Hotel and Apartments, Asokoro, Abuja, has cancelled Wednesday’s booking to host the adoption of the African Democratic Congress by the National Coalition of Political Opposition…

Nigeria’s downstream petroleum sector is gradually tilting under the firm control of Dangote Refinery as 16 marketers have joined the list of…

Former Senate President David Mark has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Mark disclosed his intention to leave the opposition party in a letter addressed to the PDP ward chairman in Otukpo LGA of Benue…

Nigerian man, Onomen Uduebor, has been sentenced to three years and four months in a United States federal prison for his role in a $140,000 tax refund fraud scheme. The 39-year-old, also known as Onomen Onohi, told the…

The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) says there will be temporary disruption of SIM-related services across all mobile networks in Nigeria. ALTON disclosed this in a statement…

The Jama’atu Nastril Islam, JNI, led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Mohammed Sa’ad Abubakar III, has expressed angst over the high rate of abductions, killings, ethnic violence and resurgence of Boko Haram insurgents in the…

In a renewed push to meet its OPEC production quota and 2025 budgetary targets, the Federal Government on Tuesday declared an end to the era where oil companies acquire field licenses and leave them dormant. The…

Kachalla Yellow Dan-Bokolo, one of Nigeria’s most feared bandit leaders and a close ally and cousin to the infamous bandit kingpin Bello Turji, was killed on June 29 2025, following injuries he sustained during a…

A former Senate President, Senator David Mark, and ex-Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, have been appointed as the interim Chairman and Secretary, respectively, of the African Democratic Congress, the coalition…