By Rafiyat Sadiq The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted Ali Bello, nephew of former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello, permission to travel to the United Kingdom for medical treatment. Ali Bello, who currently serves as Chief of Staff to the Kogi State Governor Usman Ododo, is on trial for an alleged N3 billion …
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has mourned the death of former Super Eagles goalkeeper Peter Rufai, who passed away at the age of 61. Rufai, fondly known as “Dodomayana”, was one of Nigeria’s most celebrated football legends. In a statement released by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, President Tinubu extended …
The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID), based in Lomé, has approved a $100 million (₦153 billion) billion) loan for the construction of a 47.7-kilometre section of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway in Nigeria. This funding represents a key milestone in Nigeria’s goal to complete the 700 km highway by 2028. EBID announced the loan …
By Rafiyat Sadiq The Labour Party (LP) has issued a dramatic 48-hour ultimatum to its 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, demanding that he resign his membership, following his reported involvement in a new political coalition. In a strongly worded statement on Wednesday, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, disavowed any connection to the emerging …
By Rafiyat Sadiq The 2023 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dumebi Kachikwu, has criticised former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and other political figures over the adoption of the ADC as the platform for the recently unveiled National Opposition Coalition. Kachikwu, in a statement on Wednesday cited by Pinnacle Daily, said he …
Despite standing directives from the federal government, Nigerian graduates posted to Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) under the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme continue to face rejection, delay, and outright neglect—frustrating a generation of youth eager to serve. Over three years after Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, then Director-General of NYSC, warned MDAs against …
By Ubong Usoro The world of football stands united in grief after the devastating news that Diogo Jota, 28, and his brother André Silva, 25, died in a tragic car crash in Cernadilla, Zamora, Spain. The accident reportedly happened when the brothers’ Lamborghini suffered a tyre blowout while overtaking, veered off the A‑52 motorway, and …
By Sunday Michael Ogwu Customer complaints lodged with electricity distribution companies (DisCos) across Nigeria have fallen by 22.7% over a three-quarter period—from Q2 2024 to Q1 2025—even as persistent issues around metering, billing, and service interruptions remain dominant concerns among consumers. An analysis of official complaint data released by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) …
By Sunday Michael Ogwu The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has announced a major milestone in the ongoing Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Gas Pipeline Project, with the successful crossing of the River Niger—a key engineering challenge that signals steady progress toward project completion by the fourth quarter of 2025. Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC …
By Ubong Usoro The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has attributed the ongoing strike by primary school teachers in Abuja to the constitutional autonomy of local government councils. He argued that this autonomy restricts his office from intervening effectively. Speaking during a press briefing in Abuja, Wike voiced frustration over the …
