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The Independent National Electoral Commission on Friday updated its portal to reflect the leadership of the Peoples Redemption Party, formally recognising Hakeem Baba-Ahmed as the party’s National Chairman, alongside other newly elected members of its National Working Committee. The development followed a wave of protests and public outcry by party supporters over the omission of the new executives from the commission’s records, barely 24 hours after concerns were raised. The PRP, one of Nigeria’s oldest surviving political parties, had elected the former Special Adviser on Political Matters to Vice-President Kashim Shettima as its national chairman during a convention held in…
The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) has suspended a priest, Reverend Ifunaya Maduka, from office as Vicar of St Paul’s Parish, Nteje, in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State. Maduka was suspended for six months without pay by the church over alleged fake miracles and arrangee prophesies and his involvement in “practices grossly unbecoming” of an ordained priest of the Anglican Communion. The church under the leadership of Rt. Rev. Owen Nwokolo (Bishop on the Niger), accused the priest of performing “arranged and manipulated” prophecies and miracles by involving people he knows and pays for the act while presenting…
The year before the general election is a time when people and organisations experience the pressure that pushes them to reveal their character. This year is no exception, and you can already see that in the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation’s threat to media houses. In a statement they recently issued to electronic broadcasting stations across the country, the NBC warned them to adhere to the media broadcasting code, or face sanctions. The way they cautioned media houses not to incite crime or public disorder, one would be forgiven for concluding that the disorder in Nigeria is the fault of media houses.…
A member of the House of Representatives, Leke Abejide, has resigned from the African Democratic Congress (ADC), citing prolonged internal crises, legal disputes, and leadership uncertainty within the party. Abejide, who represents Yagba East/Yagba West/Mopamuro Federal Constituency of Kogi State, announced his decision on Friday while addressing journalists at his residence in Abuja. Although he did not formally declare his next platform, he is widely expected to join the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the coming weeks. Describing his exit as difficult but inevitable, the lawmaker said the move was necessary to safeguard his political future. “It is a painful…
Nigerian business leader and Chief Executive Officer of ELIN Group, Dr Elizabeth Jack-Rich, has positioned Africa as central to the future of the global Artificial Intelligence economy. She argued that the continent’s resource base and industrial potential will play a defining role in shaping the next phase of technological advancement. This was contained in a statement she personally signed on Thursday. Speaking at the UNLEASH Global Business Conference 2026, held on April 25 at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Centre in Washington, DC, Jack-Rich challenged conventional narratives around AI, stressing that its foundations extend far beyond software. “Everyone discusses AI…
The United Nations Population Fund has partnered with the Sokoto State Government to train 500 young women as community midwives under a scholarship scheme aimed at improving maternal healthcare and reducing mortality in rural communities. The initiative was unveiled on Tuesday during the 8th Sokoto State Council on Health meeting organised by the state government in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund and other development partners. The programme, tagged the Community Midwifery Scholarship and Bonding Scheme in Sokoto State, will see 500 beneficiaries from rural communities receive full scholarships to study community midwifery, with 250 to be enrolled in…
Barcelona coach, Hansi Flick, celebrated the return of winger Raphinha from injury on Friday as the Catalans close in on the Spanish title. Flick’s team are 11 points clear of second-place Real Madrid and can win a second successive La Liga title this weekend if they beat Osasuna on Saturday and Los Blancos drop points at out-of-form Espanyol the following day. Raphinha suffered a hamstring injury while playing for Brazil in March, which left him sidelined as Barcelona were knocked out of the Champions League by Atletico Madrid in the quarter-finals. Barca face Real Madrid on May 10 in a…
Nollywood actress Bimbo Ademoye has confronted a group of area boys who stormed her outdoor film shoot at a location that could not be independently verified, demanding money from the production crew. A video of the incident went viral on X after it was shared by user #Usmanashafe on Thursday, drawing widespread reaction and reigniting concerns about thug extortion on Nigerian film sets. In the clip, Ademoye stood her ground against the men, who are seen making aggressive demands for a “settlement”, a common extortion tactic used against movie crews shooting in public or community spaces across Lagos. The actress,…
The 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, has drawn mixed reactions from education stakeholders, who commended some reforms but faulted recurring technical and logistical challenges. The examination, which held from Thursday, April 16 to Saturday, April 25, 2026, had about 2.2 million candidates across 966 accredited Computer-Based Test centres nationwide, with a mock UTME earlier conducted on March 28. Speaking, the founder of Meclones College, Lagos, Ebenezer Mbamalu, said JAMB recorded some progress in enforcing standards during the exercise. Mbamalu commended the introduction of improved biometric verification and real-time monitoring, which he said…
The telecom sector is facing renewed regulatory pressure as authorities push operators to step up investment amid persistent network strain and rising data demand, JUSTICE OKAMGBA reports Nigeria’s telecom regulator is pressing mobile operators to inject additional capital into their networks, escalating pressure on an industry already engaged in a multi-billion-dollar investment cycle but still struggling to keep pace with surging data demand and persistent service quality gaps. The directive from the Nigerian Communications Commission reflects growing concern that, while recent infrastructure spending has delivered some improvements, these gains have not yet been fully felt by users across Africa’s largest…
