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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has suspended Hon. Nname Ewor, the Caretaker Committee, CTC, Chairman in Rivers State, for aligning with the recently expelled Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. Ewor was suspended both as caretaker chairman and as a party member for actions deemed capable of undermining the PDP in the state. Following the suspension, the CTC Secretary, Ogbam Ojimah, has assumed the role of Acting Chairman. Ojimah stated that Ewor effectively resigned from his position through actions that contradicted the party’s stance on Wike. Speaking after an emergency CTC meeting on Saturday, Ojimah reaffirmed the committee’s…
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command says its operatives on January 2, 2026, foiled an armed robbery attack on a petrol station located along Ikot Ekpene Road by Ikot Ekang Junction, Abak Local Government Area of the state, and recovered firearms. The command added that the operatives neutralised one of the suspects during a gun battle, while the remaining five suspects escaped with bullet wounds. The Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Timfon John, who disclosed this in a statement issued in Uyo on Saturday, said the command acted on credible intelligence. According to her, “At about 1947 hours, the criminal…
Popular singer Skales has debunked rumours that his colleague, Burna Boy, gifted him N600,000 during a financial struggle. Skales claimed that the rumour was orchestrated by a Burna Boy’s fan on X, formerly Twitter. The singer stated this while speaking on the negative impacts of social media and fake news on the music industry in a recent interview on the Adesope Live show. “There was a time I had to reach out to a Burna Boy fan on Twitter, I think his name is Benny or something. I asked him what I had done to him to warrant the hate…
Senegal avoided a shock elimination from the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, after they came from behind to beat Sudan 3-1 in their Round of 16 fixture on Saturday evening. The Teranga Lions were behind as early as the sixth minute after Aamir Abdallah Yunis curled in the opening goal. But they went into the break in front, thanks to two goals from Papa Gueye in the 29th and 45th minutes of play. In the second half, Ibrahim Mbaye added a third as Senegal progressed into the next round. They will now take on the winner of the Tunisia vs…
Private petroleum depots across Lagos and other key fuel trading hubs have raised the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) to as high as N800 per litre, Sunday PUNCH can report. Data obtained from petroleumprice.ng on Saturday showed that the average cost of petrol at private depots increased sharply within 48 hours, tightening margins for marketers and raising fresh concerns over an imminent spike in retail pump prices nationwide. In Lagos, Dangote depot, which consistently offers the lowest petrol price sold PMS at N703 per litre on Friday, up from N702.50 on Wednesday, December 31, 2025. While the increase…
The Nigeria Customs Service, Apapa Area Command, in a joint operation with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, has intercepted 30.1 kilograms of cocaine at the Apapa Port in Lagos. The illicit drug, packaged in 30 slabs, was discovered aboard MV Aruna, a Marshall Islands-flagged vessel, at the Greenview Terminal on the first working day of the year. The seizure was made known in a statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Chief Superintendent of Customs, Isah Sulaiman, which was posted on the official X account of the Nigerian Customs Service on Saturday. “Officers of the Nigeria Customs Service…
Abubakar Malami, Nigeria’s immediate past Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, spent the Christmas and New Year festivities behind bars. If you are keeping score, this means that by the time his bail application is heard by the Federal High Court in Abuja this Wednesday, Malami would have been without his liberty and swagger for over one month. Just two years ago, this would have been unimaginable. For eight years, he was effectively Nigeria’s most powerful government official. No, not President Muhammadu Buhari. Not Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. Those men were the constitutional leaders, of course, and in addition, Osinbajo was the…
The Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State has suspended its Caretaker Committee Chairman, Robinson Ewor, for aligning with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. Ewor had recently accused Governor Siminalayi Fubara of deceiving party leaders and supporters over the political crisis that engulfed the state, saying the governor falsely created the impression that he could wrest political control from Wike, only to later abandon the party at the height of the turmoil. He also alleged that party stakeholders were misled into believing the governor was prepared for a showdown with Wike, saying its leaders were left stranded…
Nigerian Exchange Limited has announced the results of its full-year review of major market indices, a move aimed at improving market tracking, liquidity, and portfolio management for investors. The review, which took effect at the opening of trading on Friday, January 2, 2025, covers the NGX 30, NGX Lotus Islamic, NGX Pension, NGX Pension Broad Index, Corporate Governance Index, Afrinvest Bank Value Index, Afrinvest Dividend Yield Index, Meristem Growth Index, Meristem Value Index, as well as the Exchange’s five sectoral indices: Banking, Insurance, Industrial, Consumer Goods, and Oil & Gas. Following the rebalancing, Guinness Nigeria Plc was admitted into the…
Super Eagles defender Igoh Ogbu has admitted his disappointment with Nigeria’s lack of clean sheets at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations, despite the team’s perfect group stage record, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Nigeria finished the group phase with nine points from three matches, scoring eight goals but conceding four, a defensive return that has left Ogbu unsatisfied even as the team progressed comfortably to the knockout stage. Speaking to Ademola Victor TV, the 25-year-old centre-back said conceding a goal against an Ugandan side reduced to ten men was frustrating from a defender’s perspective. “Every defender wants to have a…
