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President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to screen and confirm Zainab Marwa as a member of the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Ms Marwa is expected to represent the North-east geopolitical zone on the commission’s board, filling the vacancy left by Abdulrazak Namdas’s resignation in March to pursue his governorship ambition in Adamawa State. The president’s request was contained in a letter read by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, during Thursday’s plenary. In the letter, Mr Tinubu said the nomination was made in accordance with Section 2 of the Niger Delta Development Commission Establishment Act…
The presidency on Thursday confirmed the arrest of one Ifechukwu Dennis for allegedly originating the AI generated audio of President Bola Tinubu. The audio, which was attached to a fake video of a social media critic, Martins Vincent Otse popularly known as Verydarkman VDM had caused backlash online. President Tinubu’s media aide, Bayo Onanuga had shared the AI video, threatening legal action against VDM. In a post on Facebook on Thursday night, Bayo said the originator of the audio was arrested in Benin City. He wrote, “The IGP crack team has arrested Ifechukwu Dennis who originated the fake voice that…
Four members of the House of Representatives from Bauchi State have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the Allied Peoples Movement, APM. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, read the defection notices during plenary on Thursday. The defected lawmakers are Muhammed Shehu (Zaki federal constituency), Aliyu Garu (Bauchi federal constituency), Sani Tanko (Shira/Giade federal constituency), and Mansur Soro (Darazo/Ganjuwa federal constituency). Similarly, the lawmaker representing Akwanga/Nasarawa Eggon/Wamba federal constituency of Nasarawa State, Jeremiah Umaru, also defected from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Social Democratic Party, SDP. DAILY POST reports that several lawmakers in…
Benfica have confirmed that Real Madrid have to pay €15million if they want their manager Jose Mourinho. Madrid president, Florentino Perez, wants to bring back Mourinho to the Bernabeu as he seeks re-election this weekend. But Benfica on Thursday, released a statement revealing that Perez had informed them of his “firm intention to recruit” Mourinho. The Portuguese club however also made it clear that Mourinho’s release clause was worth €15million. Previous media reports had suggested that it could cost the Spanish giants as little as three million euros. Mourinho has already appeared in a video on Perez’s Instagram account affirming…
Four Nigerian athletes, including 150m world record holder Favour Ofili, African 400m hurdles record holder Ezekiel Nathaniel, Rosemary Chukwuma and African indoor 400m record holder Ella Onojuvwevwo, are set to compete at the inaugural Lone Star Grand Prix in Texas on Saturday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Part of the inaugural USATF Tour, the Lone Star Grand Prix is one of two World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meetings in the United States this season, alongside the Los Angeles Grand Prix later this month. For Ofili, who recently saw her nationality switch to Turkey turned down, the meeting presents another opportunity to…
A tricycle rider simply identified as IK has allegedly beaten his lover and mother of two to death following a heated argument and reportedly fled, leaving her corpse with their children in Ogbogoro Community in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. The incident, said to have occurred along the CPM Street axis of Ogbogoro on Tuesday, sent shock waves through the community as some residents tried to catch a glimpse of the gory scene to confirm the sad news. Though the cause of the argument could not be ascertained as of the time of filing this report, a resident…
The Emir of Gombe, His Royal Highness, Alhaji Abubakar Shehu Abubakar III, surprised everyone recently when he went out of the palace unannounced to check on his people. The specific location is the main market in Gombe, the capital of Gombe State. Not many would have realised the August visitor was the monarch because he wore a trendy babanriga with a modern cut preferred by the younger generation of Nigerians, with a simple cap. Although I recognised the monarch in a video posted online, but in these days of deep fake videos, I took the precaution of getting in touch…
The Federal Government on Thursday presented the prestigious African Quality Mark certification to 131 Nigerian companies for 220 Made-in-Nigeria products, in a move aimed at boosting the competitiveness of local goods across the African continent under the African Continental Free Trade Area. The certification, also known as the ARSO Dual Mark, was conferred on the companies during the African Quality Mark Award Ceremony held in Abuja. A review of the event programme showed that a total of 131 companies successfully met the requirements for certification, with 220 products emerging as eligible for the continental quality seal. Speaking at the event,…
Children under the age of five remain the most affected group in Nigeria’s worsening cholera outbreak, which has infected 5,260 people and claimed 67 lives across 128 local government areas in 33 states and the Federal Capital Territory. This was according to the latest data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, exclusively made available to our correspondent in Abuja. The NCDC data, covering the period up to May 31, 2026, showed that “suspected cholera cases have risen by 73 per cent compared to the same period in 2025, highlighting a significant escalation of the outbreak despite improvements…
The Gombe State Ministry of Education has dismissed allegations of underfeeding students at Government Girls Mega College, Doma, attributing complaints by some final-year students to disruptions caused by the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination timetable. Some Senior Secondary School Three students sitting the ongoing examination had reportedly complained of missing meals and spending long hours without food during the examination period. The students alleged that the examination schedule had prevented them from accessing meals at the usual times, leaving them hungry for extended periods. Reacting to the allegations in a telephone interview with our correspondent, the Special Assistant…
