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The Chairman of the Kogi State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Muhammed Gambo, has announced his party’s readiness to reclaim Lugard House in the 2027 elections. In a statement issued on Friday in Lokoja, Gambo likened the All Progressives Congress, APC, to “people living in a rented apartment” and predicted a decisive victory for the PDP in a free and fair election. “All Progressives Congress’s time is up. The people of Kogi should remain loyal to the PDP, which has strong party structures and a proven record of progress in the state,” the statement partly read. He called for peace, adherence…

A community leader and president of the Rahei Foron Youth Congress, Ayuba Pam Choji, has been reportedly stabbed to death by bandits suspected to be Fulani herdsmen. According to a youth leader in the community, Moses Dung, who confirmed the incident to newsmen on Friday, the 44-year-old Choji was ambushed on Wednesday night along the Kumex–Mararaba–Foron axis of the Heipang–Foron Road, where the bandits attacked him and another man who were going home on a motorcycle. Dung said before the killing of Choji, that the residents had received several threats from the Fulani community warning them to vacate the area…

Nigerian singer, Ayodeji Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, has made history as the first-ever African artist to surpass ten billion streams on the global streaming music platform Spotify. The Ojuelegba crooner achieved the feat as his streams across all credits on the platform recently hit the 10 billion-stream mark. His collaborative hit with Canadian superstar Drake and British singer, Tyla is his most streamed song on the platform with almost 4 billion streams. His third studio album, ‘Made In Lagos Deluxe’ is his most streamed project on Spotify with over a billion streams. Wizkid’s most streamed song as lead is…

Former Arsenal centre-back, Johan Djourou, has picked four countries as the strong contenders to win the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations trophy. According to him, they are Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Morocco and Senegal. Djourou, speaking with Soccernet, said the Super Eagles have a genuine card to play at the tournament. The ex-Switzerland international also praised the growth of football in Africa. When asked to name his favourites for the title, Djourou said: “It’s tough. “Morocco at home will be tricky. I think Nigeria has got a card to play. “Ivory Coast as defending champions as well. Senegal are a very…

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok has turned off its image creation feature for non-paying users following backlash over its use to create sexualised deepfakes of women and children. Musk has been threatened with fines, and several countries have recently pushed back publicly against the tool over its creation of the sexually explicit imagery. Some users reportedly used Grok to generate pictures of women and children undressed, sometimes putting them in sexualized positions. Replying to users Friday on Musk’s social media platform X, Grok posted: “Image generation and editing are currently limited to paying subscribers. You can subscribe to unlock these…

The Commissioner of Police for Delta State Command, CP Aina Adesola, has ordered the immediate redeployment of the Divisional Police Officer of Jesse in Ethiope East Local Government Area over alleged extortion. The DPO, whose full name was not disclosed, reportedly committed the offence in collaboration with two officers identified as Bright and Usman. A statement issued by the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, copies of which were made available to journalists in Warri on Friday, noted that the State Police Command was alerted to the alleged crime through “a viral video recording of a woman.”…

Rivers State is the heartland of the South-South Region of Nigeria. It is the wellspring of Nigeria’s milk-and-honey, the fountainhead of our economic succour, and the oasis from where fine crude oil, resiliently sought after by the greedy and gluttonous among us, spurts. The state, like a few others in that region, is where those who should have thrived triumphantly from their natural resources are historically and disgracefully deprived by deviants who control the levers of government. It’s a geographical space successively pillaged by powerful outsiders, pestered by corrupt insiders, and exploited by those who seek wealth and fame in…

The Chairman of the Kogi State Peoples Democratic Party, Muhammed Gambo, has declared his party’s readiness to take over Lugard House in the 2027 elections. In a statement issued on Friday in Lokoja, the PDP chairman described the APC as “people living in a rented apartment” and predicted a landslide win for the PDP in a free and fair election. “All Progressive Congress’s time is up. Kogi people should remain faithful to PDP, given the party’s strong structures and past record of prosperity in the state,” Gambo’s statement partly read. Gambo appealed for peace, lawfulness, and collaboration on security, insisting,…

The Chairman of Dangote Industries, Aliko Dangote, through his legal representative, has filed a formal corruption petition against the former Managing Director of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Farouk Ahmed, at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. This was disclosed in a statement made available to our correspondent by the Dangote Group media team on Friday. Recall that Dangote had earlier petitioned the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission to investigate Ahmed for allegedly spending $5 million on his children’s secondary education in Switzerland. He withdrew the petition a few days ago,…

It was a disappointing start for Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna and other African table tennis stars at the ongoing WTT Champions Doha, as Aruna and Egypt’s Hana Goda bowed out early in the singles event of the $500,000 tournament taking place at the Lusail Sports Arena in Qatar. Aruna faced China’s Liang Jingkun in the round of 32 on Thursday, but it was a one-sided affair as Jingkun, the tournament’s sixth seed, claimed a convincing 3–0 victory. Despite the loss, Aruna showed glimpses of his trademark power, suggesting he is easing into the new season after missing out on the WTT…