Author: Samuel Akpenpuun

Governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, in Ondo state, Otunba Bamidele Akingboye, has denied collapsing his campaign structure for governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa ahead of the November 16 election. A statement issued by the Director of Media and Publicity, Akingboye campaign Organisation, Femi Arowolo, described the report as baseless and spurious. Arowolo said that “The campaign office of Otunba Bamidele Akingboye (OBA), the Social Democratic Party’s (SDP) gubernatorial candidate for Ondo State, alongside his running mate, Erelu Gbemisola Susan Alabi categorically refutes the baseless rumors and fabricated reports circulating about our candidates’ alleged support for other parties’ nominees. “We condemn…

Britain’s new Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday appointed Rachel Reeves as finance minister, the first woman to hold the position in the country’s history, following Labour’s landslide election victory. Reeves, 45, becomes chancellor of the exchequer having begun her career in banking. Reeves, 45, becomes chancellor of the exchequer after her centre-left Labour party won Thursday’s UK general election by a landslide, ending 14 years of rule by the right-wing Conservatives. “It is the honour of my life to have been appointed chancellor of the exchequer,” Reeves wrote on social media platform X after her appointment by new Prime…

Afrobeats singer Ayra Starr recently discussed cultural similarities and her experiences in the music industry during an interview with Capital Xtra in London. When asked about her observations on cultural differences, she noted that Nigeria and the UK are remarkably similar, describing Nigerian and British cultures as “very similar.” “I feel like the UK is very similar to Nigeria. The culture is not much different, but I think it’s the food. The UK food, not Chinese, Nigerian, or Italian food, is British food. There was one food that I had that was jellied.” She also reflected on her recent tour…

Turkey’s sports minister on Friday condemned UEFA’s “unfair” two-match ban for Merih Demiral for making an ultra-nationalist gesture at Euro 2024 that rules him out of their quarter-final against the Netherlands. “We condemn UEFA’s unfair and biased decision, which has no legal basis and that we consider to be purely political,” Osman Askin Bak wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

The Acting State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Emperor Jarret Tenebe has called on the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun to arrest and prosecute the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Asue Ighodalo for allegedly forging his voter’s card. In the letter dated July 3rd and sighted by Vanguard on Friday, Tenebe said he was petitioning in his capacity as a voter and a law-abiding citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria “whose interest would be affected if a non-qualified person is allowed to participate/elected.” He alleged that Ighodalo allegedly presented forged documents to INEC and…

NNPC Limited, in collaboration with NIPCO Plc, has opened 12 new Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations in Abuja and Lagos as the Federal Government’s push for CNG adoption as alternative fuel to petrol gathered momentum. Speaking at the commissioning of the stations, which took place simultaneously across the two cities, the Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Hon Ekperikpe Ekpo, said that with Nigeria’s abundant gas resources, CNG would become the fuel for motorists in the country. Ekpo said the various ongoing infrastructure projects in the gas sector would ensure adequate supply across the country, bringing cheap fuel to Nigerians.…

A 19-year-old pregnant girl, who was on the verge of committing suicide has been rescued by police officers attached to Ikorodu Area Command, Lagos. The girl, said to be eight months pregnant, called one of her bosom friends, lamenting that she was fed up with life after the boy that impregnated her abandoned her. Worse still, she was said to have expressed worries that the woman she was working for as a Point of Sale, POS, operator in Ikorodu area was threatening to arrest her after she was duped of N100,000 by a customer. It was learned that when the…

The Federal Government said yesterday no fewer than 21 local government areas in 10 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, have been submerged by flood as a result of torrential rainfall in the past few days. The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Engr Joseph Utserv, who disclosed this, along the Minister of State for Water Resource and Sanitation, Bello Goronyo, and the Director General, Nigeria Hydrological Services, NIHSA, at a briefing in Abuja, said some states had started experiencing varying levels of flooding and its associated disasters as early as April in 2024. He noted that most of…

Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has reinstated the paramount ruler of Piriga in the Lere local government area of the state, Chief Jonathan Zamuna, who was dethroned by the former Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai. The Governor announced the development on Thursday during a meeting with the State Council of Chiefs, saying “As proof of my commitment to the rule of law, I want to make known to you our intention to comply fully with the judgment of the court, issued on 10th June 2024, restoring the Chief of Piriga, in Lere LGA, His Royal Highness, Jonathan Zamuna to his stool.”…

President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has said that Nigerian economy can be turned around in few months. Dangote disclosed this after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu inaugurated his Presidential Economic Coordination Council, PECC, drawn from different sectors of society and the economy, on Thursday. The Africa richest man also said that things would soon change in the country. His words: “This is where the public and private sector will work together. We will advise the government on the type of policies needed to revamp the economy. “Our economy can be turned around in few months. Things will soon change.…