Author: Amina Mohammed

President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has expressed confidence that Kano State remains a stronghold for the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 general elections. He attributed this to the strategic influence of Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, APC National Chairman Abdullahi Ganduje, and Special adviser the President on Senate Matters, Senator Basheer Lado. Speaking during a visit to the Special adviser to President Bola Tinubu on National Assembly (Senate Matters), Senator Lado in his office at the National Assembly, Senator Akpabio commended him for ensuring seamless and confidential communication between the Executive and the Senate, describing…

Real Madrid’s legendary coach Carlo Ancelotti will go on trial next week for allegedly failing to declare income to Spain’s tax office, the Madrid court which will hear the case said Friday. Prosecutors are seeking a jail term of four years and nine months for the 65-year-old Italian, accusing him of having cost Spain’s treasury more than one million euros ($1.1 million) in undeclared earnings from image rights in 2014 and 2015. The trial will begin on Wednesday and it is expected to last two days, a spokesman for the court said. Ancelotti, who as a coach has won a…

Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has called on media practitioners to stop criminalising migration popularly known as ‘Japa’. Dabiri-Erewa, made the call in her address at the sixth International Conference on Development and Communication in Africa held in Keffi local government area of Nasarawa state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the theme of the conference organised by the Institute of Strategic and Development Communication (ISDEVCOM), Nasarawa State University Keffi (NSUK) is “Japa: Communicating migration, diaspora and Africa’s development”. Dabiri-Erewa represented by Mr Sule Bassi, Secretary of NIDCOM, rather urged…

A new Nigerian crude grade, Obodo, is set to enter the market in April. Obodo is a medium sweet crude with an API gravity of 27.65° and a sulfur content of 0.05%. It is expected to be priced similarly to Nigeria’s medium sweet Bonga grade, although production details remain unclear. The crude will be produced by Nigerian independent company, Continental Oil & Gas, from the onshore oil block OML 150 in the Niger Delta, with the state-owned NNPC handling its marketing. Continental Oil holds a stake in OML 150 under a production-sharing contract. This addition increases Nigeria’s growing supply of…

The China General Chamber of Commerce in Nigeria has refuted claims that a Chinese company was responsible for the shooting of an immigration officer in Minna, Niger State. The chamber, citing a police report, clarified that the shooting, which occurred on February 21, 2025, was the result of a police operation gone wrong. In a statement on Thursday night by its Director General, Dr. Cui Guangzhen, the chamber expressed concern over the allegations made by the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who had condemned the shooting and linked it to a Chinese company. It said, “Our attention has been drawn…

In a bid to protect national security and economic sovereignty, the Senate has directed the Bureau of Public Procurement to immediately halt the planned sale of Lafarge Cement Plc to a Chinese company. It also mandated its Committees on Capital Market, Trade and Investment and Securities and Exchange Commission to ensure compliance with the directive. The company is located in Ewekoro Local Government Area in Ogun State. It explained that this is to ensure that the divestment process prioritises national security and economic sovereignty. Raising the motion during plenary on Thursday, Sen. Shuaib Afolabi Salisu representing Ogun Central noted Lafarge…

Bisola Ajimobi Kola-Daisi, the first child of former Oyo State governor, the late Abiola Ajimobi, has reportedly passed on. Online reports on Thursday revealed that Bisola, who was 42, died in the early hours of Thursday in the United Kingdom. It was also revealed that Bisola died due to cancer complications. She was married to Kolapo Kola-Daisi and, until her demise, was the Special Adviser to Atiku Bagudu, the Minister of Budget and Planning. Bisola’s death was reportedly confirmed by the Special Adviser to the former governor, Bolaji Tunji, who addressed pressmen on Thursday in Ibadan. “Yes. It has been confirmed,”…

The Rivers State Sole Administrator, Retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, has suspended all political appointees and office holders in the state with immediate effect. In a statement on Wednesday, the Chief of Staff to the Administrator said the decision was made under the powers granted to Ibas by President Bola Tinubu. Those affected include the Secretary to the State Government, the Chief of Staff, all commissioners, chairpersons and members of boards, agencies, commissions, and parastatals, as well as all Special Advisers, Special Assistants, and Senior Special Assistants. The statement directed the suspended officials to hand over to the Permanent Secretaries…

A former bodyguard of Diego Maradona was arrested Tuesday for allegedly giving false testimony in the trial of seven health professionals accused of criminal negligence in the late football legend’s medical care. Julio Coria left the courtroom in the Buenos Aires suburb of San Isidro in handcuffs after judges ruled in favor of the prosecution’s claim that he had lied under oath. Coria was present in the house were Maradona died under conditions prosecutors say amounted to negligence, and had tried to revive him with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, according to evidence before the court. Maradona died on November 25, 2020 at…

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Tuesday set aside actions previously delivered against the reinstatement of Muhammadu Sanusi II as the 16th Emir of Kano. Subsequently, the appellate court, upon acknowledging the transmission of the case record to the Supreme Court, directed all interested parties to exercise caution, pending the hearing of their appeals at the apex court. In a unanimous ruling delivered by a three-member panel of justices, presided over by Justice Biobele Abraham Georgewill, the court accepted the withdrawal of the application filed by the Kano State Government, following the transmission of the record of appeal…