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PDP Crisis: Wike’s Camp Dismisses Zoning Committee’s Efforts

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The group loyal to Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike has rejected the Southern Leaders’ Zoning Consultative meeting conducted in Lagos on Wednesday, ahead of the PDP National Elective Convention in November in Ibadan, Oyo State. This is as a reliable source within the PDP National Working Committee said the PDP Governors’ Forum will convene in Zamfara State on Saturday. In order to guarantee a successful national convention in Ibadan, the governors are anticipated to gather in Gusau, the state capital, on Friday and begin discussions on urgent matters the…

Makinde: “I Won’t Go Into the Gutters With Anyone”

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PDP: Oyo, Osun People Waiting To Teach APC Lesson - Gov Makinde

Seyi Makinde, the governor of Oyo State, stated on Thursday that he refuses to “go low with anyone who decides to go into the gutters.” Shortly after the Peoples Democratic Party’s South-West zoning consultation session in Lagos, he made this comment in a press conference. “I personally don’t go with people when they go low or into the gutters,” he stated. Now, some people are entering the gutters. We’ll get in touch with them. Democracy is that. “There shouldn’t be any personal animosity here, even though I can disagree with…

NELFUND Halts Student Upkeep Loans During School Breaks

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On Thursday, the Nigerian Education Loan Fund announced that maintenance loan payments are now closely linked to each institution’s academic year. Oseyemi Oluwatuyi, the NELFUND‘s Director of Corporate Communications, signed a statement announcing this. Students will only be eligible for maintenance loans for the current academic year in accordance with this guideline. Upkeep fees for that session will automatically stop at the end of an institution’s academic year. Oluwatuyi added in the statement, “As a result, students who transfer to a new school year will no longer receive upkeep disbursements…

US Court Overturns $464M Fraud Case Against Trump

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A $464 million civil penalty against President Donald Trump was thrown out by a US court on Thursday. The judge determined that Trump had overstated his personal worth, calling the amount “excessive,” but the court upheld the conviction against him. At the height of Trump’s reelection campaign, in February 2024, Judge Arthur Engoron rendered a decision against him. At the same time, there were multiple ongoing criminal prosecutions, which the Republican denounced as “lawfare.” Trump stated on his Truth Social platform Thursday that “everything I did was absolutely CORRECT and,…

Kano Aims to Rehabilitate 1,600 Thugs with Amnesty

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Under its “safe corridor” project, which aims to address political thuggery and young restlessness in the state, the Kano State Government has announced plans to extend amnesty to remorseful thugs. During the program’s inauguration on Wednesday at the state police command headquarters, Ibrahim Abdullahi-Waiya, the state commissioner for information and internal affairs, revealed this. According to him, 718 young people had already been profiled, and 960 more were pending police approval before being enlisted. Because the development is so unsightly and does not reflect well on the state, His Excellency…

Oyo NIQS chairman: ‘No Major Project Can Happen Without Us’

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Qs Oluwode Kolawole, the chairman of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS), Oyo State branch, has advocated for increased public understanding of the vital role that quantity surveyors play in Nigeria’s building sector. Qs Kolawole, who started his position as Chairman in 2024 and has over 30 years of professional expertise, clarified in an exclusive interview that many individuals mistake quantity surveyors for land surveyors. He pointed out that quantity surveyors specialise in cost management for building projects, whereas land surveyors concentrate on mapping and land borders, and estate…

Olubadan coronation for Sept 26 as Makinde visits Ladoja

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On Wednesday, former state governor Oba Rashidi Ladoja was nominated as the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland by Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde. The coronation ceremony was scheduled on Friday, September 26, 2025, one day after Ladoja’s 81st birthday. Makinde made this announcement while visiting the Olubadan designate at his Bodija home in Ibadan. Following his predecessor Oba Owolabi Olakulehin’s death on July 7, Ladoja became the Olubadan designate and returned to Ibadan on Monday. Ladoja claimed that his announcement on Monday that he would be meeting with Araba, Oluwo, and…

2baba, Wizkid, Flavour top Billboard’s greatest Afrobeats songs

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Following the release of Billboard’s Top 50 Best Afrobeats Songs of All Time, which featured 2Baba’s African Queen at the top, Nigerian music fans are ecstatic. Third place went to Flavour’s Nwa Baby (Ashawo Remix), followed by Wizkid‘s Ojuelegba. Fourth place went to Rema’s Calm Down, while fifth place went to Wizkid’s Essence with Tems. The list was created to “celebrate the game changers of the genre,” according to Billboard, which also stated that songs were chosen for their financial success, global reach, local appeal, and cultural influence. SEE FULL…

Why Nigeria’s booth at TICAD9 appeared empty – Foreign Affairs Ministry

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Viral reports that Nigeria’s exhibit at the Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Japan was left unmanned have prompted a response from the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Remember how Idris Bello, a conference attendee, said on X (previously Twitter) that, in contrast to other nations present, Nigeria’s display booth was the only one without representatives? The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, however, denied the allegations in a post on X on Wednesday, stating that the booth had not yet been formally opened. “The Nigerian booth at #TICAD9 has not…

Corps member’s assault: Soludo sacks vigilantes, orders prosecution

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Eight members of the Agunechemba Security group were fired by the Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo due to the vicious attack and public stripping of Miss Jennifer Elobor, a female corps member. This was revealed on Wednesday at the agency’s headquarters in Awka by Ken Emeakayi, the Special Advisor to Governor Chukwuma Soludo on Community Security. The operatives would be turned over to the police for prosecution, Emeakayi said, adding that the government moved quickly after learning about the occurrence. He said that the sacked officers attacked the corps member…