Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Fiery Enugu Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has apologized and prayed for the Labour Party Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, after naming him a stingy man. Mbaka’s apology was contained in a statement he issued on ...

  Chelsea owner, Todd Boehly, has warned that clubs will no longer be able to sign players “at any price” due to the risks of sanctions from breaching UEFA’s financial fair play rules. Boehly led an investment group to take over the Blues last month. The American bought ...

  Oluwatobiloba Jaiyeola A dental care expert, Dr. Agho Theophilus has cautioned Nigerians against brushing right after engaging in oral sex, noting that it is bad for oral health. Theophilus who is a consultant of oral ...

By Abiodun Sanusi     In this exclusive interview with ABIODUN SANUSI, presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party and national leader of the Kwankwasiya movement, Rabiu Kwankwaso, said he would not forego his presidential ambition for anyone, including the presidential ...

By Dayo Oyewo       The Federal Road Safety Corps, Lagos State Command, on Thursday, said it arrested a truck driver who drove on a damaged wheel along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The truck, with number plate JHN287XA, was sighted by our correspondent on Wednesday at the Berger ...

Supporters of the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and his appointees on Thursday expressed anger over the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to pick the Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, as his running mate. Wike’s loyalists, ...

By Agency Report Elon Musk     An investor in dogecoin, originally created as a joke but whose value increased and fell as it was promoted by Elon Musk, filed a $258 billion lawsuit Thursday against the billionaire and his companies Tesla and SpaceX. Keith Johnson, who says he ...

By Segun Adewole   An 88-year-old woman, Tawakalitu Ilumoka, has told Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting at Ikeja, Lagos State, how she was allegedly defrauded of N36m by one Olorunfemi Ayodeji. According to her, Ayodeji introduced her to some people when she ...

By Sodiq Oyeleke     The Supreme Court of Nigeria has granted the use of hijab by female Muslim students in Lagos State Government-owned schools. The court gave the judgment in an appeal – Lagos State Govt. and Ors V. Asiyat AbdulKareem with suit number SC/910/16 – on Friday in ...

The first batch of 510 pilgrims from Borno are departing Madinah on Friday to Makkah to commence the main Hajj rituals. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the pilgrims would be transported in luxury buses in compliance to the COVID-19 protocols. An official at the ...

By James Ogunnaike Abeokuta—Former presidential aspirant on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and senator representing Ogun Central senatorial district of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, said yesterday he stepped down for the party’s presidential ...

•Daughter narrates ordeal as kidnappers get death sentence By Henry Ojelu & Onozure Dania It’s been six years since the Animashaun family in Surulere Lagos were thrown into mourning over the death of their breadwinner, Kolawole Animashaun who had just relocated from London to Nigeria. ...

Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Friday, confirmed the death of nine persons, with 11 others sustaining various degrees of injuries in an accident while traveling on the Gombe highway The Sector Commander, Felix Theman, in a statement on Friday, noted that ...

  The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, has warned against a Muslim-Muslim ticket ahead of the 2023 presidential election. National President of PFN, Wale Oke, who gave the warning, vowed to mobilize its members against voting for any party with Muslim-Muslim ...

  A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and former Aviation Minister, Osita Chidoka has noted that the South-East should continue to liaise with other parts of the country to improve the region’s chances of getting the presidential seat. The former Minister ...

  Popular Catholic Priest, Fr. Oluoma Chinenye John, a priest of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja has reacted to a recent prophecy by the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Fr Ejike Mbaka tagging the 2023 presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi a ...

  Ahead of the 2023 general elections, some Nigerians have started a social media movement to reject the two leading political parties in the country, the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. This is not unconnected to the emergence of ...

  The comment by Catholic priest, Rev. father Ejike Mbaka describing Presidential candidate Peter Obi as a stingy man has continued to stir reactions. Mbaka had during his latest ministration at the Adoration ministry in Enugu State stated that unless Obi seeks God’s ...

  The Labour Party, LP, has denied forming an alliance with the All Progressives Congress, APC, ahead of the Ekiti governorship election. The party, in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Arabambi, described the purported news of LP alliance ...

  Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has announced the Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa as the running mate of the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Atiku made the announcement on ...

By  Idowu Abdullahi The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has announced the Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, as his running mate. Atiku, who is a former Vice President, made the announcement on Thursday via his social media handles. ...

  By  OpeOluwani Akintayo     Fuel marketers have identified high cost of transportation as a major cause of fuel scarcity in Abuja. A former chairman, Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN), Tunji Oyebanji, told The PUNCH that the Federal Capital Territory ...

  The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has finally unveiled Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State as his running mate. He unveiled Okowa at the PDP headquarters in Abuja on Thursday. Okowa and Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State ...

. By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo     THE families of the kidnapped victims of the Abuja-Kaduna bound train released on Saturday by the abductors, have raised the alarm that the freed victims are mentally unstable, sick, traumatized and still hospitalized.  Chairman of the ...

  As part of the plan to beat the Friday June 17 deadline given by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to political parties to submit the names of presidential candidates and their running mates, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress ...

  The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that the South West Security Network Agency, Amotekun Osun, with the active collaboration of the Osun State Police Command, has been involved in the systematic killing and maiming of its members. ...

  Tension engulfed the Osun State University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, on Wednesday, as hoodlums invaded the premises to demand the corpse they earlier dumped at the morgue on Tuesday. It was gathered that the hoodlums, who arrived on motorcycles, had on Tuesday dumped ...

  The Honourable Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola has urged Nigerians to secure affordable housing through the National Housing programme. Fashola made the call while performing the formal handover of keys to beneficiaries of the first phase of ...

  Kidnappers of 50 members of the GSM communication Union in Zamfara State have reduced the ransom placed on their victims to 60 million naira as against 145 million naira earlier demanded. DAILY POST reports that the bandits had on Monday demanded the sum of N145 ...

    The Nigeria police have clarified a viral video of a Yahoo boy allegedly hypnotizing a German woman in the Badagry area of Lagos State. In the viral video, the white woman was said to have regained her senses and started an argument after she was ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the vice-presidential candidate of the party for the 2023 elections will be unveiled in the next few hours. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Debo ...

  Fiery Enugu Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has declared that the Labour Party Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi can never be Nigeria’s President. DAILY POST reports that Mbaka made the declaration at his Adoration Ministry, Enugu Nigeria. Mbaka, who did not ...

Ifreke Inyang   Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has said he went into the race for the presidency in 2023 under the All Progressives Congress, APC, just to hone his skills as a politician. Although he lost out in the primary election that ...

Former Kano Governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has denied receiving gratification from Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike. A statement Saturday night by spokesman, Ibrahim Adamu said the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) national leader was embarrassed by the bribery claim. The former Kano Central Senator ...

Ishola Oludare The League of Imams and Alfas in Ogun State has said there was not any reason for a Muslim to attack any church under any guise. The Islamic group maintained that those who killed many worshippers at the St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo ...

  By Musliudeen Adebayo   Oyo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that there is no vacancy at the Agodi secretariat in 2023. The party urged opposition political parties in the state not to waste their money. The PDP ...

Nsikak Nseyen Oyo State House of Assembly has levelled five allegations against the state Deputy Governor, Mr Rauf Olaniyan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 24 lawmakers signed the petition, which was read during plenary. In the petition titled: ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has put together a committee to screen its vice-presidential candidate for the 2023 presidential election. Even though the party is yet to officially unveil the vice presidential candidate, it was ...

No fewer than 10 young men have been reportedly killed in Sagamu area of Ogun State as suspected cultists went on rampage in the past few days. Residents of Sagamu, who spoke with our correspondent anonymously, said they could no longer sleep with their two eyes closed. On ...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has approved the immediate commencement of the payment of outstanding gratuity to pensioners in the state. The governor also approved the payment of monthly pension arrears as well as death benefits for Retirees from the public service. This ...

Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, the Chairman of the South West Governors’ Forum and the Governor of Ondo State, has warned that the people of the Southwest will not allow any unprovoked attack on the area under any pretext. While condemning the Owo incident as “one too many,” Akeredolu ...

Ochogwu Sunday Two frontline members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senate Majority Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi; and Adamu Aliero, have officially defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), NAN reports. The formal defections of the two APC senators ...

Don Silas The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party for the 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi, on Monday, stated that the unemployment of 80 million Nigerians was responsible for the widespread poverty in the country. Obi spoke at a one-day ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Catholic Diocese of Ondo has stated that a mass burial for the victims of the terror attack on St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, last Sunday will hold on Friday, June 17, 2022. According to the church, 40 people ...

Seun Opejobi   The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu has distanced himself from a purported 2023 campaign manifesto in circulation. Tinubu said the purported document in circulation was not his 2023 campaign ...

Ifreke Inyang Bishop Rt Rev Oluwaseun Aderogba of Jebba Diocese, Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion and his wife have been kidnapped. They were abducted by unknown gunmen on Sunday evening along Ogbomoso/Oyo road. The Bishop’s Chaplain who escaped from the ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Mass defection rocked Kogi Local Government chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) weekend as over 1,000 members of the ruling party in the state defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The defection was led by one ...

Wale Odunsi   The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of attempting to scuttle citizens’ desire to obtain voter’s card   A statement at the weekend by Debo Ologunagba, the PDP National Publicity Secretary ...

  Amarachi Okeh A Consultant Urologist, Dr. Gabriel Ogah has advised men who are battling premature ejaculation to seek appropriate medical treatment instead of taking a Viagra-type drug, noting that such medications cannot cure the health condition. The expert stressed that drugs ...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Terrorists, on Saturday, reportedly released five male and six female abducted Abuja-Kaduna train victims. The Publisher of Desert Herald, Tukur Mamu, who served as a mediator, confirmed the development on Saturday. ...