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The Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja on Wednesday dismissed another petition filed by the Action Peoples Party (APP) seeking to upturn Bola Tinubu’s victory as Nigeria’s president-elect. A five-member panel of the court led by Haruna Tsammani had on Monday dismissed a petition by the Action Alliance (AA) following …

Manchester United receive major boost in their bid to sign 130M-rated Napoli striker Victor Osimhen Manchester United have received major boost in their bid to sign £130M-rated Napoli striker Victor Osimhen after Bayern Munich CEO Oliver Kahn hinted they will not go after the Nigerian this summer. The 24-year-old has …

Operatives of the Benin Zonal Commander of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested Precious Ojo, aka obago, a suspected internet fraudster in Oghara, Delta State. The 26-year-old was arrested following a petition received from a United States of America citizen, on his fraudulent activities. The petitioner had alleged …

The Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, have thrown their full weight behind the request by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, for a live broadcast of the proceedings of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja. Counsel to the Labour Party …

A student of the Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Job Alawari-Kei, has reportedly slumped and died after overdosing on a popular synthetic illicit drug known as Colorado. A student who spoke under anonymity with local media said the deceased young male, a 300-level student in the Department of Gas and …

President Buhari writes Senate, requests $800m World bank loanPresident Buhari has sent a letter to the Senate seeking approval to take a loan of $800 million from the World Bank to cushion the effects of subsidy removal. Recall that in April, the Federal Government announced that as part of its …

Sale Mamman, former minister of power, has been arrested and detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in connection with an alleged N22 billion fraud. Mamman, who was minister under President Muhammadu Buhari from 2019 to 2021, was arrested in the early hours of Wednesday and is being …

A 23-year-old student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko in Akure Ondo State, (names withheld) on Tuesday, narrated to an Ikeja Special Offences and Domestic Violence Court how she was allegedly raped by the founder of her church, Oluwafeyiropo Daniels, of I Reign Christian Family Church. The witness, who is …

The Presidential Petition Election Court (PREPEC) has dismissed the petition by the Action Peoples Party (APP) challenging the February 25 presidential election. The five-member panel of justice led by Justice Haruna Tsammani, on Wednesday, dismissed the matter after the party announced its withdrawal . At the resumed hearing, counsel to …

Femi Otedola, a multibillionaire businessman, has disclosed that his bid to pay $250 billion for the Nigerian company Transcorp Corporation Plc was turned down. Weeks after the businessman bought holdings in Transcorp and sold the shares, this was revealed on Tuesday in a statement he sent to TheCable. He disclosed …