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US JAILS NIGERIAN MONARCH OVER $4.2 MILLION COVID-19 LOAN FRAUD The Apetu of Ipetumodu in Osun State, Oba Joseph Oloyede, has been sentenced to more than four years in prison in the United States. The monarch, 62, was convicted on charges of conspiracy to exploit COVID-19 emergency loan programmes created for struggling businesses. Oloyede, who holds dual U.S. and Nigerian …

2027 PRESIDENCY: APC, PDP RISK DEFEAT FOR SHUTTING OUT NORTH – DON A political scholar and leader of the North Central stakeholders agitating for power shift to the region, Prof K’tso Nghargbu, says the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the leading opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) may lose the 2027 presidential election for ignoring the North and ceding their …

TARABA DEPUTY GOVERNOR RETURNS AFTER LONG ABSENCE Deputy Governor of Taraba State, Alhaji Aminu Alkali, has returned to Jalingo, the state capital, after prolonged absence. Although there is no official statement from the government on Alkali’s return, there is a short video clip of his circulating on social media. Sources told reveal that Alkali came into the state through Yalo …

CBN ORDERS MONIEPOINT, OPAY, PALMPAY, OTHERS TO GEOTAG CUSTOMERS WITHIN 60 DAYS.The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued a new directive that will shut down PoS devices that are used outside of a merchant’s registered address. In a circular released on August 25, 2025, the regulator ordered all licensed operators, including Moniepoint, OPay, PalmPay, and banks, to geo-tag every …

The All Progressives Congress, APC, leader in Delta State, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, has threatened to expose the names of people in the Presidency who caused crisis in the party for their selfish interests. Nwaoboshi, talking on the gubernatorial ambition of former Deputy Senate President, DSP, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, said APC in Delta State was a united family until after the …

NSIB LAUNCHES PROBE ON ABUJA-KADUNA TRAIN DERAILMENT CONFIRMS SIX INJURED The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau Six has confirmed that six passengers sustained injuries on Tuesday at approximately 11:09 am, after a Kaduna-bound train derailed at KM 49 between Kubwa Station and Asham Station which prompted the deployment of a go-team to the site to gather evidence, engage stakeholders, and begin …

ATIKU, OBI COULD RUN SAME TICKET, BUT NOT AS VICE PRESIDENT – ATIKU’S AIDE The Special Assistant on Digital Media Strategy to former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, Demola Olarewaju, has suggested that there is a possibility of having his principal and the Labour Party (LP) 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on the same ticket in the 2027 election. Olarewaju, who …

Barring any last-minute change in plan, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery is expected to start its direct fuel distribution scheme soon, as 1,000 Compressed Natural Gas-powered trucks required for the exercise have arrived in Nigeria. With the 1,000 trucks, the refinery would start distributing fuel directly to marketers in Lagos, Ogun, and other South-West states, pending the delivery of the remaining …

PDP REGRETS FIELDING ATIKU IN 2023, PEOPLE ARE SPEAKING TO GEJ, OBI – MORO:A chieftain of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abba Moro, says the party regrets fielding Atiku Abubakar as its presidential candidate in the 2023 elections. Moro, a senator representing Benue South in the National Assembly, stated this on Channels Television’s Politics Today. “As a result …

ANTI-PARTY: WHY WIKE, OTHERS WERE NOT PUNISHED AT PDP NEC MEETING – REPS CAUCUS CHAIRMAN, AGBEDI Chairman of the South-South Caucus of the House of Representatives, Hon. Fred Agbedi, has revealed why the likes of former Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike was not sanctioned during the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting in Abuja on …