Former Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, has explained that the recent defection of key Delta political leaders to the All Progressives Congress (APC) was driven by the need to better connect the state to the center of power in Abuja. Last week, Okowa, alongside his successor, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and several cabinet members, officially…
A leaked document obtained by NAIJABLOGDAILY has uncovered a controversial move by President Bola Tinubu to transfer the management of the State House Medical Centre in Abuja to private facility managers. Surprisingly, the letter initiating the process was issued on the Ministry of Education’s letterhead and signed by the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa….
The Federal Government has confirmed that the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, will officially reopen for flight operations on Monday, May 6, 2025. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) had initially shut down the airport on April 18, 2025, after a major rupture was discovered on a critical section of the runway, requiring emergency…
Liverpool FC has been officially crowned Premier League champions after an emphatic 5-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield on Sunday, April 27, 2025. The Reds, led by a stunning team performance, secured their first Premier League title since 2020, putting them 15 points clear of second-placed Arsenal with four matches remaining. This historic triumph…
The Kano State Government has uncovered and removed 239 ghost workers from its payroll system, with 1,334 suspicious cases still under investigation. The discovery came following a biometric data capture and payroll verification exercise aimed at sanitizing the state’s civil service. Alhaji Umar Faruk Ibrahim, Secretary to the State Government (SSG), explained that the initiative…
The President of the Nigeria Rescue Mission Organisation and former leader of the Buhari Youth Organisation (BYO), Dr. Jibril Mustapha, has called on former President Goodluck Jonathan to contest in the 2027 presidential election. In a statement released on Sunday in Lagos, Dr. Mustapha appealed to Jonathan to heed the growing calls urging him to…
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has officially begun the payment of N46.6 billion in liquidation dividends to depositors of the now-defunct Heritage Bank. This announcement was made on Sunday in a statement by Hawwau Gambo, the Acting Head of Communication and Public Affairs at NDIC. Gambo explained that the funds were generated from the…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) South-South Zonal chapter has condemned social media influencer Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, for his recent verbal attack on the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio. In a statement issued in Abuja by the APC Zonal Organizing Secretary, Blessing Agbomhere, the party gave VeryDarkMan a one-week ultimatum…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to immediately pay the $220 million fine imposed by Nigeria’s Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), recently upheld by the Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal. In a letter signed by SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, the organization urged Meta Platforms…
Senator Chris Ekpenyong, a founding father of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has raised alarm over the increasing wave of defections from the opposition party to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). NaijaBlogDaily reports that the defection of Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, his deputy Sir Monday Onyeme, and former Governor Senator Ifeanyi Okowa to…
