By Abiola Olawale The burial date of late elder statesman and Second Republic governor of Kwara State, Chief Cornelius Olatunji Adebayo, has officially been unveiled. The final burial ceremony for Adebayo has been slated for October 11, 2025. This was disclosed on Wednesday by family representatives in the Oke-Onigbin community, located in the Isin Local…
By Abiola Olawale Baltasar Ebang Engonga, a former Director-General of Equatorial Guinea’s National Financial Investigation Agency (ANIF), has been sentenced to 18 years in prison following a high-profile corruption trial. The verdict, delivered on June 30, 2025, in Malabo, comes after Engonga’s arrest in September 2024 for embezzlement, illicit enrichment, and abuse of office. The…
By Abiola Olawale The immediate past Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has officially resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The announcement, made on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, comes amid ongoing realignment in Nigeria’s political landscape. Malami, a prominent figure in former President…
By Abiola Olawale In a shocking incident at a First City Monument Bank (FCMB) branch in Owerri, Imo State, a man was apprehended after allegedly hiding in the bank’s toilet overnight with the intent to hack into its computer systems. According to reports, the suspect entered the FCMB branch located at the Secretariat in Owerri…
By Abiola Olawale The Supreme Court of Nigeria has reserved its judgment on the legal battle over the outcome of the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State. This was announced during a court proceeding presided over by Justice Garba Lawal on Wednesday. Lawa reserved the ruling after hearing arguments from all parties involved…
Thailand’s constitutional court has suspended the prime minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, while it investigates alleged ethical violations relating to a leaked phone call. The court announced on Tuesday that it would consider a petition filed by 36 senators calling for Paetongtarn’s dismissal, accusing her of dishonesty and breaching ethical standards in violation of the constitution. Paetongtarn…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, alongside former Senate President David Mark, former PDP National Chairman Prince Uche Secondus, and other prominent Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders, are currently in a high-stakes closed-door meeting at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja on Tuesday. Present at the meeting are former governors Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto), Liyel Imoke (Cross…
Kazakhstan’s crude oil output jumped 7.5% in June to 1.88 million barrels per day (bpd), matching the country’s all-time high set in March, according to figures leaked to Reuters. This puts Kazakhstan well over its official OPEC+ quota of 1.5 million bpd, and continues a pattern of months-long noncompliance that’s frustrating the group’s core members—especially…
By Abiola Olawale The Ojora of Ijora and Iganmu Kingdom, Oba AbdulFatai Aromire Oyegbemi, has announced his decision to strip six palace chiefs of their chieftaincy titles for attending a Labour Party campaign flag-off event in Apapa, Lagos State. The monarch stated that the chiefs had attended the political event without his consent and had…