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Palpable tension has enveloped Osun State following Governor Ademola Adeleke’s insistence to conduct the controversial Local Government election despite security threats and stiff resistance from opposition parties. The concerns followed previous events where members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, clashed, resulting in the

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has failed to remit N13.763 trillion in revenue to the Federation account. This is according to a document obtained from the Federal Accounts Allocation Committee after its January 2025 meeting on Wednesday. The unremitted revenue covers a period between 2012 and 2024, indicating concerns

The naira exceeded expectations to record its highest gain against the dollar at the parallel foreign exchange market in recent days.  The naira appreciated to N1,515 per dollar on Tuesday from N1,540 on Monday. This means the naira strengthened by N25 per dollar. At the official FX market, the Central

Regional Governor of Samara in Russia, Vyacheslav Fedorishchev, on Wednesday said Ukraine launched an overnight attack on an oil refinery in the city of Syzran. “Emergency services are working on the territory of the enterprise. According to preliminary information, there are no casualties,” Fedorishchev wrote on the Telegram messaging app.

President Donald Trump has suggested that large-scale fraud was perpetrated in multiple donations made by the previous United States government to countries worldwide. Trump expressed vexation about how hundreds of billions of dollars in taxpayers’ money were spent on questionable programs and contracts across Africa, Asia, and Europe. The beneficiary

The much anticipated talks between top officials of the United States, US, and Russia have resumed in Saudi Arabia. The meeting is holding at Diriyah Palace in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. In attendance are US national security advisor, Mike Waltz, US special envoy to the Middle East Steve

Argentine President Javier Milei is facing mounting calls for impeachment and legal action following his controversial promotion of a cryptocurrency that led to significant financial losses for investors. Milei took to X, formerly Twitter, on Friday to endorse the $LIBRA coin, describing it as a tool to support small businesses

Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, leader, Edwin Clark, is dead. The former Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South leader’s death was confirmed in a statement by a representative of the family, Prof. C. C. Clark, on Tuesday. The statement read, “The Clark-Fuludu Bekederemo family of Kiagbodo Town, Delta State, wishes

The National President of the Association of De Change Operators, Aminu Gwadebe, has revealed that the pick-up of the interbank proceeds to Bureaux de Change as directed by the Central Bank of Nigeria and other factors is the reason the Naira has recorded a significant gain against the dollar in

US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio on Monday arrived in Saudi Arabia ahead of expected talks with Russian officials aimed at ending Moscow’s nearly three-year war in Ukraine. The talks come after President Donald Trump last week spoke to Russian President, Vladimir Putin by phone and ordered top officials to