Dr. Mustapha Abdullahi taken into EFCC custody in Abuja; probe said to involve contract awards, intervention fund disbursements, and suspicious financial transactions running into hundreds of billions of naira By: Tunji Okunlola Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested the Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria, Dr. Mustapha Abdullahi, over…
By: Olayinka Ganiyu Nigeria’s sprint stars Tobi Amusan and Rosemary Chukwuma delivered a golden double for Team Nigeria on the second day of the 2026 African Senior Athletics Championships in Accra, Ghana. World record holder Amusan dominated the 100m hurdles to claim gold and cement her continued reign over the event, while Chukwuma took the…
By: Olayinka Ganiyu Lagos State Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat, has received a clean bill of health from the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Screening Committee, clearing him to contest the party’s governorship primaries. Hamzat, who appeared before the committee in Abuja, expressed gratitude for his clearance, describing the development as a significant step forward in…
By: Tunji Okunlola Rema set to headline the FIFA World Cup 2026 Opening Ceremony and Nigeria couldn’t be prouder There are moments that stop you mid-scroll and make you smile and the news that broke on Saturday morning was one of them. Nigeria’s own Divine Ikubor, better known to the world simply as Rema, has…
Photo credit: Dawn commission Today in History: The Life and Legacy of Chief Obafemi Awolowo (1909 – 1987) On this day, 9 May 1987, Nigeria lost one of its most towering figures. Chief Jeremiah Obafemi Oyeniyi Awolowo. A nationalist, lawyer, journalist, and statesman died peacefully at his home in Ikenne, Ogun State, at the age…
By: Tunji Okunlola The Lagos State Electricity Regulatory Commission (LASERC) has announced plans to roll out dedicated 24/7 electricity franchise zones across the state before the end of October 2026, signalling a significant shift in how the state manages and delivers power. The announcement came from LASERC’s Chief Executive Officer, Temitope George, at the commission’s…
By: Olayinka Ganiyu The University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED), Ondo State, has inducted 32 pioneer graduates of Prosthetics and Orthotics (P&O), becoming the first state university in Nigeria to offer the programme. The induction ceremony, held at the Oladipo Akinkugbe Hall on the university’s Laje Campus, marked a significant milestone in Nigeria’s medical rehabilitation sector….
By: Olayinka Ganiyu Armed attackers swept through the Ngbra Zongo community in Bassa Local Government Area, Plateau State, in the dead of night Friday, slaughtering at least 13 people and wounding several others in a savage house-to-house assault. Eyewitness Philip Alanga says the gunmen struck at midnight, opening fire before closing in with machetes. “They…
By: Ganiyu Olayinka At the age of 87, Ted Turner, the vocal businessman who revolutionized television news by founding CNN in 1980, passed away. Lewy body dementia, a gradual degenerative illness he had been dealing with for a number of years, was identified by the network as the cause of his death.Turner, who was born…
By: Tunji Okunlola Zenith Bank Plc has announced a change at the top, with engineer Mustafa Bello taking over as Group Chairman following the retirement of the bank’s founder, Jim Ovia. Ovia’s departure comes after he reached the maximum tenure permitted under the Central Bank of Nigeria’s corporate governance guidelines for commercial banks, twelve years…
