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The Director General of the Labour Party’s Directorate of Mobilization and Integration, Marcel Ngogbehei, has said that internal wrangling over campaign funds frustrated the efforts of the late Dr. Doyin Okupe in stabilising the party during the 2023 presidential election. In a statement mourning Okupe’s passing, Ngogbehei described him as a statesman, political strategist, and advocate for national unity, whose contributions to Nigeria’s democratic evolution remain indelible. Okupe, a former presidential spokesperson, reportedly died in a private hospital in Lagos on March 7, 2025. He was a former Director-General of the LP Presidential Campaign Council in the 2023 election.…

Former Central banker Mark Carney will be sworn in as Canada’s next prime minister on Friday morning along with his cabinet, the governor general’s office announced on Wednesday. The new Liberal leader had promised a “seamless and quick” transition as he takes over from Justin Trudeau, who announced his resignation in January after nearly 10 years in power. A political novice at age 59, Carney on Sunday was overwhelmingly elected new leader of the Liberal Party, winning 86 percent of more than 150,000 votes cast. His jump into politics, after formerly heading the Bank of Canada and the Bank of…

Following the crisis that rocked the Lagos State House of Assembly, President Bola Tinubu met with the Speaker of the Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa and other aggrieved lawmakers behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday. At the end of the meeting. the President insisted that Obasa should remain the Speaker with a warning that he should carry his colleagues along, according to reports by Vanguard. It was further gathered that the President directed Obasa to withdraw the court case. After the peace parley, Obasa declined to talk to State House correspondents who had waited to get the outcome…

Super Eagles defender Bright Osayi-Samuel has hinted at a possible contract extension with the Turkish giants, Fenerbahce SK, Soccernet.ng reports.  Osayi-Samuel has been linked with a return to the English Premier League with a few months left in his contract with the Istanbul-based club. Meanwhile, earlier reports suggest that the Nigeria international has signed a pre-contract agreement with Nottingham Forest with Crystal Palace also looking hijacking the deal. Despite this transfer Speculations, Osayi-Samuel, ahead of Fenerbahce’s clash with the Glasgow Rangers, have puts all thoughts about a Premier League move on hold. Fenerbahce Defender on EPL Ambition The former Queens…

In SummaryThe African AI market is projected to reach $4.92 billion by the end of 2025, while the robotics market is expected to reach $763.42 million.In Africa, AI and Robotics are contributing to diverse sectors, but the sectors having the most positive impact are agriculture, healthcare, and finance.The African AI market is projected to reach a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 27.42% from 2025 to 2030, resulting in a market volume of $16.53 billion by 2030.Africa has over 2,400 AI companies, with a significant increase in AI startups, especially in tech hubs like Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, and Egypt.Deep…

Sodiq Ojuroungbe The House of Representatives has summoned the Chief Medical Director of the Federal Teaching Hospital, Lokoja, Kogi State, Dr. Olatunde Alabi, along with other relevant stakeholders, over the deplorable state of the tertiary facility. This development followed the PUNCH Healthwise investigative report, which exposed how the lack of modern facilities has made the teaching hospital become a death house for patients. PUNCH Healthwise in a two-part investigation with the headline, ‘How obsolete facilities turn Kogi federal hospital to death house’, published on March 9 and 11, 2025, chronicled how the recently upgraded federal teaching hospital fails to meet…

The music video for “Bye Bye” by FOLA is out, keeping things simple yet striking. Directed by KambiPictures, the black-and-white visuals focus solely on FOLA and his love interest. In “Bye Bye,” FOLA sings about wanting something real and leaving past relationships behind. “Say, ‘bye bye’ to all your exes,” he sings. He also reassures his partner of his support, “And I be your shoulders to cry on,” while admiring her beauty, “O fine bi ti Mermaid.” With lines like “If I’ve got you to rely on, you know you be the right one,” the song carries a mix of…

The Rivers State House of Assembly has rejected claims by the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, that he was prevented from entering the House to re-present the 2025 Appropriation Bill. According to the Assembly, it never received any official communication from the governor indicating his intention to present the bill. Dr. Enemi Alabo George, spokesperson of the House and Chairman of the House Committee on Information, described the governor’s claims as a “comedy skit” designed to tarnish the Assembly’s image. George recalled that on March 3, the Assembly wrote to the governor, urging him to present the 2025 Appropriation Bill…

The Jigawa State Police Command has arrested a notorious gang of thieves, including an ex-convict, who specialised in stealing motor vehicles, motorcycles, and domestic animals. According to the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Shi’isu Adam, the arrest was made possible through intelligence gathering and swift response by the police. Adam in a statement made available to newsmen on Thursday in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital, revealed that on March 7, 2025, at about 3:00 am, a black Golf Wagon vehicle with registration number X MG 102 AAA Jigawa was spotted parked by the roadside near Gidan Tilo village along Shuwarin-Kiyawa…

• CP visits scene, deploys homicide team Survivors of the bandit attack on ‘Aba Sunday,’ a farming settlement in one of Ondo State’s agrarian belts, are still reeling from the devastating attack that left several people dead on the midnight of Saturday. While recounting the harrowing details of the attack in the community, which borders Edo State in Akure North Local Council of Ondo State, the survivors disclosed that bandits who they described as armed herders stormed the community in the dead of the night unprovoked. Four communities identified as Aba Pastor, Aba Sunday, Ademekun Camp and Aba Alajido Camp…