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Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has dismissed speculation that he plans to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), insisting that he remains firmly in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) despite the opposition party’s ongoing leadership crisis. Makinde gave the assurance yesterday, during the launch of a book by a former Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, titled “Headlines & Soundbites: Media Moments That Defined An Administration,” held at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja. He said he had no intention of joining the ranks of PDP governors who have defected to the APC, saying: “I am not an APC…

The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) is the flagship international men’s football tournament in Africa. Organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), it determines the continent’s national champion and is one of the most watched football competitions in the world. So far, the most successful teams in the history of the competition are Egypt, the most successful nation, with seven titles. Cameroon follows with five, Ghana have won four, while Nigeria have claimed three. With the 35th Africa Cup of Nations scheduled to hold in Morocco from 21 December 2025 to 18 January 2026, BBC Sport Africa looks at five iconic…

Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the factional Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Taminu Turaki (SAN), said the party has woken up from its slumber and is now correcting its past mistakes that drowned it in crises. Turaki, who has the backing of the Oyo and Bauchi governors, Seyi Makinde and Bala Mohammed, spoke on Wednesday in Abuja during the party’s Board of Trustees meeting. In his remarks, Turaki acknowledged the enormous responsibility entrusted to the new leadership and pledged to prioritise reconciliation. “We have had our ups and downs. We fought ourselves and we fought each other. Some…

Turkish champions Galatasaray have entered the race to sign Göztepe’s Nigerian midfielder Anthony Dennis, Soccernet.ng reports. Galatasaray’s interest in Dennis could set up a potential transfer battle with German Bundesliga clubs RB Leipzig and Union Berlin for the 21-year-old’s signature. The Super Lig leaders, currently preparing for their mid-season transfer strategy, have identified Dennis as a potential successor to injury-prone Gabonese international Denis Lemina, according to reports in the Turkish press.  Göztepe star Anthony Dennis. Photo by IMAGO The young defensive midfielder has emerged as one of the most sought-after talents in Turkish football, attracting attention from multiple clubs across…

Bauchi State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caretaker Committee, loyal to the national leadership under Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has given a 14-day deadline to Governor Bala Mohammed and his associates to vacate the party’s secretariats across the state.  The committee said it decided after an emergency meeting yesterday, during which it deliberated extensively on critical issues affecting the party at the state and national levels.   While issuing the ultimatum to individuals, it described as illegal occupants of PDP secretariats across the state, the committee warned that failure to comply would attract lawful consequences. The party’s crisis…

Tessy Igomu Producing a vaccine to counter COVID-19 seems to be making headway as a preliminary drug trial shows that hospitalised patients given the antiviral drug remdesivir, recovered 31 per cent faster than those given a placebo. The study, announced on Wednesday, was sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, while the drug is manufactured by Gilead Sciences Inc’s, a California-based biotechnology company. New York Times reports that remdesivir, which targets replication mechanisms in viruses to stop them from reproducing, was initially developed to treat Ebola, another virus, but it was never approved by regulators. Director, National Institute…

We remain resolute to frustrate drug syndicates, says MarwaA federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the detention of a merchant vessel, MV San Anthonio, from Brazil, a ship, its captain and 20 other crew members. This followed the seizure of 25.5 kilogrammes of cocaine in the hatch of the commodity vessel from Brazil at the Apapa Seaport in Lagos by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Operatives of the NDLEA, acting on credible intelligence, had on December 6, 2025, discovered the cocaine consignment aboard the ship.  After the full discharge of the cargo from the ship, a…

Caroline Pham, the Acting Chair of the US derivatives regulator Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), is set to leave the agency to join the private sector.Pham will be heading to crypto payments firm MoonPay, once the Senate confirms her replacement with Trump’s pick Mike Selig.“I’m looking forward to a successful confirmation of Mike Selig as the CFTC’s next chairman and a smooth transition once he is sworn in,” Pham wrote on X. “The future is bright. Onward and upward.” I’m looking forward to a successful confirmation of Mike Selig as the @CFTC’s next chairman and a smooth transition once he…

President Bola Tinubu has vowed that his administration will defeat banditry and terrorism, assuring all that security forces are “fighting very hard” to restore peace and stability across the country. Tinubu spoke on Wednesday night at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, when he received leaders of the Ogbia community of Bayelsa State, pledging that his government would sustain the push against violent groups while also expanding development interventions in the Niger Delta. The President’s latest pledge came as communities in parts of the North-West, North-East and North-Central continue to battle insurgency, banditry, kidnappings and attacks on rural settlements, with the Federal…

Positive indicators have emerged that the North Central geopolitical zone would join its South/South counterpart under one political party control, following plans by Governor Caleb Muftwang of Plateau State to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).   The purported defection has been the subject of conjectures and disputations due to conflicting signals from the governor and the state APC.  However, barely 72 hours after his Taraba State colleague, Agbu Kefas, defected, Muftwang seems to have made up his mind to abandon the troubled main opposition PDP. Dropping the hint of Muftang’s impending defection, his Special Adviser on…