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Former presidential aide and ambassador-designate, Reno Omokri, has admitted that he was wrong to have described President Bola Tinubu as a “drug lord”, saying his investigations in the United States found no evidence to support the claim. Mr Omokri said he travelled to Chicago in September 2022 to independently verify reports about Mr Tinubu’s academic history and alleged links to drug-related activities. He spoke on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics on Sunday. Mr Omokri said he initially believed reports that questioned Mr Tinubu’s academic credentials and alleged that he was involved in drug trafficking. “I honestly believed what the media reported.…

BREAKINGBREAKING, State news channel, Al Mamlaka says the southern port of Aqaba was evacuated as a precuation following reports of the gas leak.Published On 14 Sep 202614 Sep 2026At least 11 people have been injured in an ammonia gas leak in Jordan’s Aqaba industrial complex, local media reported.State news channel, Al Mamlaka, reported on Monday that the southern port of Aqaba was evacuated as a precaution following reports of the gas leak.According to an official, the gas leak, which happened during maintenance work, was contained in the industrial complex.This is a breaking news story.

Alex Enumah in Abuja A chieftain of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Abayomi Arabambi, has dragged the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC), the University Of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), to court, over the credentials of the presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Peter Obi. Arabambi, who is the sole plaintiff in three separate suits, predicated his action on the alleged refusal of the affected federal institutions to release details of  Obi’s academic record in their custody in line with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The suit against WAEC, marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/2064/, 2026, was…

TORONTO, ON – NOVEMBER 2 – first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (27) of the Toronto Blue Jays watches the Los Angeles Dodgers celebrate as the Toronto Blue Jays fall to the Los Angeles Dodgers in game seven of the MLB World Series at Rogers Centre in Toronto. November 2, 2025. (Photo by Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images)Toronto Star via Getty ImagesThe Toronto Blue Jays have had several months to process their devastating World Series loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers, but some moments from that Game 7 defeat remain difficult to forget.For Blue Jays fans, few plays are more…

Lagos State House of Assembly member, Desmond Elliot, has apologised to Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, over his actions during the last All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election in Lagos. Elliot is seen in a video circulating on social media, on his knees pleading with Gbajabiamila for forgiveness and seeking reintegration into the ruling party in Lagos. “I’m sorry, I have no excuse, I have nothing other than to say I’m deeply sorry and I am hoping to be cultured in the future,” Elliot said. The development followed a disagreement between Elliot and the party leadership…

Artificial intelligence is giving researchers a new way to listen to what patients are saying about popular GLP-1 drugs. After analyzing more than 400,000 Reddit posts, a University of Pennsylvania team identified several symptoms reported by people using semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy, and Rybelsus) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro and Zepbound) that may not be fully represented in clinical trials or official regulatory information. The study, published recently in Nature Health, examined more than five years of posts from nearly 70,000 Reddit users. Two categories stood out as particularly deserving of further investigation: reproductive symptoms, including changes in menstrual cycles, and problems involving…

You don’t want to overreact to Week 1 in the NFL (they say Week 1 is a liar), but some football fans understand how bad the Tennessee Titans’ 23-10 season-opening loss to the New York Jets was. You surely didn’t see them very much on RedZone. The debate in Nashville last week was whether Week 1 was a “must-win game.” Sure, it’s just one game that has nothing to do with playoff hopes, but consider all that was at stake. You had a new head coach trying to exorcise the demons of his past against his former team. A franchise touting…

Nigerians received honours at the African Muzik Magazine Awards (AFRIMMA) ceremony on Saturday for their contributions to the entertainment industry and for protecting the country’s critical national assets. The ceremony was held at Annette Strauss Square, within the AT&T Performing Arts Centre in Dallas, Texas, where businessman and Niger Delta leader, Government “Tompolo” Ekpemupolo, received the prestigious “Guardian of the Nation” Award. In a statement made available to PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday, AFRIMMA organisers said the award recognised the Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited chairman’s contribution to protecting Nigeria’s critical national assets. The organisers also commended Tompolo for his efforts…

Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt  The Niger Delta Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Trade, Mines and Agriculture (NDCCITMA) has identified governments of the nine Niger Delta states, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and others as critical development partners in efforts to build a sustainable regional investment ecosystem. The Chairman of the Chamber, Idaere Gogo Ogan, stated this at the weekend in Port Harcourt during a pre-summit briefing ahead of the Niger Delta Economic and Investment Summit scheduled to hold from September 15 to 17, 2026, in the Rivers State capital. The summit, with the theme, ‘Driving Investment, Innovation and Industrial Growth…

The Debt Management Office has announced an offer of two Federal Government of Nigeria bonds valued at N1tn for subscription at N1,000 per unit. The DMO, in a statement on Monday, said the first offer was a new 10-year FGN bond valued at N400bn and due in September 2036. The second was a N600bn reopening of a 15-year FGN bond due in 2038, with a coupon rate of 15.45 per cent per annum. The offer opened on September 14, while the settlement date is September 16. “The FGN bonds are offered at N1,000 per unit subject to a minimum subscription…