Author: Akeem Oyetunji

The leadership of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) may have resolved to send a delegation to Nigeria to assess the situation on ground before taking further action on the proposed Interim Board for the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF. Prompt News reports that last week, the erstwhile President of the NFF and the General Secretary, Ibrahim Gusau and Dr. Mohammed Sanusi respectively, alongside all the board members resigned. The mass resignation of the board members led to the appointment of an Interim General Secretary, Dr. Emmanuel Ikpeme. The National Sports Commission (NSC) is also considering constituting an Harmonization Committee…

By Akeem Oyetunji The good people of Osun State, South West Nigeria, go to polls on Saturday, August 15, 2026, to elect a new governor or re-elect the incumbent, Ademola Adeleke. The election has been dubbed a three-horse race with the top contenders being the incumbent Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party, Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Najeem Salaam of the Africa Democratic Congress, ADC. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, about 1.9 million residents are expected to participate in the election that appears to be ‘a do or die’ affair. The total…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has emerged as the presidential flagbearer of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), having won the party primary held nationwide. Prompt News Online reports that Atiku polled 1,846,370 votes to beat his closest rival, former Rivers State governor Rotimi Amaechi, who polled 504,117 votes, while businessman Mohammed Hayatu-Deen got 177,120 votes. In his acceptance speech, Atiku commended the party for demonstrating that democracy is alive in the ADC, vowing to resist any attempt to interfere in the internal affairs of the party. His words, “We demonstrated that while democracy is being strangled and squashed by the…

President Bola Tinubu has formally accepted his nomination as the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, after winning the primary. In his acceptance speech on Sunday, Tinubu pledged to place Nigeria on an “irreversible path of economic expansion and democratic consolidation” if given another four years in office. Prompt News Online reports that the president emerged winner having polled 10,999,162 votes to defeat the only challenger, Stanley Osifo, who garnered mere 16,503 votes. The Chairman of the APC Presidential Primaries Election Committee, Senator Pius Anyim, announced the results in Abuja. He was thereafter presented with the party’s…

Nigerian businessman and chairman of First HoldCo, Femi Otedola, is investing a whopping $100 million in the Dangote Refinery. He disclosed this when he led a delegation of top executives from First HoldCo on a visit to the Dangote refinery on Wednesday The team also visited key project sites such as the jetty, a facility built by Dangote industries to receive large vessels. Prompt News Online reports that the President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote in October, 2025 announced that he would allow the public to invest up to 10% stake. According to him, the refinery is targeting $2…

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, will fly the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) flag in the 2027 election. He emerged as the presidential candidate of the NDC at the close of the sale of Expression of Interest Forms. He was the only aspirant who bought the form but would still go through screening which obviously would be a mere formality. For other elective positions, the party has extended the deadline for the collection of Expression of Interest Forms by one week. This development means aspirants seeking tickets for governorship, Senate, House of Representatives…

Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is excited by Airbus’s proposal to establish maintenance and hangar facilities in the country. The proposal by the world aircraft-maker is part of a broader effort to position the country as a regional aerospace and aviation services hub. President Tinubu also emphasised Nigeria’s urgent need for modern helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft capable of supporting security operations, logistics, and national development priorities, in furtherance of his administration’s effort to end the intractable security challenges in some parts of the nation. The president spoke on Thursday, during a meeting with a delegation from Airbus, led by Head…

By Akeem Oyetunji In the 2026 World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims, an African woman made the list released by Jordan’s Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre. Interestingly, the only woman who made the list in the 2026 edition, is the current President of Tanzania, Her Excellency Samia Suluhu Hassan. She’s the sixth and first female President of Tanzania, sworn in on 19 March 2021. President Samia Suluhu Hassan, a Sunni Muslim and aged 66, is recognised for her efforts in the administration of Religious Affairs in that country. Prompt News Online reports that at the inception of The Muslim 500 ranking,…