Politics

The new administration was sworn in today at Eagles Square, Abuja. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was sworn in today, Monday, May 29th, 2023 and spoke to Nigerians for the first time as the president elect. In his inaugural speech, Tinubu mentioned that his administration is ready to unite and govern…

Shettima outlines that the incoming administration is particular about togetherness and there is no agenda to islamize the country. The Vice-President elect, Senator Kashim Shettima has assured Nigerians that the soon-to-be-sworn in administration does not have an agenda to Islamize the country as it has been speculated in some quarters.…

The embattled agitator of the IPOB requires urgent medical treatment as his health continues to deteriorate, according to his counsel. Counsel to the embattled leader of the proscribed group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has pleaded with the Supreme Court over the health of his client who’s…

Bola Tinubu, the President-elect, has embarked on a journey to Europe, citing the purpose of the trip as a working visit. On Wednesday, Tinubu left Nigeria with the intention of fine-tuning transition plans, programs, and policy options alongside key aides, free from distractions. During his stay in Europe, Tinubu aims…

In response to a statement attributed to the Director General (DG) of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Yushau Dogara Ahmed, claiming that the scheme has fostered national unity, former Kaduna Central lawmaker, Shehu Sani, expressed his view that the NYSC has not fully united Nigeria, but has…

Nigerian politician and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Reno Omokri has taken to social media to attack Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party. He accused Obi of failing to call his followers, known as Obidients, to order. This comes after supporters of Obi lashed out at the…

It was jubilation galore in Osun state after Supreme Court today affirmed the election of Ademola Adeleke as Governor of the state. Residents in their hundreds trooped into the streets of Osogbo, Ede, and other major towns in Osun, singing and dancing to the victory. The Supreme Court today affirmed…

Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party has been affirmed as Osun State Governor by the Supreme Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday. The judgement followed an earlier decision by a three-member panel of the appellate court led by Mohammed Shuaibu, which affirmed his victory, nullifying the judgement of the…

The commissioner stated that the exercise will provide a working document for the new administration to respond to peculiar challenges affecting people residing in different parts of the country. Federal Commissioner of the National Population Commission, Dr Abdulmalik Durunguwa has assured that the 2023 Census would address the most of…

The group affirms that it would be difficult for Dino Melaye to win the Kogi governorship elections if he does not consult them. The White Witches and Wizards Association of Nigeria has advised the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate for the upcoming Kogi State elections, Senator Dino Melaye to seek…

The Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi backs the Federal Government of Nigeria following the decision to postpone the 2023 census. On Saturday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed postponed the 2023 national census scheduled for May 3-7 indefinitely. Addressing the development, Peter Obi emphasized how perfect the move was despite…

The 2023 national census scheduled for May 3-7 has been postponed indefinitely by the federal government.  Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the incoming administration will determine if the census will hold. Mohammed further revealed that the postponement was approved by President Muhammadu Buhari after a meeting with some members of the Federal…

The federal government has clarified that it has not suspended plan to remove fuel subsidy by June 2023. The clarification was made on Friday in a statement by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed through her special adviser on media and communications, Yunusa Abdullahi. The Minister’s clarification…

The plans to remove fuel subsidy by June this year have been suspended by the Federal Government. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Ahmed Zainab gave the indication on Thursday, shortly after the National Economic Council, NEC, meeting, chaired by Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. She said the NEC, which…

Ademola Adeleke, the Osun State Governor, has made a new vow. The governor vowed that his administration will reclaim the state property located in Ikoyi, Lagos State. Governor Adeleke gave the assurance on Monday during an on-the-spot assessment of the Osun House located at No 18, Femi Okunnu Road, former Cooper Road,…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, in Abuja, thanked Nigerians for putting up with him since he resumed office in 2015.“Thank you for tolerating me…I consider myself lucky to have been a governor, minister and head of state and now president for two terms,” Buhari told guests at the ninth and…

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine has congratulated President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on his victory in the February 25th polls. Zelensky gladens at the peaceful conduct of the just-concluded general elections in a congratulatory letter he signed and praised the emergence of Tinubu. The Ukrainian leader, in the letter to Tinubu,…

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has responded to a remark credited to former President Olusegun Obasanjo that Biafra was dead and buried on 13th January 1970. Reacting, IPOB said Biafra would soon be restored because the agitation is not dead. The spokesman of the group, Emma Powerful, said no…

Nnamdi Nwabasili, the Nigerian on-air-personality, who is popularly known as N6, has slammed MC Olouomo. He MC Oluomo, the Chairman of Lagos State Parks Management Committee, of being a hypocrite. The controversial OAP claimed MC Oluomo, after fuelling electoral violence in the Lagos State governorship election, went on an Islamic pilgrimage to…

Ahmadu Fintiri, governor of Adamawa has thrown a shade at the All Progressives Congress and its governorship candidate in Adamawa state, Aisha Binani Dahiru. According to Fintiri, they were served a “hot breakfast.” “Breakfast”, in Nigerian parlance means “heartbreak”. Fintiri made the statement after he was on Tuesday declared the…