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 to engage with investors and…
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 made significant and commendable contributions…
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 General Overseer of the Redeemed…
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 Gov Ademola Adeleke as the…
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 election petition tribunal. The election…
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 issues affecting the country….
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 their counsel ahead of the…
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 country being due for…
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 Executive Council and the Chairman…
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 follows earlier viral reports in…
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 comprises State Governors deliberated on…
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, Ikoyi, Lagos State. Adeleke who…
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 final Sallah homage held at…
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, affirmed his country’s determination to…
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 amount of blackmail or propaganda…
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 Mecca pretending to be holy….
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 winner of the gubernatorial election…
Reno Omokri, a socio-political activist, has raised some fresh concerns. He raised concern over the whereabouts of the president-elect, Bola Tinubu. A statement issued by Tunde Rahman of the Office of the President-Elect on March 23, said Tinubu travelled to France where he would plan his transition programme. But weeks after his departure from the country, some…
Details of the meeting between the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa and singer Davido have been made public. Owohunwa assured Davido of the command’s commitment to security in the state including that of his forthcoming concert. Davido met with the Lagos Commissioner of Police (CP), Idowu Owohunwa, ahead of his ‘Timeless’ concert slated…
The World Bank has made a new revelation on Nigeria’s debt. It revealed that Nigeria used 96.3 per cent of its revenue generated in 2022 to service debt, saying that the constant fiscal deficit has aggravated the nation’s public debt stock. This was according to the Macro Poverty Outlook for Nigeria: April 2023 brief released…
