I didn’t walk out on journalists, says Umahi
Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi, has denied snubbing newsmen who honoured his ministry’s invitation for a news conference in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls the minister allegedly walked out on the newsmen during his turn to present this ministry’s score card after one year of President Bola Tinubu Presidency. However, Umahi, […]
Ebonyi spends N17.3bn on airport runway
Ebonyi State government on Wednesday said it spent N17.3 billion on remedial work at the Chuba Okadigbo International Airport runway in Abakaliki. Gov. Francis Nwifuru said this in Abakaliki on the occasion of his one anniversary. He said on assumption of office his administration cleared the backlog arrears of five months salaries owed airport workers. […]
China promises aid for Gaza, praises relations with Arab world
Chinese President, Xi Jinping, on Thursday promised help for the Gaza Strip and spoke in favour of a peace conference at a meeting with top representatives of Arab countries. China supports full UN membership for Palestine and the convening of a larger, more authoritative and more effective international peace conference, Xi said in Beijing on […]
Lawyer lauds Tinubu’s efforts at stabilising economy
The Convener of the Security Situation Room, a non-governmental organisation, Dr Douglas Ogbankwa, on Thursday scored the administration of President Bola Tinubu high on efforts at stabilising the economy. He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the administration recorded successes in key areas of the economy, particularly in efforts to stabilise […]
Tinubu inaugurates National Assembly library, calls for collective action on unity
President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday in Abuja, inaugurated the National Assembly Library and Resource Centre, which is named in his honour. Before the inauguration of the library, the President had briefly attended a commemorative sitting of the National Assembly, where he made extemporaneous remarks. The President, who had signed the National Anthem Bill, 2024, into […]
National Anthem or National Issues?
By Toyin Falola Nostalgic feelings, memory nodes, and reverberations have often spurred me into euphoric celebrations, bursting out to retrace the relics of history resurrected by the Nigerian leaders: The National Anthem of Independence. I must confess that people of my age bracket and those born and weaned before 1978 must be basking in the […]
Death on the Road
By Toyin Falola In all toil, there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty. Proverbs 14:23 The purpose of work is viewed through different lenses, but the consensus is that it is a medium via which humans guarantee survival. Our conception of work through the ages conditions us to see it as a […]
EFCC secures 3,175 convictions, recovers N156 billion in one year
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has disclosed that the Commission secured 3175 convictions and recovered N156, 276,691,242.30 (One Hundred and Fifty-six Billion, Two Hundred and Seventy-Six Million, Six Hundred and Ninety-One Thousand, Two Hundred and Forty-Two Naira, Thirty kobo) between May 29, 2023 and May 29, […]
At last, Tinubu addresses NASS
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday addressed a joint sitting of the National Assembly in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Tinubu’s visit to the lawmakers comes as the nation marks 25 years of unbroken democracy. The President stepped into the parliament at 12:28pm, accompanied by the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima. Upon his arrival, the lawmakers recited […]
Foreign policy: 4-D will advance Nigeria’s position at global stage, says foreign minister
The Minister of Foreign Affairs Yusuf Tuggar said Nigeria’s foreign policy focus on democracy, developments, demography and diaspora (4-Ds) would enable the country advance meaningfully at the global stage. He disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja during the dialogue series with members of the Global Shapers Community, a group of highly motivated individuals with great […]
