Five vessels arrive at Lagos port with petroleum products, others
Five vessels, laden with refined petroleum products and other goods have arrived at the Lagos Port Complex awaiting berthing. Fifteen other ships are currently discharging wheat, frozen fish, butane gas, petrol, palm olefin and urea. The Nigerian Ports Authority stated on Saturday in Lagos that other goods conveyed by some of the vessels awaiting berthing […]
Tinubu’s cabinet: El-Rufai denies lobbying to be Chief of Staff
Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has dispelled the rumours of him jostling to become Chief of Staff in President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu’s cabinet. El-Rufai stated this in Gombe on Saturday while addressing journalists. He was in the state to inaugurate the construction of 550 housing units and Gombe Geographic Information Systems (GOGIS) Service […]
King, Queen appear on Buckingham Palace balcony to acknowledge crowds
The King and Queen set the seal on their historic coronation day with a Buckingham Palace balcony appearance to acknowledge the nation. Charles and Camilla in lavish robes and wearing their crowns returned with a wave to the cheers of the crowd, who filled The Mall after braving downpours to see a colourful ceremonial military […]
Coronation fly past scaled down due to bad weather
A fly-past to mark the King’s coronation in London was scaled down due to “unsuitable weather conditions”. More than 60 aircraft from the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force had been due to take part. But the event only involved helicopters and the Red Arrows aerobatic display team, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) […]
80,000 candidates sit for rescheduled UTME – Official
No fewer than 80,000 candidates on Saturday sat for the rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) across the country. JAMB’s Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said this while monitoring the exercise on Saturday in Abuja. He said about 80,000 candidates who could not sit for the 2023 UTME within their scheduled […]
Presidential Transition Council disowns fake programme of events in circulation
The Presidential Transition Council (PTC), has disowned the programme of events for the presidential inauguration currently in circulation on social media, describing it as fake. Mr Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of PTC, said this in a statement made available to newsmen on Saturday in Abuja. According […]
Sudan crisis: 1,700 Nigerians soon to be evacuated – NiDCOM
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) says about 1,700 Nigerians remaining in Sudan will be evacuated “in a matter of days”. Mr Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Head of Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit, NiDCOM, on Saturday said this was included in the highlights of the multi-agency briefing at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport on Friday. He said […]
Ekweremadu: Lawyer seeks King Charles’ intervention
A Lawyer, Kayode Ajulo, has written to King Charles III, pleading for a Prerogative of Mercy for the former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and wife, Beatrice over their conviction by a British court. He made the plea in a letter to King Charles III and made it available to newsmen in Abuja on Saturday. […]
Digging Deep: Prof. Jibrin Ibrahim on Nigeria’s 2023 Elections
By Toyin Falola “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times…” This is the epic opening to Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities, considered one of the world’s classics. If this opening were adapted to the reality of Nigeria’s 2023 elections, the result would be akin to this saying, “the […]
Travelling the world with Bisi Ajala
By Olayinka Oyegbile Ajala travelled all over the world- Ebenezer Obey (A review of An African Abroad, Olabisi Ajala, Masobe Books, Lagos, 2023) Many Nigerians of my age grew up hearing the lingo “Ajala travels” to describe anyone who has wanderlust or is restless. It was a lingo that no one needs a dictionary […]
