Osinbajo celebrates Tinubu at 71
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has congratulated President-elect Bola Tinubu on his 71st birthday. The vice president conveyed his felicitations in a statement he personally signed on Wednesday in Abuja. He prayed God to grant the president-elect more wisdom and strength in the years to come. He said, “Dolly and I rejoice with you, the […]
Tinubu will build a new Nigeria, says Olaosebikan
The former Chairman of Oluyole Local Area in Oyo Stgate, Mr Kehinde Olaosebikan, has assured that the President-elect Bola Tinubu will build a new Nigeria that all will be proud of. He gave the assurance in a statement on Wednesday in Ibadan while congratulating Tinubu on the occasion of his 71st birthday. Olaosebikan, who is […]
Court stops police from arresting Ihedioha, Irona, others
The High Court sitting in Abuja has restrained the police from inviting and arresting the House of Reps member-elect, Ideato Federal Constituency, Ikenga Ugochinyere; former Governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha and former Deputy governor, Gerald Irona. The court in a ruling delivered by Justice A.S. Adepoju set aside the police invitation letter dated March […]
Labour Party cuts gov nomination fees from N25m to 15m
The Labour Party has announced that the cost of nomination and expression of interest forms for its governorship aspirants interested in contesting the off-season elections in Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo states has been pegged at N15 million. The cost of the forms, which was formally N25 million was slashed to N15 million to allow […]
PDP Appoints Iliya Damagum As Acting National Chairman
The People’s Democratic Party(PDP) national working committee has appointed Iliya Umar Damagum as the acting national chairman. The spokesperson of the party, Debo Ologunagba made this at a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday. Until his appointment, Damagum was the PDP national deputy chairman(North) His appointment is coming on the heels of the high court […]
RELIGIOUS MUMU
By Toyin Falola “I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.” – Galileo Galilei Religion remains a much-debated issue, especially in Africa. It is one of the determining factors of our identity. It determines who we […]
BREAKING: Supplementary Election To Hold April 15- INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared that all outstanding governorship, National and State Assembly supplementary elections will hold on April 15, 2023. This was made known in a statement by Rotimi Oyekanmi, the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, issued on Monday, March 27. “Arising from its meeting held […]
Why Nigeria is still poor, by King Dakolo
By Olayinka Oyegbile, Editor. The Ibenanaowei of Ekpetiama Kingdom in Bayelsa State, His Royal Majesty King Bubaraye Dakolo Agada IV, has said that Nigeria has continued to remain poor and held down because there are some “average persons who have been moving the country among themselves,” thus not allowing it to grow and attain its […]
Ekiti farmers seek enforcement of anti-grazing law
Farmers in Ido-Ekiti in Ido-Osi Local Government Area (LGA) on Monday appealed to the State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, to enforce the anti-grazing law against invaders of their farms. The Chairman of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Ido-Ekiti chapter, Mr Oluropo Dada, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria […]
Ayu says purported suspension is a joke
The embattled National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Iyorchia Ayu, has described his purported suspension by executive members of his ward, Igyorov Ward of Gboko Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State, as an exercise in futility. Ayu, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Communications, Simon Imobo-Tswam, in Abuja on […]
