BREAKING: Supreme Court Approves use of hijab in Lagos schools
The supreme court has ruled that Muslims Female Students in Lagos state can wear Hijab to school without harassment or discrimination. The apex court gave the ruling on Friday in Abuja. Six out of a seven-member panel of the apex court ruled in favour of the use of hijab while one dissented. Among those on […]
2023: PDP Announces Okowa As Running Mate
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Atiku Abubakar has announced Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate for the 20233 presidential election. Atiku made the announcement at a meeting held at the party’s headquarters on Thursday in Abuja. The former vice president said he picked Okowa because he has the […]
2023 AND THE MEDIA
By Dul Johnson The time-honoured saying that the pen is mightier than the sword remains a fact. The media is a powerful group in the 2023 project. The media moulds and controls opinions. The media has the power to positively or negatively influence or mould opinions. You have the power to scatter the country […]
PHOTOS: Govs Sanwo-Olu, Dapo Abiodun , Abdulrahman AbdulRazak Visit Gov Akeredolu
Governors Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, Dapo Abiodun, Ogun State, and Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq paid a condolence visit to Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu over the recent terror attack in Owo, Ondo State. On Sunday, June 5, 2022, st. Francis Catholic church in the city of Owo, Ondo state was attacked by terrorists killing over 40 […]
Femi Soyinka, Professor of Dermatology, dies at 85.
Professor Femi Soyinka, the younger brother of the Nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka is dead. He was 85. A statement by the family said he died in the early hours of Tuesday, June 14, 2022 at his home in Kukumada Village, Ibadan, Oyo State. He was born in 1937 and received a Medical degree […]
Ibadan Northwest/Southwest aspirant sues APC, INEC over primaries
By Our Reporter An aspirant for the Ibadan Northwest and Southwest Federal Constituency on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Biodun Ikumogunniyi has sued the party, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Saheed Akinade-Fijabi at the Federal High Court Ibadan. In the suit in which the three are the defendants/respondents, the […]
Why Am I Supporting Atiku Abubakar?
First published in my column, #TheAlternative, in the back page of today’s ThisDay. This question was posed to me on Facebook by a follower, who wondered why I, a Christian Southerner, would support Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, a Muslim Northerner. He was peeved with me for betraying (as he claimed) my brother, Peter Obi, for an […]
2022 Democracy Day Speech, My Last As President- Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that this is the last day of the Democracy Day speech he would be making to Nigerians as president of Nigeria. President Buhari said this in a televised broadcast on Sunday to mark this year’s Democracy Day . He described the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election as […]
JUST IN: Osinbajo Congratulates Tinubu, Calls For Unity
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has congratulated former Lagos state governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his victory as the presidential candidate All Progressives Congress presidential primary. Osinbajo in a statement on Thursday said Tinubu’s sterling contributions to democracy stood him out. The vice president also called for unity among party members and to support Tinubu […]
You Are APC Popular Choice, Lawan Congratulates Tinubu
Senate president, Ahamd Lawan has congratulated former governor of Lagos state, AAsiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for winning the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress In a letter of congratulations to Tinubu, the senate president, who also contested the presidential ticket, expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the primary. He added that the outcome of […]
