FULL TEXT: President Buhari Independence Day Speech
INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OF NIGERIA’S SIXTIETH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY, THURSDAY 1ST OCTOBER 2020 Fellow Nigerians I speak to you today as your President and fellow citizen on this epoch occasion of our country’s 60th independence Anniversary. As President, I wish to […]
UAE Reverses Visa Restriction As Nigeria Lifts Ban On Emirates Airlines
The Federal Government has lifted the ban on Emirates Airlines from operating in Nigeria just as the United Arab Emirate has agreed to be issuing visas to Nigerians. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika had on September 18 announced the ban of Emirates flights to Nigeria. In a tweet statement on Wednesday by the Minister, […]
Court Jails Six Yahoo Boys in Sokoto
Justice M. S. Sifawa of the Sokoto State High Court, Sokoto on Tuesday, September 29, 2020 convicted and sentenced six internet fraudsters to prison for fraud. The fraudsters who were prosecuted on one-count separate charges of conspiracy and cheating by the Sokoto Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC include; Henry Chukwuma […]
Yoruba Group Cautions Against Secession Rally
The Oranmiyan Dynasty Organisation, (ODORG) a Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group with base in Malaysia, has advised Yoruba indigenes in that country to shun the call for a rally to demand for Oduduwa republic, slated to hold October 1, 2020. A group christened ‘Yoruba One Voice’, has called for a rally among Yoruba in the Diaspora, to […]
COVID-19: Lagos Cancels Independence Day Parade
The Lagos State Government has cancelled the planned 60th Independence Anniversary parade celebration due to the ravaging effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement from the Lagos Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotosho said other activities that to make the anniversary that would involve more than 50 people is also cancelled. The statement […]
Reps In Shouting March, As Speaker Drops National Water Resources Bill
The House of Representatives has withdrawn the controversial National Water Resources Bill 2020. The House was turned into a shouting match on Tuesday when a member of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) , Benjamin Mzondu representing Makurdi-Guma Federal Constituency in Benue raised concerns over . “This same Water Bill was stated as National Water Resource Bill […]
Dagrin’s Former Manager, Olamus Is Dead
Dagrin former manegr, Winston Ola Badmus aka Olamus is dead. Olamus reportedly slumped and died on Sunday, September 27 at his residence in Lagos. His death was confirmed by Music producer, Kymo Kingin, via his Instagram handle “My brother my friend love you forever RIP” he wrote on Tuesday. Dagrin renowned for his indigenous rap delivery […]
[P&ID Case] UK Court Orders Release Of $200m Deposit To Nigeria
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A commercial court in London has ordered the release of $200 million used as a deposit in the case against Process & Industrial Development (P&ID) to the Nigerian government. The Governor of the Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele who confirmed the development on Tuesday, said the ruling follows the establishment of prima facie fraud before the […]
Minister faults ICPC over N2.67b school feeding fraud
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, has said her ministry has no link to the alleged N2.67bn school feeding fraud uncovered by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The ICPC had on Monday said it discovered that N2.67 billion paid to some federal colleges […]
Renaissance reborn: The Thabo Mbeki School and the transformation of Africa
By Toyin Falola Earlier in the outgoing month, it was the commissioning of the Pan-African Heritage World Museum right in the heart of the bastion of Pan-Africanism in Africa, Accra-Ghana, that rekindled the hope of a transforming Africa. Then I wrote about the birth of Blyden’s African Personality train. As I write this […]
