Three S-West Govs Kick, Say It’s Personal Political Agenda Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos state and one of the national leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will today flag off what his political supporters call the South-West 2023 Agenda. The event which is scheduled to hold in Ibadan, the Oyo…
The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), Nigeria’s apex Islamic body under the leadership of its President-General, His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to rejig the nation's security architecture following the abduction of students of Government Science Secondary School (GSSS), Kankara in Katsina State last Friday. In a…
Following plethora of alleged illicit and inappropriate expenditure associated with Kemebradikumo Daniel Pondei as acting managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC), President Muhammadu Buhari has fired him and his Interim Management Committee(IMC). Special Adviser to the President on media and publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, who announced this latest development via a press statement…
International concerns are already mounting with the continued closure of the operational head office of Seplat Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) on the orders of a court ruling obtained by Access Bank Nigeria Plc. With just about two weeks to the end of the year, and with no likely indication that the office would be unsealed…
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has congratulated The Olu of Warri, His Royal Majesty Ogiame Godfrey Emiko Ikenwoli, on his fifth coronation anniversary today. In a goodwill message, the Obarisi of Urhoboland described the monarch as “the first-class custodian of the pristine culture and traditional values of the Itsekiri ethnic Nation”.…
With the painful and unexpected demise of the founder and Chairman of Leadership Group, Sam Nda-Isaiah, Nigeria has lost a patriot, a resourceful entrepreneur, a passionate member of the All Progressives Progress(APC) and a frontline newspaper publisher, Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege has said. Omo-Agege who described the late Nda-Isaiah as a patriotic…
Fears have started mounting in Kano state as the state has recorded 85 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 10 days. The Kano state Commissioner for Health, Aminu Ibrahim Tsanyawa, who announced this latest development on Friday expressed concern at the alarming surge. Read also: Nigeria Racks Up 790 New Covid-19 Cases, Highest Daily…
The Presidency has reacted sharply to alleged threats and statements bordering on the corporate existence of Nigeria, stressing that President Muhammadu Buhari would not yield to pressures and threats emanating from persons and organizations whose strategy is to pressurize the federal government to cave in to their whims and caprices. Senior Special Assistant to the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained why it declared the All Progressives Congress(APC) winner of the Imo North Senatorial By-election which took place last Saturday not-withstanding conflicting court judgements about who was the party's valid flagbearer. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, who gave this…