By Kolawole Ojebisi The security in and around the Wadata Plaza, the headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been beefed up ahead of the party's National Executive Committee meeting scheduled for today. According to Channels Television, armed police officers swarmed around the opposition party's headquarters amid rising tension over a proposed event that…
By Abiola Olawale The 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has expressed his willingness to serve a single term as president under a coalition led by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai. Obi, a two-term governor of Anambra State said the move is a strategy aimed…
By Kolawole Ojebisi A former military governor of old Kaduna State, Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar (rtd), has advised President Bola Tinubu against surrounding himself with sycophants. Dangiwa described sycophancy as a "scourge" which needed to be tamed before being mistaken for a norm in the country's polity. The retired military officer made this call in…
By Abiola Olawale The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has apprehended a former international footballer, Segun George Hunkarin, his business partner, Ntoruka Emmanuel Chinedu, and several others in a series of raids targeting illicit drug smuggling at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Ikeja, Lagos. The operations, conducted between June 24 and June 27,…
By Kolawole Ojebisi The North-Central All Progressives Congress, APC, Forum has maintained that the position of the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) should be offered to a politician from the geo-political zone, making a case for a former governor of Nasarawa State, Alhaji Tanko Al-Makura. The Forum stated a number of…
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued a strong warning for green card and visa holders staying in the country, saying visa or green card will be revoked if a person breaks the law. In a recent post on X (previously Twitter), USCIS shared an image that read: “Green cards and visas will…
By Kolawole Ojebisi The World Bank has lumped Nigeria together with other 38 countries as sovereign entities running economies where citizens are struggling with poverty and hunger, stressing that the twin indicators of lack are worsening due to conflict and instability. The financial institution said that a total of 421 million people are struggling on…
By Kolawole Ojebisiø The All Progressives Congress governors, under the aegis of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, have stated that the resignation of the party's National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje is part of the ruling party's strategic move towards evolution rather than a crisis. The forum maintained that the ruling party is undergoing internal repositioning…
By Kolawole Ojebisi The African Development Bank has highlighted ways by which Nigeria can achieve long-term growth and become a trillion-dollar economy. AfDB stated that Nigeria must harness its financial, human, and natural resources more effectively, stressing that this is only achievable through better governance, investment and planning. This is contained in a statement by…