Nigeria’s representation at Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral would be a marked-down one as Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday departed Abuja for London, UK, to represent Nigeria. At a gathering expected to host an elite gathering of world leaders including Japan’s Emperor Naruhito, the vice-president, and not President Buhari, would join members of the Royal Family Read More…
Dumebi Kachikwu, African Democratic Congress (ADC)’s candidate for the 2023 presidential elections has been expelled by the party. In a statement issued on Saturday morning by ADC’s National Chairman, Chief Ralph Okey Nwosu, Kachikwu and seven others were expelled from the party following findings by a seven-man disciplinary committee set up to investigate allegations of Read More…
The Nigerian President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari made many Nigerians beam with smiles as he honoured Tobi Amusan and others for placing Nigeria on a global scale of excellence with their notable performance at the just concluded Commonwealth Games held at the Birmingham Alexander Stadium in August 2022. Recall that the Nigerian born Amusan recently Read More…
Senator Kashim Shettima, the vice presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), claims that his principal Bola Tinubu saved Atiku Abubakar when he was being witch-hunted by the People’s Democratic Party, PDP. Shettima stated that it was impossible for Atiku to attempt to serve as a match for Tinubu with an excellent track record Read More…
All efforts to resolve their differences outside of a court action having come to nought between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU), both parties are now in court. On Monday the Federal government urged the National Industrial Court to order the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call Read More…
“There’s fire on the mountainand nobody seems to be on the runThere’s fire on the mountain top and no one is a-running… One day the river will overflowAnd there’ll be nowhere for us to goAnd we will run, runWishing we had put out the fire In this season of university closure and youth rudderlessness, the lyrics Read More…
Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, wife of All Progressives Congress (APC) 2023 presidential candidate says she will give voice to the voiceless if she becomes the country’s next first lady in 2023. She said this on Saturday in Abuja when she visited Karon-Majigi Ward of Gwarimpa and Yar Goje Community of Abuja Municipal Area Council to meet Read More…
The Nigerian Navy on Friday transferred 627 bags of smuggled parboiled rice, 57 parcels of Indian hemp and one suspect to the Nigerian Customs Service and the NDLEA. Capt. James Otache, Commanding Officer, Forward Operating Base (FOB) Badagry of the navy, said the handover was the result of consistent patrols by the Navy to defeat Read More…
The Federal Government has ordered that all flags in the country and missions abroad be flown at half-mast on Sept. 11 and Sept. 12, to honour the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Rauf Aregbesola, the Minister of Interior, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. “We commiserate with the government and the Read More…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that more than 700,000 people commit suicide globally every year with 77 per cent of all global suicides occurring in low and middle-income countries. Dr. Walter Mulombo, WHO Country Representative to Nigeria, said this in a message to commemorate the 2022 World Suicide Prevention Day. Mulombo said that Read More…
