The African Action Congress (AAC) presidential flag-bearer in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore has sent a message to a former director general of the Peter Obi 2023 Presidential Campaign Organisation, Doyin Okupe. It will be recalled that Okupe had earlier stated that President Bola Tinubu was the best presidential candidate in the 2023 elections. His…
The Nigerian Police Force has said that no ENDSARS protester arrested following the 2020 mass protests against police brutality is still in detention. It stated that the call by Senator Shehu Sani, a human rights activist, on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, during Democracy Day celebration on June 12, to release scores of Endsars protesters still…
Kayode Fayemi, former governor of Ekiti state, says the announcement of petrol subsidy removal was “a little bit precipitous”. On May 29, 2023, President Bola Tinubu, in his inauguration speech, announced the removal of subsidy — a development which led to a hike in the pump price of the product and other items. Speaking in…
Former governor of Oyo State and Otun Olubadan of Ibadan land, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, has disclosed that Governor Seyi Makinde has no power to crown the new Olubadan of Ibadan land. The former governor made this disclosure while speaking with newsmen at his Ondo Street, Bodija, Ibadan residence on the occasion of this year’s Eld-El-Kabir….
The Presidency has tackled the New York Times over its report on the current economic situation in Nigeria, saying President Bola Tinubu on May 29, 2023, inherited a dead economy. It also justified some of the policy decisions taken by Tinubu’s administration, such as the floating of the naira and fuel subsidy removal, declaring that…
The leader of the Ijaw nation, Chief Edwin Clark, has called on President Bola Tinubu to direct the Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, to file a nolle prosequi discontinuing the trial of the leader of the separatist Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Clark said Nnamdi Kanu, who is facing treason charges and…
Former Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said that churches should always ask for the source of the donations they get from people. Speaking at the inaugural lecture in honour of the late senior pastor of Fountain Life Church Taiwo Odukoya on Saturday, June 15, Osinbajo also admonished the church to teach good values that Christians can…
Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, a Political Science expert and former Minister of External Affairs has said that he was impressed by the extensive network of contacts President Bola Tinubu has across Africa. He said this while sharing some insights about the days when they fought to restore democracy in Nigeria under NADECO. In a video shared,…
Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command and their military counterparts on Thursday repelled an attack on a branch of First Bank Plc and a police divisional headquarters located in the Abaji Area Council. The armed robbers were said to have attacked both the bank and police divisional headquarters simultaneously on Thursday. The armed…
The founder of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has revealed that both local and international criminal organisations, which he described as “mafia”, made repeated attempts to sabotage his $19bn refinery project located in Lagos. Speaking at the Afreximbank Annual Meetings, Dangote likened the oil cartels to a mafia stronger than the drug mafia hell-bent on maintaining…
