The Israeli military has confirmed that Tel Aviv has come under attack for the first time in months with at least eight rockets fired towards central Israel on Sunday originating from Gaza’s far-southern city of Rafah. Hamas’s military wing claimed responsibility for the attack on Sunday, according to Press Association. The Israel Defence Force (IDF)…
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has said that two out of three of the President Bola Tinubu-led administration’s policies were necessary but wrongly implemented. Obasanjo made this remark at a Colloquium themed ‘Nigeria’s Development: Navigating the Way Out of the Current Economic Crisis and Insecurity’, at the Paul Aje Colloquium (PAC) in Abuja, during the weekend….
The Lead Pastor at The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Living Seed, The Bridge, Ikeja, Lagos, Leke Adeboye, has advised the Nigerian government to focus on grassroots needs and prioritise citizen engagement. Speaking in an interview on Sunday during a crusade titled ‘Jesus in the Park,’ held at the Ikeja City Mall, Adeboye explained that…
Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has said that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi is “unfit” to lead Nigeria. Soyinka stated this in a recent interview. It will be recalled that Obi finished third behind Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in…
Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has reinstated Muhammadu Sanusi II who was deposed as the Emir of Kano four years ago, to the throne. Yusuf announced the decision on Thursday after signing the Kano State Emirate Council (Repeal) Bill 2024 into law. “With the full support of the kingmakers, I have approved the reappointment…
The Federal Government has apologised to Nigerians for the pain and economic hardship being experienced in the country, noting, however, that the policies of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led government are on track despite the currency crisis and inflation, which have frustrated economic growth. Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, on Wednesday at…
Shehu Sani, a former senator representing Kaduna central, says changing the national anthem should be done after consultations with Nigerians. Sani said altering the national anthem without wide consultation would be seen as an attempt to dissolve Nigeria. Earlier on Thursday, the house of representatives passed a bill seeking to reintroduce the old national anthem….
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris has disclosed that the first anniversary of President Bola Tinubu’s administration will be low-key. Tinubu, a former Lagos State Governor, was inaugurated as Nigeria’s 16th President May 29, 2023 at the Eagle Square in the nation’s capital city, Abuja. Idris at the Ministerial Press Briefing on…
General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, who has led Chad’s junta for the last three years, is to be sworn in Thursday after an election victory hotly contested by opposition parties in the north-central African nation. Deby officially won 61 per cent of the May 6 vote international NGOs said was neither credible nor free, and…
Seventeen members of the Cross River State House of Assembly on Wednesday removed the Speaker of the House, Hon Alvert Ayambem over allegations of mismanagement, Misconduct, financial misappropriation and indifference to welfare of members. Hon Ayambem’s removal was made public in an impeachment notice signed by 17 out of the 25 members of the State…
