Former vice-president and Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Atiku Abubakar hosted his former running mate and presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi on Monday at his place of residence. This was disclosed in a tweet issued by Atiku on his verified X page while sharing the pictures of the…
Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has insisted that he is no longer involved in partisan politics. According to him, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is now his former party, as he is no longer participating in party politics. Obasanjo made the declaration on Sunday in Osun State during the commissioning of the VIP…
The Governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has disclosed that the state government would set up a judicial panel of inquiry to investigate how the affairs of governance were conducted in the State before he assumed office. Fubara spoke while swearing in Mr Dagogo Iboroma, a Senior Advocate of Nogeria, as the new Attorney-General…
A non-governmental organisation, the Akin Fadeyi Foundation has said prominent Nigerian lawyer and Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Dr Afe Babalola, will be the inaugural guest to share his life story on its digital TV show, ‘The Impact Series.’ The programme, titled ‘The Impact Series by Akin Fadeyi,’ is slated to be broadcast on…
The 15th edition of the annual Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange is set to be held between July 13 and July 27, 2024. The edition, coincides with the 90th birthday (July 13) of the Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, whose exceptional life story and illustrious career as a quintessential artist and global humanist, inspired the…
Workers have stormed various offices of electricity distribution companies to protest over the Band A tariff hike. The workers, under the aegis of the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, have thronged the offices of the DisCos on Monday, preventing workers from resuming work for the day. In Lagos, the workers were sighted…
Elders and leaders of Rivers across political party lines have called on the state Governor Siminalayi Fubara, to shelve any plan to tamper with structures at the House of Assembly quarters located along Aba Road in Port Harcourt. The elders comprising past and present members of the National Assembly, local government chairmen, and opinion leaders…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT and 136 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) “over its failure to withdraw the patently unlawful ‘Circular’ directing all banks and other financial institutions to deduct from customers’ account a ‘cybersecurity levy’.” The CBN had last week directed banks to implement…
As Osun state governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, marks his 64th birthday and is installed as Asiwaju of Ede-land on Monday, a former president of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo; Chairman, Osun Council of Obas, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi; Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde; Africa’s richest woman and a business mogul, Mrs Folorunso Alakija are among…
Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, on Sunday, arrived in Lagos from Abuja to continue a three-day visit to Nigeria. It was reported that the royal couple arrived on board an Air Peace flight. The British Royal couple was received by the Chairman of the airline, Dr Allen Onyema,…
