The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has issued a stern warning to Yoruba activist Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, cautioning against unilateral actions against bandits in the South West without involving the military and other security agencies. Sunday Igboho recently urged his supporters not to wait for government intervention but to take steps themselves to…
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has called for the reconfiguration and decentralisation of the country, saying they are necessary steps towards national progress. Speaking on Thursday at the 50th anniversary lecture of the Punch newspaper, with the theme, “Recovering the narrative,” Soyinka said it was time the country stopped organising national conferences, which had proved…
Justice Babajide Aladejana of Ekiti State High Court has been reinstated to office after 16 years of suspension by the National Judicial Council. Aladejana was suspended from office in 2006 with the state’s former Chief Judge, Justice Kayode Bamisile, under the administration of the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Alfa Belgore. The duo were…
Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has urged Nigerians to leave the BBC alone following its damning report about the late Pastor Temitope Balogun Joshua, famously known as TB Joshua. Joshua, who founded the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), died on June 5, 2021. The BBC in January 2024 published a 3-part investigative documentary detailing…
A senior Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, official has been slammed with bribery and tax-related charges in the United States. A jury recently returned a three-count indictment against Paulinus Iheanacho Okoronkwo after the Federal Bureau of Investigation found that he used his position as a general manager in NNPC’s upstream department to obtain at least…
A former governorship candidate of Great Nigeria People’s Party, GNPP, in Abia State, Charles Okechukwu Okereke has advised former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon to immediately apologize to the Igbo nation and Nigerians in general for his recent statement at the Aso Rock Villa. The apology, he said, would calm the minds of the…
President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, assured Nigerians that his administration would restructure the country as earlier promised, but noted that a good foundation must be laid. Tinubu gave the assurance during a visit to the National Leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, in Akure, Ondo State. After the closed-door meeting with some…
A Christian cleric Dr Bolaji O. Akinyemi,President, Voice Of His Word Ministries, and Convener, Apostolic Round Table (ART), has written an open letter titled “Of Witchcraft And Idolatry; Be Warned!” to the General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Worldwide, Pastor E.A. Adeboye. He wrote: Dear Sir, Apostasy begins with the perverse drive…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Tuesday night, suspended further street protests, earlier scheduled to continue today after recording nationwide success at day one protest rallies against hunger in the country. In a communique at the end of a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of NLC held in Abuja, on Tuesday, the congress said after reviewing the…
Hours after the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) suspended its nationwide protests against hike in prices of foods, former Managing Director of Daily Times of Nigeria, High Chief Tola Adeniyi, has faulted the move by the union, describing the decision as playing with the public emotions. He said that the strategy adopted by the unions on…
