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Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has criticised recent comments made by United Kingdom Conservative Party leader, Kemi Badenoch, regarding Nigerian citizenship, describing her remarks as misleading and legally inaccurate.Badenoch, while attempting to contrast British and Nigerian immigration systems, claimed: “It’s virtually impossible, for example, to get Nigerian citizenship. I…

Former Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said that the emergence of a new political coalition led by major opposition figures lays to rest fears that Nigeria is drifting into a one-party state. Fashola, who spoke on Saturday during an interview on Channels Television, said the adoption of the African Democratic Congress (ADC)…

Aisha Buhari, widow of former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, has publicly refuted claims that she was no longer married to the late president before his death. This clarification comes days after U.S.-based Nigerian Professor, Farooq Kperogi, alleged that Aisha had dropped the Buhari surname and reverted to her maiden name, Halilu. Reacting to the claim,…

National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Ajibola Basiru and Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, have raised concerns on the perceived disconnect between the average Nigerian and the genuine efforts and achievements by the present administration to touch their lives positively. The duo expressed their frustration, separately…

Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is’haq Oloyede, has criticised some Nigerian universities over what he called the indiscriminate and devalued awarding of honorary degrees.Oloyede made the remarks on Wednesday during the University of Ilorin’s 50th anniversary celebration in Ilorin. Speaking at the investiture of 65 distinguished Nigerians, including 50 ambassadors,…

Pastor Mrs. Folu Adeboye, wife of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has narrated how a pastor in the church diverted $8,000 meant for missions, abandoned his wife in South Africa, and traveled to the United States to marry another woman. She shared the revelation while ministering at a recent…

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has stated that prominent political heavyweights in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) are meeting with the leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, Rabiu Kwankwaso, to get Kano state mega votes. Kwankwaso, who contested the 2023 presidential election on the…

Former Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo has shared insights into the complex challenges facing deputy leaders, citing observations from former All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman Umar Ganduje about the impossible position of second-in-command officials. In a Symfoni TV media coverage from 5:49, Osinbajo recounted Ganduje’s humorous but pointed analysis of the predicament facing deputies…

The Ibadan Discourse Group, an assembly of eminent Nigerians from across the South West, has congratulated prolific writer and journalist, Dr. Lasisi Olagunju on his election as a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Letters. Dr. Olagunju, Editor of the Nigerian Tribune On Saturday, is a member of the Ibadan Discourse Group. In a press…