The 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter has passed away at the age of 100, his organization, The Carter Center has announced. Carter, who celebrated his centenary in October, died peacefully on Sunday afternoon at his home in Plains, Georgia. His death marks the end of a remarkable life of public service, humanitarian…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has faulted the 2025 budget proposal, saying that it’s inadequate to address the country’s structural challenges. In a reaction posted on his verified X handle on Sunday, Atiku said the budget proposal as presented to the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu reflected a continuation of business-as-usual fiscal practices. Atiku…
A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), has called on the judiciary to maintain its integrity by purging itself of bad eggs. Olanipekun, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), made the call in Ibadan on Monday at the opening of the Law Week and 70th Anniversary Celebration of the…
Yoruba nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known Igboho, has asked President Bola Tinubu to caution the Vice President Kashim Shettima over his alleged attacks on the leader of the British Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch. Igboho made this appeal in a statement obtained in Osogbo on Sunday, responding to Shettima’s remarks about Badenoch following her…
A high court in Oyo state has issued an interim order restraining further publication or sale of Dele Farotimi’s book, ‘Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System’. Adebayo Adenipekun, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN) with Afe Babalola & Co, filed the suit marked I/1442/2024 on Monday. Farotimi and Dele Farotimi Publishers were listed as the…
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on Wednesday, paid a courtesy visit to former President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State. A former media aide to the ex-president, Ahmad Bashir, disclosed this in photos shared on X on Wednesday. Before leaving the town, the Ooni, alongside Buhari, was also said to have visited the…
Kemi Badenoch, the leader of the United Kingdom (UK) Conservative Party, has said that she is not interested in laundering the image of Nigeria after Vice-President Kashim Shettima criticised her for denigrating the country. Badenoch was born in the UK in 1980 to Nigerian Yoruba parents. She returned to Nigeria, where she grew up. Badenoch…
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has said that president Bola Tinubu will have his way regarding the passage of the controversial tax reform bill. The bill, which has passed the second reading at the Senate, is facing vehement pushback from different quarters, especially from elites in Northern Nigeria. Notable northern groups and figures like…
The House of Representatives has resolved to set up an ad-hoc committee to investigate the circumstances that led to the mass retirement of 1,000 staff members of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The House also resolved to ascertain the N50bn payoff earmark for the settlement of the disengaged staff members of the apex bank. The…
The Trustees of the Niyi Osundare International Poetry Festival in collaboration with the Department of English, University of Ibadan will be holding a one-day programme of literary and cultural activities to celebrate the poet whose literary prowess continues to make Nigeria proud across the globe. The event with the theme: Niyi Osundare, Ten years after…
