The Senate has on Thursday, approved President Bola Tinubu’s loan request of $2.2 billion to partially finance the ₦9.7 trillion budget deficit for the 2024 fiscal year. The approval followed the presentation of a report by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, Aliyu Wamakko, during plenary. Presiding over the session, Deputy Senate…
A Finnish-Nigerian municipal politician and Biafran separatist leader, Simon Ekpa, been detained by the Päijät-Häme District Court on probable cause for incitement to commit crimes with terrorist intent. The alleged offence occurred in Lahti on August 23, 2021. The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is also seeking the detention of four other men on…
Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde and his Osun State counterpart, Senator Ademola Adeleke are expected to lead dignitaries in honoring Super Eagles Legend Dr. Felix Owolabi Akinloye on his 70th birthday. The milestone celebration of the new age of Nigeria’s living football legend will reminisce Dr. Owolabi-Akinkoye’s remarkable contributions to Nigerian football. The birthday…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has revealed that the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has ordered the immediate arrest and prosecution of the Head of Police Anti-Kidnapping Squad in the state, Moses Lohor and members of his team for attempted murder. This was confirmed by the Special Adviser to the Osun State Governor on…
Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, has urged the Federal Government to immediately reinstate Tajudeen Baruwa as the President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, following court judgments affirming his leadership. In a press statement made available to newsmen on Monday, Falana reacted to the election of Alhaji Musliu…
First Miss Nigeria, Chief Grace Atinuke Oyelude is 94. Actress Rita Dominic, Chairman Of Miss Nigeria Board Celebrated Her With A Heartwarming Note. She Wrote: Happy 94th birthday to the trailblazing Chief Grace Atinuke Oyelude, the 1st Miss Nigeria. Celebrating her legacy that set the standards for beauty and grace in Nigeria. Chief Grace Atinuke…
Lucky Aiyedatiwa, Ondo state governor-elect, has said that he wishes Rotimi Akeredolu, his late principal, was alive to witness his victory. Aiyedatiwa, the incumbent governor of Ondo, secured victory in all 18 LGAs, garnering 366,781 votes to defeat his closest rival, Agboola Ajayi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who polled 117,845 votes. Aiyedatiwa took…
Since last month when a new national coalition, Save Democracy Mega Alliance 2027 (SDMA’27), launched a campaign to amend Nigeria’s constitution to remove the President’s authority over the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and state governors’ power over the State Independent Electoral Commissions, SIECs, quite a number of Nigerians have applauded the move. The coalition…
Abdullahi Ganduje, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said the ruling party will try its best to capture all southwest states. Ganduje’s promise comes amid APC’s victory in the 2024 Ondo state governorship election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) state returning officer for the Ondo election, Professor Olayemi Rotimi Akinwumi,…
Nigeria’s former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has lamented that Nigeria’s current economic situation is very bad and that the situation is made worse by the unwillingness of the leaders to take responsibility. Obasanjo made this statement in his keynote address at the Chinua Achebe Leadership Forum, held on Saturday at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut,…
