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,…
The founder of the Silverbird Group, Ben Murray-Bruce, has narrated how his South African partner defrauded him of $3.5 million on the purchase of a cinema complex in Kenya. Though he did not mention his partner’s name, he recalled that by making a bank transfer of the said sum, the South African registered the business…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr Daniel Bwala, a former spokesperson for the Atiku campaign, as his Special Adviser, Media and Public Communications (State House). He also appointed three others as directors-general of various agencies. The Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, revealed this in a statement he signed…
A High Court sitting in Maitama, Federal Capital Territory has directed that a hearing notice be served on Yahaya Bello, former governor of Kogi State, at his residence and on the court’s notice board. This follows his repeated failure to appear in court for arraignment on charges of fraud involving N101.4 billion. The court on…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) reported that its 330/132/33kV transmission substation project in Obajana, Kogi State, was attacked by armed men late on November 12, 2024. It was gathered that the attack took place around 11:55 pm, on Tuesday night. This is contained in statement released on Wednesday, by General Manager of Public Affairs,…
Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo’s recent election as National President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has faced strong opposition. Tajudeen Baruwa, is insisting that he is the union’s rightful leader. Baruwa, supported by court rulings from both the National Industrial Court and the Court of Appeal, contended that MC…
USA President-elect, Donald Trump, has announced that billionaire Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, former GOP presidential candidate, will lead the new Department of Government Efficiency. Trump stated that the pair will work together to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies. “It will become, potentially, ‘The Manhattan Project’ of…
The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has said that the opposition political parties can only unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027 if they form a coalition. Ayodele made it known that if the major opposition parties, including Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Labour Party, LP, and New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, don’t…
Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, has now resumed his first day in office after his appointment as the president of the National Union for Road Transport Workers (NURTW). One of MC Oluomo’s sons, Idowu, aka King West, took to social media to share photos of his dad in his Abuja office. MC Oluomo…
