Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on Nigerian leaders to judiciously use the country’s abundant resources to develop the nation. Speaking at the Methodist Archdiocese of Abuja’s 40th-anniversary celebration on Sunday in Abuja, Obasanjo emphasised that Nigeria had all it needed to thrive. Obasanjo echoed the sentiments of Methodist Prelate Dr Oliver Aba’s message, emphasising…
Contrary to what Nigerians are fed with, the Federal Government unexpectedly paid National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members their old monthly allowance of ₦33,000 for September, despite the recently approved increase to ₦77,000. This has left many corps members frustrated and disappointed. The Federal Government officially announced an increase in the NYSC monthly allowance from…
Human rights activist and former member of the National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has reacted to the decision of the Enugu State government to impose taxes on corpses in morgues across the South-East state. The Enugu State Internal Revenue Service (ESIRS) recently dispatched a Mortuary Tax circular to all morticians operating in the state, announcing a…
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has lamented the lingering insecurity and socio-economic challenges plaguing the region, stating that most people in the North can’t afford a single square meal daily. The coalition revealed this at a one-day community engagement held in Katsina under the chairman Professor Sani Abubakar Lugga, the fifth Wazirin Katsina. The…
A former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has mocked the Peoples Democratic Party over its current internal crisis, saying the embattled party drama is now becoming exciting. Fayose’s comment came hours after a faction of the PDP National Working Committee suspended the acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, and National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu, for alleged disloyalty…
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has disclosed that becoming the first sub-Saharan African to win the Nobel Prize in literature exposed him to danger. The literary icon was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature for his “wide cultural perspective and… poetic overtones fashioning the drama of existence”. But speaking in an interview with Larry…
The Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja has summoned Yahaya Bello, the former governor of Kogi State, over allegations of criminal breach of trust. The former governor, who was earlier declared wanted by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over allegations of money laundering, is also accused of possession of the unlawfully acquired property….
Nigeria’s First Lady, Sen Remi Tinubu, has stated that her husband, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, not is not the cause of the current hardship in the nation, following the removal of the fuel subsidy. The subsidy removal, announced during Tinubu’s inauguration on May 29, 2023, has resulted in a sharp rise in the pump price…
Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has opened up about his spiritual preferences, explaining why he is more drawn to traditional “Orisa” worship than Christianity or Islam. The Nobel Laureate emphasised the creative and non-violent nature of Orisa worship, which resonated with him more than the other two major religions. “I was fortunate to be born…
The First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Remi Tinubu, on Thursday donated N1 billion to her Alma Mater, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun state, for renovation of some infrastructures. She recalled the beautiful environment of the university before her graduation 39 years ago and lamented that the decay of infrastructure she witnessed was disheartening. She…
