Israel forces have raided the West Bank office of news network Al Jazeera and ordered it to shut down yesterday, Sunday 22nd September, 2024. The early morning raid in the city of Ramallah sparked condemnation, with the Foreign Press Association urging Israel to reconsider and saying the action “threatens press freedom”. Al Jazeera, a Qatar-funded…
President Bola Tinubu has urged anyone who is aggrieved by the outcome of Edo governorship election to seek redress through the legal channels. The President stated this while congratulating Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on his victory at the polls. Okpebholo was declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission…
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa state has condemned the outcome of the Edo state governorship election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Monday Okpebholo, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the September 21 governorship poll. However, in a statement issued on Sunday, September 22, Fintiri said he wept…
Chief (Mrs) Kofowola Bucknor-Akerele, a former senator and deputy governor of Lagos State from 1999 to 2002 , has said that she does not think that President Bola Tinubu, with whom she worked closely during his tenure as governor of Lagos State, would want her advice. In a recent interview, Bucknor-Akerele candidly addressed her views…
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has said he has made arrangement for his transition. Soyinka, who turned 90 on 13 July 2024 and whose birthday was celebrated across the globe, made this statement in an exclusive interview Larry Madowo, host of the African Voices Changemakers and Playmakers series on CNN had with him. The interview…
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday adjourned the case filed against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kaduna State Government (KADSG) and others to October 11, 2024 for hearing. This followed a previous order of the Court which joined the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Offences Commission (ICPC) and the State Security…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has crashed the price of Dangote petrol for marketers. Findings show that 11Plc, TotalEnergies, AA Rano, and other independent marketers have begun lifting Dangote petrol via the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Trading Limited to retail outlets nationwide at N765.99 per litre. According to reports, some petroleum marketers…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has demanded that corrupt politicians be jailed for their misconduct, arguing that “thieves cannot provide just governance”. On Thursday, the 87-year-old statesman spoke virtually at the memorial lecture of Denis Joseph Slattery, the late cleric, in Lagos. In his speech titled ‘the imperative for moral rectitude in governance,’ Obasanjo said the…
Popular on-air personality Rufai Oseni has criticized the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) following the ongoing controversy surrounding the arrest of embattled Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello. Speculations about Bello’s whereabouts have been the subject of fierce debate after the EFCC denied reports that he was in their custody. The antigraft agency stressed that…
Different reactions have trailed the drama between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, on Wednesday, September 18, in Abuja. The drama began with a statement issued by Bello’s media office claiming that the former governor had submitted himself to the EFCC. The commission had declared…
