The General Superintendent of Deeper Christian Life Ministries, William Kumuyi, has said it is possible to achieve a better country without any resort to destruction, grievance or retaliation. He added that a middle ground by way of a round table discussion involving the Federal Government and the youth may be necessary to assuage feelings and…
Abba Yusuf, governor of Kano, has said that suspected hoodlums took away documents of alleged corruption cases against Abdullahi Ganduje, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), during the End Bad Governance protest. Public buildings, including a court in Kano, were broken into during the protest, which was characterised by looting and destruction in…
The Senate Committee on Public Accounts has accused key government agencies, including the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), of hindering the efforts of both the National Assembly and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration. Senator Ahmed Wadada Aliyu, the committee’s chairman, expressed his frustration during a press briefing…
The management of the Dangote petroleum refinery has stated that it has fixed the price of the Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol. The Group’s Chief Branding and Communications Officer, Anthony Chiejina, made this known in a statement on Tuesday while reacting to a report with the headline “Marketers Project N600/litre for Dangote Petrol”. It…
Past Nigerian leaders including Generals Yakubu Gowon, Abdulsalami Abubakar, Muhammadu Buhari and Dr. Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday passed a vote of confidence on President Bola Tinubu’s leadership of the nation. This was one of the highlights of the maiden meeting of the National Council of States (NCS) presided over by President Tinubu at the State…
President Bola Tinubu has signed the Judicial Office Holders Salaries and Allowances Bill into law. The Special Adviser to the President on Senate Matters, Senator Basheer Lado, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. The National Assembly had in June approved a bill that grants a 300 per cent salary increase for judicial…
The Northern Ethnic Youths Group Assembly (NEYGA) has issued a scathing statement, calling on Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, to address the press and disclose his location to clear his name amidst allegations of funding protests against the Nigerian government. In a statement issued by its spokesperson, Ibrahim Dan-Musa, the group accused Bello of involvement…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has traced youth restiveness in the north that manifested itself in the just concluded End Bad Governance protest to destitute of leadership in the region. The nationwide protest against hardship was marred by violence, vandalisation and looting particularly in the region. The incidents that made worrying viewing were put down to…
Former governor of Oyo state, Senator Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, has officially received the Ibadan beaded crown after seven years of resistance. Ladoja was presented the crown on Monday by Bayo Lawal, acting governor of the state, during a ceremony held at the palace of Owolabi Olakulehin, the Olubadan of Ibadanland. Ladoja, the Otun Olubadan, is…
Former Managing Director of Bank of Industry (BoI) Kayode Pitan has taken over from Pastor Charles Kpandei as the head pastor of the City of David Parish, Lagos of the Redeemed Christian Church of God. Pitan’s appointment is coming months after the suspension of Pastor Idowu Iluyomade over the church’s finances. Kpandei was temporarily assigned…
