The US Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, Director, Christopher Wray, has revealed during a marathon testimony on Wednesday that investigators still do not know if former President Donald Trump was grazed by a bullet or a piece of shrapnel during his attempted assassination. Twice during the hours-long session, Wray told lawmakers that the FBI was…
Former President of the United States Barrack Obama has announced his support for Kamala Harris’s presidential bid. Obama made the announcement in a post on X on Friday. “Earlier this week, Michelle and I called our friend Kamala Harris. We told her we think she’ll make a fantastic President of the United States, and that…
President Bola Tinubu has said that the nation’s economy is on a gradual but steady path of recovery and assured citizens that his administration will do more to meet their needs. In a meeting with traditional rulers led by the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, and the Ooni of Ife, His…
A former minister of labour and productivity, Joel Ikenya, has advised state governors to distribute the palliative they recently received from the Federal Government before the planned 1 August national protest. As part of efforts to cushion the effects of the high cost of living and rising food prices, the federal government sent 20 trucks…
Popular Nigerian activist, Comrade Israel Joe, has alleged that many politicians have made plans to leave the country ahead of the planned nationwide protest slated for August 1. He stated that the leaders are the cause of the problems in Nigeria but would be taught a lesson by the hungry masses. According to him, there…
The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has called on the federal government to ban a controversial film featuring actress Nancy Isime. Isime had shared a poster of a yet-to-be-released movie titled ‘Blood Brothers,’ where she wore a niqab while holding a gun. Niqab is a long garment worn by Muslim women to cover their bodies and…
Pan Yoruba socio-political group Afenifere has thrown its weight behind the #EndBadGovt protest billed for August. Speaking in an interview on Arise TV on Thursday, Afenifere spokesman Justice Faloye stated that the group warned President Bola Tinubu about the consequences of implementing his flawed and ineffective economic policies, which have plunged millions of Nigerians into…
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, George Akume, yesterday held meeting with ministers over the planned nationwide protest against economic hardship. The meeting, which is taking place behind closed doors, has all the over 40 ministers in President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet in attendance. Some of the Ministers spotted are Nyesom Wike (FCT),…
Senator Ajibola Basiru, National Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC),has said that he anticipated that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar would lead the planned nationwide protest. Basiru made this comment during an appearance on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Wednesday. The comment was in response to Atiku’s recent criticisms of the Tinubu administration….
A principal and pastor with the Deeper Life Bible Church in Ondo State, Adetunji Obatayo, has been remanded in the correctional centre for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old student. Obatayo, 55, was remanded by the Akure Division of Magistrates’ Family Court in the state, on Wednesday. The accused, who is a principal of a private school…
