Babatunde Fashola, a former minister of works and housing, has said that the national assembly may have unconstitutionally legislated on salaries instead of minimum wage. In an article entitled ‘Minimum Wage Review – My Takeaway’, Fashola said what the constitution provides for to be legislated on in the exclusive-legislative list is the country’s minimum wage….
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has paid a visit to Oluremi Tinubu, the first lady, on the occasion of the Eid-el-Kabir celebration. Obasanjo visited the first lady in Lagos on Monday. Busola Kukoyi, media aide to the first lady, shared the picture of Oluremi and Obasanjo in a post published on X. “Former President of the…
Former Nigerian goalkeeper Idah Peterside has said that Nigerian footballer Victor Osimhen should be banned from the national team if he fails to apologise to embattled coach Finidi Goege for his outburst on social media on Friday. In a viral video on X (formerly Twitter), Peterside criticized Osimhen’s behavior, deeming it disrespectful and unacceptable. “I…
I really do not think that Osimhen should be shut up. Perhaps he should have toned down his protest, given that Finidi is his elder and senior in the profession, but he has a right to defend himself against the attempt by Finidi to put the blame of the Super Eagles looming failure to make…
The Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has spoken about his preference for the democratic system of government over military rule. The monarch stated that if it were to be under military rule, he would have been killed or imprisoned without being tried in court. Speaking in an interview with newsmen in Kano, Sanusi said…
Former US President, Donald Trump, has pledged to undertake the “largest deportation effort in the history of our country” if he secures reelection in November, declaring, “We have no choice.” Trump sharply criticized President Biden’s administration for allowing what he described as thousands of radical terrorists to infiltrate the US. During his address at the…
The African Action Congress (AAC) presidential flag-bearer in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore has sent a message to a former director general of the Peter Obi 2023 Presidential Campaign Organisation, Doyin Okupe. It will be recalled that Okupe had earlier stated that President Bola Tinubu was the best presidential candidate in the 2023 elections. His…
Veteran Nollywood actress Stella Ikwuegbu is dead. This was made known on Sunday by movie producer, Stanley Nwoko otherwise known as Stanley Ontop via his Instagram page. He revealed that the actress passed away on Sunday, June 16th, after battling with leg cancer. Nwoko wrote: “Nollywood actress and veteran Mrs Stella Ikwuegbu is dead. The…
The Nigerian Police Force has said that no ENDSARS protester arrested following the 2020 mass protests against police brutality is still in detention. It stated that the call by Senator Shehu Sani, a human rights activist, on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, during Democracy Day celebration on June 12, to release scores of Endsars protesters still…
Kayode Fayemi, former governor of Ekiti state, says the announcement of petrol subsidy removal was “a little bit precipitous”. On May 29, 2023, President Bola Tinubu, in his inauguration speech, announced the removal of subsidy — a development which led to a hike in the pump price of the product and other items. Speaking in…
