GOVERNORS elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, rose from a crucial meeting in Abuja, yesterday, with a vow not to allow ‘marauders’ drag the party into a coalition ahead of the 2027 polls.
…Granted N10m bailBy Innocent Anaba LAGOS—Businessman and socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, was, yesterday, arraigned before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos for alleged spraying and tampering with…
A few days after the commemoration of the 10-year anniversary, another Chibok girl, Lydia Simon, has been rescued by troops of Operation Desert Sanity III, North East Operation Hadin Kai.
By Shina Abubakar OSOGBO—THE National Association of Polytechnic Students, NAPS, yesterday, stormed Osogbo, the Osun State capital protesting against continuous disparity between Higher National Diploma, HND and Bachelor’s degree, saying…
Suddenly, an otherwise proud and self-assured people now depend on government handouts for survival and they are subjected to horrendous abuse to get the crumbs.
By GOODLUCK EDAFE IT is a common saying among Nigerian politicians that: “Power comes from God.” Even when the elections are brazenly rigged and emotionally traumatizing, they would say without any sense of remorse that power comes from…
THE dust has yet to settle on the outrage sparked by the illegal arrest, detention and torture of a newspaper editor, Segun Olatunji, over a report published in the FirstNews online newspaper. The military only let Olatunji go after…
A well-crafted closing statement is the last opportunity to resonate with your audience by echoing your voice in their head, and offering a sense of completion, impression, and reflection. A powerful closing statement allows you the…
By BANJI OJEWALE IN 1976, the military regime of Olusegun Obasanjo sought to stir the patriotic instincts of our young citizens by decreeing the National Pledge into our lives. It must be recited in all Nigerian schools, the junta said.…
THE National Working Committee, NWC, of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday, kicked, as a Kano High Court affirmed the suspension of its National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje.
A nation is civilised not because of its aesthetic, its beautiful architecture. Rather, a nation is civilised because of how it treats its citizens, because of the duration and quality of life of its citizens. That’s why social security or…
By Yinka Kolawole The Organised Private Sector in Nigeria, OPSN, yesterday warned that the recent hike in electricity tariff may force over 65 per cent of businesses in the country to shut down, and thus called on the federal government to…
By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – THE Edo State chapter of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) has celebrated one of their own, the chairman of Akoko-Edo local government area, Hon Tajudeen Alade-Suleman on his birthday and…
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, said yesterday that the apex bank is not defending the Naira with the nation’s foreign reserves.
The Central Bank governor, Olayemi Cardoso, has said the recent decline in the nation’s foreign reserves was used to settle debts owed to international creditors and not to defend the naira.
Abdulazeez Ganduje, the eldest son of the suspended national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Ganduje, has paid a solidarity visit to the chairman of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission,…
Real Madrid beat holders Manchester City 4-3 on penalties to reach the Champions League semi-finals on Wednesday after the last-eight tie ended 4-4 on aggregate.
The National Caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is set to begin as former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, former Jigawa State, Sule Lamido and his former Plateau…
Expansion plans by the Nigeria LNG (NLNG) Ltd face a major hurdle as a result of contractual breaches. NLNG is currently challenging the enforceability of an arbitral award’s demand order issued by a UK arbitration panel, although a…
SENATOR Ned Nwoko representing Delta North senatorial district at the National Assembly Wednesday met with the chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Gwabin Musa, to seek the release of the traditional ruler of Ewu- Urhobo kingdom,…
The 2023 Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has advised the Federal Government to constitute a technical task force of professionals to address reoccurring national grid collapse.