Saturday’s rallies by the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the largest Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami, were the biggest so far this year Over 100,000 supporters of two major Bangladesh opposition parties rallied in the capital Dhaka on Saturday, police said, demanding Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina step down to allow a free and fair vote…
According to him, Nigerians know most politicians are not honest but they still go ahead to vote for them during elections. A former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has blamed the docility of Nigerians for the inability of the country to get the right form of leadership. Amaechi was speaking at the 2023 TheNiche Annual…
By Sarafa Ibrahim In the heat of the 2022 governorship election in Osun state, those opposed to the choice of Senator Ademola Adeleke as governor came up with a petty argument to downplay his suitability for the role. They played up his hobby of dancing as a weakness that should discourage the electorate from settling…
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke with Iyaloja General of Nigeria, Chief Dr Mujidat Folashade Tinubu Ojo at the 8th Day Fidau prayer of Late Pa Wahab Ayofe.
There appears to be a crack at the Supreme Court, barely 24 hours after it validated the election of President Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. A retiring justice of the court, Musa Dattijo Muhammad, who reportedly pulled out from the seven-man panel that dismissed all the appeals that sought to remove…
Viewpoint: Osun Multi-billion Naira Infrastructure Plan Long Overdue- Gov. Adeleke Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state has disclosed that he organized Osun Multi- billionaire infrastructural plan as a major landmark in his push for the making of a new Osun State. The state governor stated this while delivering his speech at the unveiling of the…
Nigerian female gospel singer, Mercy Chinwo and her husband, Pastor Blessed Uzochikwa has welcomed their first child, a year after their marriage. Confirming the news, the gospel singer on Friday shared a music video of her rocking her baby bump, as she praised her creator for the new addition. She stated that they are grateful…
The UN warned Friday that “many more will die” in Gaza from catastrophic shortages after nearly three weeks of bombardment by Israel in response to Hamas staging the deadliest attack in its history. And it raised the alarm over “war crimes” being committed as the deadly Israel-Hamas conflict raged into its 21st day as the…
According to the NMA Chairman Dr. Adamu Saminu represented by his vice Mujittaba Mashi, the donation is also part of the corporate social responsibility of the association to ensure the well-being of the inmates. The Katsina State Chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) on Thursday donated assorted essential drugs to the Katsina Correctional Service…
The Indigenous People of Biafra on Friday asked the Federal Government to remove the “terrorist” tag it placed on the group or appear in court to defend it. Recall that Justice Abdul Kafarati had, on September 20, 2017, granted an ex parte order proscribing IPOB as a ‘terrorist’ organisation. But the pro-Biafran group, in a…
