A Nollywood actor, Ninalowo Bolanle, on Friday, revealed that he has parted ways with his wife, Bunmi. In a lengthy post on his verified Instagram page, the actor said he had finally accepted the “reality of the end of a road” Details later…
The Nigeria Labour Congres (NLC) has declared a two-day warning strike over the effect of petrol subsidy removal on Nigerians. The strike is to commence on Tuesday, September 5, 2023, according to the NLC. President Bola Tinubu had declared an end on subsidy within his first hour in office, tripling the price of petrol from…
The Federal government cannot refund money spent on Federal Roads by State Governments for now, says Works Minister David Umahi. Umahi made this known on Thursday when he visited Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Minister is on a two-day working visit to Oyo…
In a twist of events, the African Union has suspended Gabon following the military junta in the Central African country. The AU’s Peace and Security Council made the announcement on Thursday evening, according to NAN report. The AU suspended Niger Republic’s membership just a few weeks ago after the military took power there at the…
Daniel Bwala, a former spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Council in the 2023 presidential poll, says the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, will be expelled from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the appropriate time. Bwala spoke on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Thursday night a day after…
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has urged African leaders to tackle the disease that warrants coups and not its symptoms. While condemning the coup in Gabon, Atiku, who came second behind President Bola Tinubu in the last presidential election, maintained that African leaders must put in efforts to sustain democratic governance in Africa. In a…
The European Union (UN) has rejected the seizure of power by force in Gabon and called for restraint from all parties, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a statement on Thursday. A military junta on Wednesday said it had seized power and placed President Ali Bongo under house arrest while cancelling election…
A Chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and former chief of staff to the Imo State government, Uche Nwosu, has told African leaders to stop taking leadership positions as inheritance, stressing that the Gabon coup is a warning to them In an interview with journalists, Nwosu appealed to President Bola Tinubu to collaborate…
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has directed all international airlines to vacate the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, from October 1, 2023. This became necessary, according to him, to give room for total maintenance work at the airport. The minister disclosed this during a tour at the international airport in Lagos,…
CNN announced Wednesday that British media veteran Mark Thompson would assume the role of its next CEO, as the news outlet struggles to reverse a ratings decline. Thompson — the former director-general of the BBC as well as the former president and CEO of The New York Times Company — will begin the position on…
