The wife of the President-elect, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Wednesday, said that her husband will ensure that all the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Nigeria return home and to their normal life. She disclosed this while distributing food items to IDPs in Kuchingoro, Karamajiji and Gongola camps in the Federal Capital Territories as part of…
The immediate-past Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has described as lies, the allegation levelled against him by his successor, Dapo Abiodun over the relocation of the $19bn Dangote refinery from Ogun to Lagos State. Amosun on Wednesday, spoke through his media aide, Bola Adeyemi, while reacting to the statement issued by Abiodun on…
An Abuja based legal practitioner, Abdulazeez Tijani Ahmed has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC before a Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged refusal to put a former Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole on trial for electoral offences. The lawyer wants the electoral body to prosecute the former National Chairman of the All…
Prof. Adesoji Adesugba, Managing Director of the Nigeria Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), has described the new 45-year concession agreement for the expansion of the Snake Island Port worth over $450million as another investment milestone brokered by the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Adesugba, stated this on Wednesday in his congratulatory message to the management of the…
Five days to the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure, ministers have commenced handing over to permanent secretaries in their ministries ahead of the dissolution of the cabinet, Daily Trust reports. The eight-year tenure of President Buhari, which commenced on May 29, 2015, comes to an end on Monday, 29th 2023 Minister of Communications and…
Seun Kuti, son of Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, has appreciated those who stood by him while in detention. In a social media post hours after he was granted bail in his ongoing assault trial, the musician said though he is an orphan, his family members, friends and legal team did not leave him alone….
The President, Major General Muhammed Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday, swore in seven Federal Commissioners of the Revenue, Mobilization, Allocation, and Fiscal Commission. The ceremony took place before the valedictory session of the Federal Executive Council meeting at the State House, Abuja. The newly appointed federal commissioners are Senator Ayogu Eze (Enugu State); Peter Opara (Imo…
There was tension in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, on Tuesday as about 35 pupils of Fakunle Comprehensive School, Osogbo, were hospitalised after inhaling teargas fired by some riot policemen. The pupils who became unconscious after inhaling the teargas were rushed to two different hospitals for urgent medical attention. As the news of the incident…
Criticisms have continued to trail the remarks of a Nigerian Youtuber, Emdee Tiamiyu, in an interview he had with the British Broadcasting Corporation. Tiamiyu, who is known for advising Nigerians on studying in the United Kingdom, declared that many of them were not looking for new qualifications, but to start a new life abroad. He…
•Says one out of four drug users is a woman THE chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brigadier Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa on Tuesday, lamented that more than 14.3 million Nigerians aged 15-64 years use psychoactive substances other than alcohol and tobacco, thereby constituting grave danger for the…
