Femi Otedola, the chairman of FBN Holdings, has once again increased his stake in the company, further cementing his position as the single largest shareholder of the financial services giant. In a notice to the NGX, the billionaire confirmed that he had acquired an additional 797,946,415 shares of the company at an average price of…
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has raised an alarm over alleged plan by Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State to depose the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III. The Executive Director of MURIC, Prof. Isiaq Akintola, raised the alarm in a statement on Monday. The development is coming amid the controversy and tension…
A former special adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate in Adamawa state, Dr.Umar Ardo, has appealed to the Sultan of Sokoto as the head of the caliphate, to intervene in the emirship tussle in Kano State, because his continued silence was no longer golden. Ardo also called on…
The South-West People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has issued a statement urging the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun state to redirect its focus towards addressing the current economic challenges facing the nation under the leadership of the APC, rather than engaging in counterproductive criticism as an opposition party in the state. In response to recent…
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, extends his condolences to the senator representing Borno North, Barrister Mohammed Tahir Monguno, over his father’s death, Alhaji Tijjani Muhammad. Late Alhaji Tijjani Muhammad died on Saturday at the age of 95 and was buried on Sunday in Maiduguri. He left behind 17 children and many grandchildren. Zulum, in…
Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced a major milestone in National Gold Purchase Programme. According to him, it aims to increase the country’s reserves and boost the value of the naira, is making significant progress “I am pleased to report that the National Gold Purchase programme, which aims to increase our country’s…
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Former Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, has claimed that the recent visit by some prominent Northern politicians to former President Muhammadu Buhari was an attempt to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027. Senator Sani, on his verified Facebook page on Monday, said, the same Buhari who led Nigeria for eight years left…
Former Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, has claimed that the recent visit by some prominent Northern politicians to former President Muhammadu Buhari was an attempt to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027. Senator Sani, on his verified Facebook page on Monday, said, the same Buhari who led Nigeria for eight years left…
The command has reinforced its personnel deployment plans to ensure adequate security and peaceful coexistence in the state. The police have deployed additional armed security personnel to the two palaces housing the contending emirs in the metropolitan Local Government Areas of Kano. The outgoing Commissioner of Police, AIG Usaini Gumel, confirmed this in a telephone…
