Former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani has expressed concern on the continuous incarceration of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra in the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS. Senator Sani, who spoke on Thursday while featuring on Channels Television programme, stated that he had stayed in a prison for a long…
African Director, International Association of World Peace Advocates, IAWPA, Dr John Metchie, has called on the main opposition leaders, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) and others to heed the call by President Bola Tinubu to put political differences behind and join hands with him to…
Nigerian singer Simi Kosoko has narrated how she was almost denied entry into the passport office because of how she dressed. She made this known in a video shared on her Instagram page on Thursday. The mother of one revealed that she was not allowed to go in because she was told she was indecently…
Former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has advised Nigerians to consider electing a female president for the growth and development of the country. Sahel Standard gathered that Obasanjo gave the charge at the 5th edition of the Egba Dialect Debate and Choral Competition for Secondary Schools in Ogun state. “From my own view, if we want…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has, on behalf of the National Executive Committee (NEC), pursuant to Sections 29(2)(b) and 31(2)(e) of the Constitution of the PDP (as amended in 2017), approved the composition of the Ebonyi State Caretaker Committee to run the affairs of the Ebonyi State Chapter of…
The 9th Oyo State House of Assembly has surpassed all previous records of past achievements in the annals of the State legislature. The Speaker, Hon Adebo Ogundoyin disclosed this at the valedictory session of the House held on Thursday. Hon Ogundoyin said the 9th Assembly has not only broken the previous record on the number…
The reunion of Big Brother Naija season 7, ‘Level Up,’ is set to premiere on Monday, June 19. The show, which produced Josephine Otabor, popularly known as Phyna as the winner, was hosted by Ebuka Obi-Uchendu. The BBNaija reunion, which is normally held following the end of each reality program, allows the housemates to reminisce…
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday met with the Peoples Democratic Party G5 Governors at the Aso Villa, Abuja. The group, led by one serving governor and four former governors caused a major division within the PDP after demanding the then National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu step down for a southern replacement as a precondition to support…
Former Minister of Interior, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has called for unity in the Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress. Aregbesola, who spoke in Osogbo on Thursday at an event organised by a group, Comrades of Rauf Aregbesola, to mark his birthday, however, said he was not living in fear despite how he was…
Move to stop Yari, Kalu, others South-South leaders on Friday called on Senators-Elect to better understand what is at stake and to have an enhanced commitment to work for the victory of Senator Godswill Akpabio. ‘’Nigerians are looking to Senator Godswill Akpabio for leadership. They are looking to him for strength. The former Akwa Ibom…
