2023 Presidency: Tinubu appoints 31-yr-old Comrade Muhammad Mahmud as ‘National Media Coordinator’

Ahead of the 2023 presidential race, the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, former governor of Lagos State and All Progressives Congress, APC presidential aspirant, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed 31-year-old Borno youth, Comrade Muhammad Mahmud as his National Media Coordinator. Mahmud while addressing […]

Buhari to diplomats: steer clear of local politics

Ahead of the 2023 general election, President Muhammadu Buhari has warned diplomats serving in the country to keep their focus on diplomatic assignments and steer clear of Nigeria’s local politics. The President spoke yesterday while presenting Letters of Credence to four foreign diplomats at the Presidential Villa in […]

Power: NERC laments infrastructure deficits, wide metering gap

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, Friday, lamented that the issues of infrastructure deficits and challenges of metering gap have compounded its woe of addressing the problems in the power sector.

I’ll Go To Court, If You Fail To Run In 2023, Physically Challenged Threatens Makinde

A physically challenged person, Nurudeen Wasiu on Friday vowed to challenge the governor of Oyo State at the law court, Engr. Seyi Makinde, if he fails to re-contest the 2023 governorship election in the state. Wasiu in a statement he personally signed in Ibadan, the state capital on […]

Falana kicks as DSS detains, releases IPC director, Arogundade

DIRECTOR of the International Press Centre, IPC, Lanre Arogundade, was reportedly detained, yesterday, by officers attached to the Department of State Services, DSS.According to Arogundade, he had just arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, in Lagos, from The Gambia, when he was detained by DSS operatives around […]

CBN to stop sale of forex to banks by December

The Central Bank of Nigeria has revealed that it will stop the sale of foreign exchange to Deposit Money Banks by the end of the year. According to the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, banks must begin to source their forex from export proceeds, hence the need to support […]

Akwa Ibom APC group rejects Ekanem as party chairman

The crisis rocking the soul of the Akwa Ibom State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has taken a steaming dimension as a pressure group within the party, Akwa Ibom Progressive Coalition, APC, has rejected the inauguration of Augustine Ekanem as the party’s state chairman. The group also […]

FG/ASUU impasse: We demand implementation of 2020 Memorandum of Action — ASUU AE-FUNAI

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, branch of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, AE-FUNAI, Ebonyi State, yesterday organized a solidarity rally to press home their demand for the implementation of the 2020 Memorandum of Action (MOA) by the Federal Government

Sextape: It’s abnormal to condemn Tiwa Savage, praise Oxlade —Gov Okowa’s aide

Ossai Success, an aide to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, has said singer Ikuforiji Olaitan Abdulrahman, popularly known as Oxlade, should apologise over a sextape allegedly involving him.

JUST IN: Terrorists kill Jibia DPO, two others, abduct house wife

Barely 24 hours after terrorists attacked Bakori-Funtua axis in Katsina, the daredevils have struck again, this time in Magama, Jibia Local Government Area, killing the Divisional Police Officer of the area, DSP Abdulkadir Rano, a soldier and one other visiting Almajiri who recently arrived in the community.

BREAKING: Oyo shuts IBEDC offices for disconnecting power supply to Gov’s Office, others

The Management of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company Plc says the Oyo State Government has illegally sealed off its offices following the disconnection of electricity supply to the State Secretariat which also houses the Governor’s Office.

BREAKING: Declare state of emergency on ritual killings —Reps to FG

The House of Representatives on Wednesday said a state of emergency on ritual killings in the country should be declared by the Federal Government. The lawmakers also called for a campaign against the menace, saying the effort of parents, schools, religious leaders and the media is needed.

Alleged fraud: Wike storms Plateau court in solidarity with ex-gov Jang

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, stormed the Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos where a former Governor of the state, Jonah Jang is being arraigned.

NNPC Records $224.29m Proceeds From Export Of Crude Oil, Gas In August

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited posted a total of $224.29million receipt from crude oil and gas export in August 2021 as against $191.26million in July 2021.

Catholic suspends Lagos priest who banned Igbo songs in parish

The Parish Priest of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Ewu-Owa, Gberigbe in Ikorodu, Lagos, Rev. Fr. James Anelu, has been “suspended” for banning Igbo songs and choruses in his parish. The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Alfred Martins, in a “disclaimer”, directed the priest to proceed on “an indefinite leave […]