I am driven by passion to serve Nigeria – Atiku

Former Vice President and Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said that he is driven by passion to serve Nigeria. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Arise TV which was aired Friday morning, he said: “I am driven by passion and desire to give back to this country, I’m driven by […]

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Groom cries over killing of brothers returning from wedding

Chijioke Okezuonu Nnanna, whose brothers were allegedly killed by operatives of the Ebubeagu Security outfit in Imo State, has cried out for justice. Nnanna said his relatives were shot dead in Awo Omama town in Imo State, while they were returning from his wedding. He added that his in-law’s house was razed as well as […]

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Aso Rock cabals shielding Buhari from pulse of the nation, hide his letters – Ex-minister

An elder statesman and Second Republic Minister of Aviation, Chief Mbazulike Amechi, has said cabals in Aso Rock are preventing President Muhammadu Buhari from making rightful decisions in the management of the country’s affairs. Amechi said a series of letters he had written to Buhari on the state of affairs in the country, including that […]

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Obi, Bianca, Putin, ASUU strike top Nigerians’ Google search in H1

Latest Google trends released yesterday have revealed that the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, emerged as one of the top three most-searched people in Nigeria in the last six months. Other top trending people in Nigeria within the first half of the year are Bianca Ojukwu and the […]

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Duyile chairs Afenifere exco in Ondo as Arogbofa steps down

A former Commissioner for Commerce, Industry, Cooperatives and Tourism in the administration of the late Chief Adebayo Adefarati and ex-Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in Ondo State, Chief Korede Duyile, has been elected Chairman of the apex Yoruba sociopolitical organisation, Afenifere in Ondo State. He will chair a new state executive committee of […]

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ICPC probes 3,657 civil servants over IPPIS

Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Prof Bolaji Owasanoye. Photo/facebook/inecnigeria Some 3,657 civil servants are before the Independent and Corrupt Practices and Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for allegedly failing to be verified on the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS). Head of Service of the Federation (HoS), Folashade Yemi-Esan, made the disclosure […]

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Nigeria on fiscal cliff as debt service exceeds revenue by N310b

Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed Petrol subsidy nears N6.7tr Fiscal deficit exceeds N3tr in four months 78 per cent of FG’s spending goes into debt payment, personnel cost Fresh modalities for NNPC’s remittance to FAAC underway Labour, governors agree on subsidy removal behind ‘closed-doors’, says Agba NMDPRA blames rising global energy costs for price instability Hard […]

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Uzodimma accuses opposition of jubilating over Imo killings as angry youths demand governor’s resignation

Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, on Thursday accused the opposition of celebrating the Awo-Omamma incident in the Oru East Local government area in the state, which led to the alleged killings of many youths by the Enubeagu security outfit, in the area last Sunday, as they were returning from a traditional wedding ceremony. The government […]

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