Category: Nigeria

The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo says there is need to create a “new tribe” in Nigeria in order to have a country driven by national unity and cohesion. He expressed this view while declaring open a five-day photo exhibition tagged ‘ANISZA’ on Monday in Abuja. ANISZA is a collaborative project between the Federal Government […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed the Independence Day Anniversary Speech by President Muhammadu Buhari as a litany of false claims, empty assertions and bogus promises. In its response, the party asserted in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by Kola Ologbondiyan, its National Publicity Secretary, that while the President was fictitiously asserting […]

Fellow Nigerians, Today is a day of celebration and solemn reflection. It is the anniversary of the day Nigerians realised one of the most cherished of human desires – the desire for freedom. We, therefore, give thanks to and remember our founding fathers who laboured so hard and sacrificed so much to build and bequeath […]

Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, says President Muhammadu Buhari, will lead Nigeria’s delegation to the 73rd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, which begins September 18. It will begin September 18 at the UN Headquarters, New York, while the General Debate will hold from September 25 to October 1. Onyeama, who disclosed this […]

Chinese schoolgirls welcome Buhari to China with flowers Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari began his presidential villa activities for the week with an official working visit to Beijing, China, on Sunday, September 2, where he attended the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) meeting with members of the Nigerian community at the Nigeria Embassy in China. He […]

Prominent Human Rights Lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, has called for an urgent restructuring of Nigeria. He made the call in Lagos at the 19th Mike Okonkwo Annual Lecture with theme: ‘Nigeria’s unity: Matters arising,’ saying: “The restructuring I’m talking about is not the one that will put more money in the pockets of rulers. […]

■ Afenifere, Ohanaeze, PANDEF, Middle Belt Forum, others give VP hard knocks Nigeria’s major regional sociopolitical groupings including the Afenifere, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, PANDEF and Middle Belt Forum, have given the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo hard knocks on his position over calls for restructuring of the country into a true and balanced federation where justice […]

By Olu Falae You know I am a leader in the South West and at the National convention, I was elected as the leader of the Yoruba delegation. So, I am central to the Yoruba position. The Yoruba position is my position and it is the same position I canvassed in my book: ‘The way […]

– warn Buhari to learn from Zambia, Djibouti, Pakistan, Malaysia, Sri Lanka’s experiences; shun frivolous loans – express worries Nigeria is being lured to debt trap – ask Nigeria to draw lesson from Obafemi Awolowo’s prudent economic, financial management Experts have warned Nigeria against falling into the debt trap of China as is being experienced […]

By Femi Mimiko VP Osinbajo WAS probably on the side of restructuring, but I doubt if he still is. All he is trying to do now is, political correctness – making himself intelligible to those he now works for, whose opposition to restructuring is as clear as the morning sky. That explains the obvious confusion […]