Category: News

as Nigeria’s envoy to Ghana, Ambassador Dayo Adeoye stresses unity among Yoruba people By John Dike, Osogbo Arole Oduduwa and Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, CFR, Ojaja II, has called on Yoruba people across Africa and the Diaspora to uphold the spirit of unity, peace, and cultural pride to foster progress and strengthen […]

The former Chief of Defence Staff and the two other service chiefs, who were retired from Service by President Bola Tinubu on Friday, will each go home with one bulletproof SUV and one Prado Jeep, or an equivalent vehicle as a backup. These vehicles are to be maintained by the respective Services and replaced every […]

Detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has filed a fresh suit before the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking to permanently halt his ongoing trial by the Federal Government. In the new case, marked FHC/ABJ/CR/383/2015, Kanu argued that the continuation of his trial violates the rule of law, especially […]

Rice prices have dropped sharply in several Lagos markets due to a surge in border imports, easing the burden on consumers. The development, however, has raised concern among traders over reduced profits and business sustainability. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 50kg of rice in Lagos currently sells for between N55,000 and N70,000, […]

Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has said that many internet fraudsters — popularly called yahoo boys — are “genuinely gifted individuals” whose intelligence should be redirected toward productive innovation rather than condemned. Obi made the remark on Saturday in Onitsha, Anambra State, while speaking at the Golden Health Conference held […]

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has announced plans to petition regional and international bodies over what it described as coordinated attacks on its members across the country. It alleged that the assaults have become a recurring pattern, particularly in states governed by the All Progressives Congress (APC), suggesting a deliberate effort to intimidate the opposition […]

faults IGP Egbetokun’s retention Peoples Democratic Party chieftain and its former Board of Trustees chairman, Chief Bode George, has urged President Bola Tinubu to look beyond appointments and focus on establishing state police as the only sustainable solution to Nigeria’s worsening insecurity. He was reacting to the sack of the service chiefs, and retention of […]

says it’s ‘political hatchet job’ By John Dike, Osogbo The Senate Deputy Minority Leader, Senator Lere Oyewumi, has dismissed as false and mischievous the rumour circulating on social media and some online platforms of his planned defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the African Democratic Congress (ADC). His media unit, in a statement […]

By John Dike, Osogbo The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately investigate and take appropriate action against Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo, following his recent announcement promising cash rewards to members of his party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), for wards won in the […]