Labour Party has dissociated itself from a viral letter signed by the self-acclaimed factional national chairman of the party, Lamidi Apapa, asking the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to dismiss all cases by the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, against the emergence of the All Progressives Congress Bola Tinubu, in the February 25 general election. According […]

A human rights lawyer, Festus Ogun, has affirmed that the May 29 inauguration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s next President is non-negotiable. In a statement yesterday, he noted that approaching the court to stop Tinubu’s inauguration is a gross abuse of court process. He spoke to counter another lawyer, Ambrose Owuru, who asked the […]

Police Inspector General Alkali Usman Baba The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the deployment of 12 Commissioners of Police. They are Mohammed Usaini Gumel (Kano); Haruna Garba (FCT); Tajudeen Abass (Delta); Oladimeji Olarewaju (Ogun); Taiwo Jesubiyi (Ondo) and Julius Okoro (Benue). Others are Romokere Ibiani (Bayelsa); Mohammed Bunu (Yobe); Garba Yusuf (Kaduna); Garba Ahmed […]

A $15 billion railway project that will link the nine oil-producing states in the country is in the offing. The proposed project is a major component of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and United States-based Atlanta Global Resources. Atlanta Global’s Director, Tony Akpele, told reporters at the […]

Trapped Nigerian students Air Peace waiting in Egypt for airlift The Federal Government has deployed 40 buses to move no fewer than 2,400 stranded Nigerians out of Sudan today. The plan to bring stranded Nigerians from the crisis-ridden Sudanese capital Khartoum back to the country yesterday failed because of logistics chanllenges. Chairperson of the Nigerians […]

President-elect, APC leaders meet President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Asokoro residence was a hive of activities yesterday, the day after his return from over a one-month vacation in France. His return raised the tempo in the battle for the position of Senate President. Among those who visited the President-elect were two of the leading aspirants – […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC)’s candidate in the Adamawa governorship election, Sen. Aisha Dahiru-Ahmed, popularly called “Binani,” on Wednesday withdrew the suit filed against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The APC candidate had prayed the court for a judicial review of the decision by INEC to reverse her earlier announcement as winner of the […]

A contender for the Speakership position of the 10th House of Representatives, Rep, Muktar Betara, on Tuesday held a closed-door meeting with the President-elect Bola Tinubu. Betara, member representing Biu/Bayo/Shani and Kwaya Kusar Federal Constituency of Borno has been canvassing support for his speakership aspiration with party members, House of Reps members-elect, former lawmakers and […]

•As end to coal use remains elusive The current attention being shifted to gas in the face of the Ukraine and Russia war as well as the energy transition may fade sooner than expected if the agreement of the world’s seven richest countries (G-7) to prioritise renewable energy over gas is implemented. The countries – […]

Nigeria could be thrown into darkness in the coming days as the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), yesterday, said some distribution companies are at the verge of being disconnected over failure to comply with market rules. Coming barely a few days after the generation companies threatened to down tools, the government-owned TCN, in a statement […]