reaffirms that only National Assembly can reorganise Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday said he would not hesitate to give assent to any amendments to the 1999 Constitution on restructuring. He spoke when the National Executive of the Ijaw National Congress (INC), led by Prof Benjamin Okaba, visited him at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. On […]

warns: “The Nigerian state is sinking deeper into loose banditry and general uncertainties.” A former Deputy National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has said that restructuring is the only way to save Nigeria. He stressed that a progressive and graduated restructuring of the union, mandated at the peace table, would strengthen […]

The conflict with insurgents in Nigeria’s North East claimed about 350,000 human beings as as at the end of 2020, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said on Thursday, as reported by Reuters. The toll, given by the UN agency in a new study on the disturbance and its impact on livelihoods is 10 times […]

Ahead of the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State, the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) has declared former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Prof Charles Soludo, as the winner of the party’s primary election. The exercise took place at the Professor Dora Akunyili Women Development Centre, Awka, Anambra State capital, on Wednesday.  Soludo, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari will today proceed to London, the United Kingdom, for a scheduled medical follow-up. A statement issued by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity) on Thursday, informed that the president is due back in the country during the second week of July, 2021. Buhari had on March 30, 2021 […]

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of a Special Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja has granted Nollywood actor, Omiyinka Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesa, a N2 million naira bail with two sureties in like sum. According to the judge, the surety must be a resident of Lagos with a visible house address and payment […]

By Banji Ayoola Remains of the pioneer Chairman and Chief Executive of Owena Press Limited, Publisher of Ondo State Government-owned Newspaper, The Hope, Mr Bode Betiku, will be interred in his Ondo City home on July 2. The fearless, flamboyant, meticulous, brilliant, no nonsense, go getter veteran journalist, public relations and marketing wizard popularly called […]

No fewer than two people lost their lives in a crash on Airport Road, Oba-Ile in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State on Thursday. The crash involved a Toyota Corolla car and a bullion van. Mr Ahmed Hassan, Ondo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), said six people were […]

The Police Command in Kaduna State, on Thursday confirmed the kidnapping of 12 persons in a fresh attack on a community in the state. The abductors were said to have invaded Awon/Mothercat Junction in Kachia Local Government and kidnapped the victims on Wednesday. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige, who confirmed the incident […]