Buhari receives first made-in-Nigeria cell phone
President Muihammadu Buhari displaying Made in Nigeria Mobile hands set during the FEC Meeting at the State House, Abuja on June 8, 2021. Photogrphs: Sunday Aghaze The Nation
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TB Joshua: Sanwo-Olu visits widow
Mrs. Evelyn Joshua, wife of the late Prophet T.B Joshua, has described her husband’s death as an act of God. She spoke on Wednesday when Governor Bababjide Sanwo-Olu paid a condolence visit to the family in Ikotun area of the state. “What happened is an act of God. There is time for everything. It didn’t […]
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TB Joshua’s family meets over burial, Senate mourns
Three days after the demise of the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Pastor Temitope Joshua, his family members on Tuesday gathered in Lagos State to plan his burial. Joshua died in Lagos on Sunday at the age of 57. Speaking with our correspondent on the telephone on Tuesday, an uncle of the […]
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Protesters storm Lagos APC secretariat, reject candidates
Protesters from the Somolu Local Government Area on Tuesday besieged the secretariat of the All Progressives Party in Lagos State to express their grievances against the list of candidates for chairman and vice chairman released by the party for the forthcoming local government election on July 24. The protesters sang protest songs, displayed placards and […]
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FG shortlists 550,000 for N-Power programme final selection
The Federal Government through its National Social Investment Management System has shortlisted 550,000 applicants for the final selection for Batch C of the N-Power programme. It also said that the Central Bank of Nigeria would support Batches A and B beneficiaries who had completed the N-Power programme with soft loans. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, […]
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When Buhari came for Twitter
By Festus Eriye Birds of a feather flock together. Last Friday, Nigeria joined the likes of China, North Korea, Myanmar, Iran, Turkmenistan and Turkey in blocking Twitter. One thing common to these countries is repression and denial of citizens’ rights to freely express themselves or exhibit dissent. In Myanmar, for instance, Twitter was blocked following […]
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Who offended Buhari? Twitter or Nigerians?
By Fredrick Nwabufo Government is a relationship – between the leadership and the governed. A democratic government, in particular, should not operate in vacancy of citizens’ imprimatur. A government needs the trust, support and goodwill of its citizens. Legitimacy is the reward for good governance. Any government, which by intransigence severs the funiculus that links […]
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As another June 12 beckons
By Agbaje Ayomide We can’t elude the events surrounding the June 12, 1993 elections in our democratic history. The day marked a huge significance in our journey towards the democratic fold. In the elections, the campaign mantra of the late MKO Abiola of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), one of the presidential hopefuls and the […]
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Twitter ban violation: CAN warns as AGF vows to try Adeboye, VIP offenders
We’re definitely on it to ensure the prosecution of all violators, declares Malami’s office Adeboye, other clerics, VIPs’ prosecution will compound Nigeria’s problems, CAN tells FG House of Representatives split, tempers rise over FG’s ban, PDP lawmakers stage walkout The Federal Government on Tuesday insisted that all those violating the suspension order it placed on […]
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Why killer herders attacked Igangan village, by Sunday Igboho
Suspected herders succeeded in attacking Igangan town on Sunday morning because of lack of unity among villagers and Ibarapa monarchs, Yoruba Nation Agitator Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho has stated. Igboho on Monday evening stormed Igangan in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo state to assess the level of destruction in the village […]
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