By Kolawole Olabisi About three weeks ago, a friend of mine and a learned brother, Prince AJibade Ogunoye was made the Olowo elect and I enthused here that am now an Ore Oba ( friend of the King), Friends, please join me to celebrate another buddy of mine, Prince Rotimi Obamuwagun, who has just been […]

Focus on 29 new cabinet members 14 likely may retain former seats Uncertainty over Minister of  State for Petroleum Resources The battle for slots – and the speculations –  in the 43-man cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari intensified on Thursday, with ministers-designate trying to outwit one another. The President is said to have raised a Kitchen […]

No fewer than 1,795 police constable candidates will be sitting for a test as part of their academic recruitment screening at the Police Command in Enugu state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Ebere Amaraizu, disclosed this on Friday in Enugu. He said that the exercise would take place on Saturday […]

The Federal Government’s National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) has, in three years, lifted no fewer than five million Nigerians out of extreme poverty. President Muhammadu Buhari said this at the opening of the Global Youth Employment Forum of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Abuja on Thursday. He said the forum was an opportunity for […]

Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari (right); President, Nigerian Guild of Editors(NGE), Funke Egbemode and Editor, NNPC publication, Michael Mukwuzi, during members of the guild’s visit to the corporation in Abuja…on Thursday. Photo: NAN The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) have renewed […]

Stakeholders in the Lagos State chapter of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) have called on the governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and other political leaders in the state to move to avert what they tagged “imminent uncontrollable bloody and civil unrest by some disgruntled members over the union’s election coming soon. The concerned members […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (right); United Kingdom Secretary of State for International Development, Alok Sharma; and the High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, during a courtesy call on Osinbajo in Abuja…on Thursday. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has sought resolution of outstanding issues between Nigeria and the United Kingdom through strengthened ties. Receiving the European country’s […]

The crisis rocking the Senate over its constituted 69 standing committees worsened on Thursday as aggrieved members took their battle to the social media, accusing the leadership of betrayal. Some faceless senators, under the aegis of the ‘9th Senate  Group For Good Governance,’ posted an unsigned message on journalists mobile phones, accusing the leadership of […]