From left: Senator Sunday Marshall Katung, Kaduna South Senatorial District; Rev. Mathew Kukah and Vice President Kashim Shettima paying a condolence vist to the Kukah family for the death of His Highness, Yohanna Sidi Kukah, Agwom Akulu (Ikulu Chiefdom) at Ikulu in Zangon Kataf, Kaduma on Sunday (29/12/24) President Bola Tinubu has consented to a […]

Barely a month after the commencement of operations at the 60,000-barrel-per-day-old Port Harcourt Refinery, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has announced that the 125,000-barrel-per-day Warri Refining & Petrochemicals Company in Warri, Delta State, is now operational. This was disclosed by the NNPCL Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari, during a tour of the facility […]

Former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has criticised the immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, over recent comments on alleged issues of nepotism at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). The senator, who represented Kaduna Central in the defunct 8th National Assembly, on Sunday took a swipe at the former governor, saying that […]

As the year winds down, Imoleayo Oyedeyi captures some of the most dominant events that shaped political discourse and challenged the effectiveness of government policies for the masses Ibadan Explosion A series of explosions in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, shattered the early excitement of 2024, raising concerns about the escalating menace of illegal […]

No fewer than 12,000 supporters of Prophetess Naomi Ogunwusi, the former wife of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, have demanded justice for her, describing her arrest, arraignment and remand in a custodial facility as unfair. Naomi was arrested alongside the Chief Executive Officer of Agidigbo FM, Oriyomi Hamzat, after the stampede at a […]

In the wake of the American and Ghanaian presidential elections, several political movements have emerged in Nigeria, each aiming to challenge President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. In both the United States and Ghana, the opposition defeated the ruling parties in landslide victories. In the US, former President Donald Trump of the Republican Party defeated […]

A former Governor of Rivers State and one-time presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Peter Odili has disclosed how Governor Siminilayi Fubara courageously stopped the alleged usurpation of the state Treasury by Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Minister, Mr. Nyesom Wike He disclosed that Fubara summoned an unusual fortitude to confront the quest […]

Peeved by the reported move to introduce Sharia law in South-West, traditional leaders in the region have warned that any attempt to initiate such a law will cause anarchy, division, and instability. According to them, Sharia law, in any form, is unsuitable for Yorubaland. Earlier, Punch Online reported that a flier went viral on Tuesday, […]

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said that the Almighty has proved Himself worthy as the ultimate Liberator of the state and its populace because He ensured total triumph over the political crisis and those behind it. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary, Nelson Chukwudi, said the governor spoke at the Christmas Ballad, which […]