Category: Politics

Women, girls integral to national development ― Buhari

Women, girls integral to national development ― Buhari

Leon Usigbe – Abuja   President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday affirmed that the well-being of women and girls remains a pivotal indicator of how well any nation is...

ARTSPLIT’s maiden MusicSplit auction ends with successful debut of King Perryy's continental playlist

ARTSPLIT’s maiden MusicSplit auction ends with successful debut of King Perryy’s continental playlist

Rotimi Ige   ARTSPLIT, the ground-breaking alternative investment platform, has concluded its first-ever MusicSplit auction with the successful launch of ‘Continental...

Tell APC leaders to release hoarded notes, PDP tells Buhari

Tell APC leaders to release hoarded notes, PDP tells Buhari

Leon Usigbe – Abuja   The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has admonished President Muhammadu Buhari to assuage the pain and anguish being experienced by Nigerians over...

Naira scarcity: Sanwo-Olu warns against rejection of old notes

Lagos restates support for artisans/tradesmen in developmental programmes

Bola Badmus – Lagos   Lagos State Governor, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday stated that his administration will continue to invest in capacity building and...

Bello going against party tenets ― Musa Wada

Bello going against party tenets ― Musa Wada

Femi Akinyemi   Ahead of the 2023 elections, Governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello has been called to play by the rules of the All Progressive Party (APC) and avoid...

APC reschedules fresh gubernatorial primary for Taraba

2023: Osun APC passes vote of no confidence in CP Longe

  …Asks IGP to transfer him immediately …We’re confident of victory – Chairman As the general elections draw nearer, the leadership of the...

Banks shut over fears of looming attacks, no Cash in Calabar

Banks shut over fears of looming attacks, no Cash in Calabar

By: Godwin Otang, Calabar Many banks in Calabar have shut their doors since Wednesday, 15th till Thursday, 16th February 2023, over fears of possible attacks by angry...

Kogi Supreme Court

We’re waiting for Supreme Court judgement, Kogi govt insists

Israel Arogbonlo Kogi State Government has reiterated its stance on the suit it filed alongside its counterparts, Zamfara and Kaduna against the Federal Government and...

Sunday Dare urges youth participation in electoral process

Sunday Dare urges youth participation in electoral process

Lawrence Bajah – Abuja   The Minister for Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has urged the youth in the country, to seek ways of participating in electoral...

Commercial banks under lock, key in Kano

Commercial banks under lock, key in Kano

By: Kola Oyelere Kano Virtually all commercial banks in the ancient city of Kano, were under lock and key, while few that were open were filled with large numbers of...

US To Return $954,000 Alamieyeseigha Loot

US To Return $954,000 Alamieyeseigha Loot

The United States Government has returned $954,000 stolen by the former Governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, to the state government through the Federal...

Currency swap: Gbajabiamila faults FG's disregard for Supreme Court order

Currency swap: Gbajabiamila faults FG’s disregard for Supreme Court order

By: Kehinde Akintola, Abuja The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila in Thursday faulted the decision of the Federal Government to disregard...

NECO Records Rise In Malpractice, Blacklists Supervisors

NECO Records Rise In Malpractice, Blacklists Supervisors

The National Examination Council (NECO) has said there was an increase in the number of malpractice cases in the 2022 External Senior School Certificate Examination....

Buhari signs Nigeria's first business facilitation bill into law

Buhari breaching rule of law, separation of power principles ― CDD

Collins Nnabuife – Abuja   The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of breaching the rule of law and principles of...

Currency Swap: CBN Governor insists February 10 deadline sacrosanct

Emefiele meets with Buhari, orders 15 commercial banks to circulate old N200 notes

Ifeoluwa Akinola The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, has ordered 15 commercial bank executives to circulate the old 200 naira notes to the...

Take Responsibility For Naira Redesign Fallout

Take Responsibility For Naira Redesign Fallout

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has advised the All Progressives Congress (APC) to take responsibility for the failure of...

Pastor dies fast

Pastor dies after trying to imitate Jesus’ 40-day fast

Israel Arogbonlo It was a tragic end for a Mozambican pastor, Francisco Barajah, who reportedly died after fasting for 40 days, in an attempt to replicate what the...

Olukoya

Don’t marry sex addict, Olukoya tells Christian ladies

Israel Arogbonlo Prof. Daniel Olukoya, General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracles (MFM) has warned against marrying sex addicts. Speaking to some youths of the...

General Elections: IGP returns recovered weapons to arms agency

General Elections: IGP returns recovered weapons to arms agency

Jacob Segun Olatunji – Abuja   •Reaffirms commitment to continually partner NCCSALW for achievement of Constitutional mandate As the preparations for the general...

CBN staff escape lynching at Ogbe-Ijoh

CBN staff escape lynching at Ogbe-Ijoh

Ebenezer Adurokiya   The staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Wednesday, escaped, by the whiskers, lynching from youths at the volatile Ogbe-Ijoh community in...