Mathew Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, says Nigerians traveling abroad should do so for the purpose of returning to develop the country. Speaking during an inauguration lecture on Saturday, Kukah said the incoming administration must rise up to the challenge of uniting the country. He said Nigerians traveling abroad must be given a reason […]
The Vice-president-elect, Kashim Shettima, has dismissed alleged plot by the incoming administration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to Islamise Nigeria. He said the president-elect, who has not Islamised his family, cannot Islamize Nigeria. Shettima stated this while speaking at the inauguration lecture of the incoming government in Abuja on Saturday. Recall that Tinubu’s choice of […]
The President of the African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina has decried the fuel subsidy regime by the Federal Government, saying it only benefits the rich. Speaking during the presidential inauguration lecture in Abuja on Saturday, Adesina said the continued payment to subsidise petroleum products is killing the Nigerian economy. According to […]
Outgoing President, Muhammadu Buhari and former Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta, on Saturday, tasked the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to work towards uniting Nigerians irrespective of ethnic and political affiliation. Both leaders gave the charge during the Inauguration Lecture at the International Conference Centre in Abuja. This was contained in the statement issued on Saturday […]
Emekeme Joseph popularly known as Semikolo the Chairman of Covenant Suites, a hotel chain and a Deacon of Winner’s Chapel is dead. From a reliable source, the man fell gravely ill after his sons assaulted him. The sons who graduated from Covenant University it is alleged caught their father with a side chick and […]
Court of Appeal Kano division has stayed and suspended the order granted by the federal high court in Kano, which nullified the election of the Labour Party in the 36 states due to the late submission of the list of candidates to INEC. Governor elect of Abia State Alex Otti had filed to the […]
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba has secretly authorised the reinstatement of three Special Protected Unit (SPU) officers dismissed for unprofessional conduct. The officers, attached to a popular Kano-based musician, Dauda Rarara, were captured in a viral video repeatedly firing shots from their firearms into the air in the presence of civilians including […]
The Senate has amended the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act and 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Act. The new amendments by the lawmakers increased the total CBN advances to the Federal Government from the current 5% to a maximum of 15% while the amendment of the 2022 Appropriation act extend the implementation year from the […]
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has described the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, as the worst in the history of Nigeria, saying the outgoing president “must be told that he failed woefully and Nigerians are feeling the impact of that failure because we are all suffering.” He said the president plunged the country into […]
The Osun state Police command has arrested a 48-year-old herbalist identified as Isiaka Ogunkoya for the murder of one Pastor, Kalejaye Ezekiel. Ogunkoya met with Karma on his way to Isoyin. He was arrested during a stop-and-search operation where he confessed the human parts belongs to a pastor. “I killed the pastor for rituals, […]
