EXPLAINER: What you need to know about Tinubu’s pledge on subsidy removal
President Bola Tinubu has announced the removal of the fuel subsidy from July 1, 2023, emphasising that his government will not provide funds to subsidise the product. He announced this on Monday during his inaugural speech as the 16th President Read more…
Campaigns Of Calumny Being Perfected To Defame Me In Coming Months — Peter Obi
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, has said that campaigns of calumny are being hatched against him and his supporters in the coming months to defame his character. In a statement on Sunday, the former Anambra Read more…
Tinubu’s inaugural speech shallow, lacks substance – Labour Party
The Labour Party has expressed disappointment that the inaugural address of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu failed to provide a clear road map about how his administration intends to navigate Nigeria out its current socio-economic despair. It said the Presidential address Read more…
Breaking: Founder of AIT/Raypower, Raymond Dokpesi, Dies at 71
Media mogul and founder of AIT/Raypower, Chief Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi, is dead. He was aged 71. A Peoples Democratic Party Cheiftain, Dokpesi was the Deputy Director-General Technical and systems of PDP Presidential Campaign Council for the February 25, 2023 presidential election. Read more…
FULL TEXT: President Tinubu’s inaugural speech
President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, delivered his inaugural address at Eagle Square, Abuja. The Oath of Office was administered by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kayode Ariwoola. Below is the full text. My Fellow Citizens, I stand before you honoured Read more…
Russia attacks Khmelnytskyi Oblast and disables five aircraft
Efforts are continuing to put out fires at fuel and munitions storage facilities. Reports of casualties are being verified. “Five aircraft were disabled. Repairs on the runway have begun,” the administration said, without specifying which aircraft had been damaged. Russia Read more…
Annexing Kharkov only way to prevent Ukrainian attacks – Belgorod governor
Russia might be able to stave off Kiev’s recurring attacks on Belgorod Region by pushing deeper into Ukraine and taking control of Kharkov Region, located across border, local governor Vyacheslav Gladkov suggested on Monday. Speaking to the Russia 24 TV channel, Read more…
2023 National Honours: Dr. Ugboaja receives the Order of the Niger (OON) Award
By Ezeakukwu Emmanuel Nsoedo The President of the Federal of Nigeria conferred on Dr. Joseph Ugboaja, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), a National Honours Award of Order of the Niger (OON). The award Read more…
Hon Justice Sankey, JCA’s Husband Brutally Murdered
A one-time Acting Director of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS, Plateau State, and the husband of Justice Jummai Hannatu Sankey of Nigeria’s Court of Appeal Dr. Yakubu Sankey is dead. He was reportedly killed in his Read more…
I’ll give APGA leadership it deserves, says newly elected APGA chairman, Nnewi North
The newly elected Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Nnewi North Local Governement Area, Anambra State, Hon Anthony Muodielo, has assured that his leadership would make a difference in the Council Area. Muodielo, fondly called KLASSIC, who Read more…
As Tinubu Takes Oath as Nigeria’s 16th President Today…
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will today make history as he will be sworn-in as the 16th president of Nigeria in Abuja. In this report, Adedayo Akinwale takes another look at Tinubu’s 80-page Action Plan to transform the nation. In October, 2022, Read more…
Surrender Obalende Eid prayer ground to Muslim Community, Buhari orders Dodan Barracks
Less than 24 hours to the end of his administration, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that the control of Obalende Eid Prayer Ground be returned to the Lagos Jama’atul Muslimeen Council of the Lagos Central Mosque. In giving approval to Read more…
EXPLAINER: What you need to know about Tinubu’s pledge on subsidy removal
President Bola Tinubu has announced the removal of the fuel subsidy from July 1, 2023, emphasising that his government will not provide funds to subsidise the product. He announced this on Monday during his inaugural speech as the 16th President Read more…
Campaigns Of Calumny Being Perfected To Defame Me In Coming Months — Peter Obi
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, has said that campaigns of calumny are being hatched against him and his supporters in the coming months to defame his character. In a statement on Sunday, the former Anambra Read more…
Tinubu’s inaugural speech shallow, lacks substance – Labour Party
The Labour Party has expressed disappointment that the inaugural address of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu failed to provide a clear road map about how his administration intends to navigate Nigeria out its current socio-economic despair. It said the Presidential address Read more…
Breaking: Founder of AIT/Raypower, Raymond Dokpesi, Dies at 71
Media mogul and founder of AIT/Raypower, Chief Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi, is dead. He was aged 71. A Peoples Democratic Party Cheiftain, Dokpesi was the Deputy Director-General Technical and systems of PDP Presidential Campaign Council for the February 25, 2023 presidential election. Read more…
INEC Deliberately Withheld Uploading 2023 Presidential Election Results On IReV — Lai Mohammed
Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) delayed the uploading of results to its portal due to suspected cyber-attacks during the presidential poll. According to the Voice of Nigeria, the minister disclosed Read more…
BREAKING: Joshua wins by unanimous decision on ring return
Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua got back to winning ways on Saturday night at the 02 Arena in London when he claimed a unanimous decision win over American Jermaine Franklin. The British-Nigerian won the fight with his uppercuts landing Read more…
Ronaldo Records 62nd Career Hat-trick In Al Nassr’s League Win
Cristiano Ronaldo recorded the 62nd hat-trick of his illustrious career as Al Nassr thrashed Damak 3-0 away in the Saudi Pro League during the weekend. It was Ronaldo’s second hat-trick in five matches for title-chasing Al-Nassr who top the league Read more…
16-yr-old Nigerian becomes Guinness World Record holder
A Nigerian senior secondary school student, Gbenga Ezekiel entered the Guinness World Record for the most skips in a minute on one leg. The 16-year-old attends Ijapo High School in Akure, the Ondo State capital. With 265 skips, Ezekiel successfully Read more…
Nigerian Air: Airlines berate Sirika, groups demand EFCC probe
Domestic Airlines under the aegis of the Air Operators of Nigeria have berated the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, for allegedly putting pressure on the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority to issue an Air Operators Certificate to Nigeria Air without following Read more…
24hrs after unveiling, Nigeria Air’s B737-800 returns to Addis Ababa
Barely 24 hours after Nigeria Air’s B737-800 jetliner was unveiled to the public on Friday, the airplane has returned to Addis Ababa, the operational base of the Ethiopian Airlines, which is the core investor in the project. The Sun has Read more…
Amid Legal Battle, Nigeria Air Branded Aircraft Belongs To Ethiopian Airlines
The Boeing 737-800 series aircraft which the Federal Government flew into Abuja for the unveiling of Nigeria Air belongs to Ethiopia Airlines. Shortly after the aircraft landed, Hadi Sirika, Minister of Aviation, expressed delight that after “a very long, tedious, Read more…
Again, Aggrieved Shareholders Seek To Withdraw Suit Against Seplat
Less than one week after the aggrieved minority shareholders of Seplat Energy PLC filed a notice of discontinuance at the Federal High Court in Lagos seeking to withdraw their suit against the company and its management, they have also filed Read more…
‘Reconciliation’ inserted into Obi’s visit most inappropriate, diversionary — Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has described the word ‘reconciliation’ in some media reports of Peter Obi’s visit to him on Sunday, as a “most inappropriate and diversionary invocation”. Soyinka stressed that there was basically no issue to reconcile between Read more…
THE ‘WORLDVIEW’ MAN AT 60
Samuel Akinnuga pays tribute to Kingsley Moghalu, scholar, lawyer, and political economist After our last meeting on November 4, 2022, I tweeted: “For his genius, yes, but more importantly for the ‘high octane’ value he consistently brings to the public Read more…
Macron is ready to betray democracy in Taiwan to further the EU’s global pretensions
Emmanuel Macron has just reminded us why we voted to leave the EU. On his way back from meeting Xi Jinping in Beijing, the diminutive énarque declared that Brussels should stop following the American line on Taiwan. Rather than behaving Read more…
SEPLAT: INTERESTS, INTRIGUES AND FALLACIES
The Seplat issue should be handled transparently and dispassionately, writes Dan Aibangbe Events breaking within the corridors of Nigeria’s energy giant, SEPLAT Energy PLC, (SEPL) is assuming a dangerous dimension. The intrigues being initiated by the dramatis personae are upping Read more…