Monday, 18 November, 2024

Month: November 2021


The wife of the slain Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife Masters Degree student, Bolatito Adegoke has lamented that his husband, Timothy Oluwadare Adegoke was killed like an animal, saying he was only struggling to earn a living and take care Read more…


The editor-in-chief of 21st Century Chronicle, Mahmud Jega, has urged the media to desist from distorting the history of the pre-colonial Nigeria as a weapon of modern-day political battles. He stated this on Tuesday at the launch of a book, Read more…


President-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, yesterday described as unfortunate the statement credited to the leadership of the Arewa youths over their opposition to the unconditional release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The northern group spoke after Read more…


Less than four months to the end of his tenure in office, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has placed the outgoing governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, on its watchlist. This is coming ahead of the March 16, Read more…


An oil spill in Nigeria’s Delta region that has been spewing for more than two weeks will be “speedily addressed,” President Muhammadu Buhari said in a statement on Wednesday. Nigerian oil firm Aiteo Eastern E&P reported the spill on Nov. Read more…


A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and constitutional lawyer, Chief Sabastine Hon, has condemned the efforts of both the Lagos State and Federal Governments to rubbish the report of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry on the bloody #EndSARS protests, saying it Read more…


…Tackles DSS over move to extradite Igboho from Cotonou to Nigeria Leader of the apex Yoruba self-determination group, Ilana Omo Oodua (IOO), Prof Banji Akintoye, on Wednesday said the next line of action to actualise self-determination for the Yoruba race Read more…


Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state, Wednesday placed on hold the construction work on the Effium axis of the Abakaliki ring road for one week in the State. He gave the directive after an expanded security council meeting at the Read more…


The Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, disclosed this when he along with Ministers of Transportation, and Finance, Budget and National Planning, Rotimi Amaechi and Dr Zainab Ahmed, respectively, briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the FEC meeting. Read more…


While commentators spilled ink over the prospect of war between Russia & Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin last week took a major step towards absorbing the war-torn breakaway Donbass regions. And yet, bizarrely, nobody noticed. Scares about imminent Russian invasions of Read more…


Newly elected Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has announced her resignation just hours after making history as the country’s first woman premier. “I have told the speaker that I wish to resign as prime minister,” Andersson told reporters on Wednesday in Read more…


The Nigerian government on Tuesday dismissed a leaked judicial investigation that said 15 people were killed or missing after a crackdown on mass protests in Lagos last year. Submitted to state authorities on November 15, the leaked report contradicts the Read more…