On May 29, 1999, when President Olusegun Obasanjo was inaugurated as president after about 16 decades of military interregnum, positive excitements swept through the nation from urban centres to rural areas; from Lagos to Maiduguri. But 22 years later, each expectation conceived in 1999 was aborted, and the Motherland is now in a very critical condition, facing the danger of …
From the twinkling of an eye, a guy elected President of an entire nation turns into a sectional pioneer, championing only the origin of his own Fulani ethnic group amid bloodbath and mounting poverty in his country. This sums up President Muhammadu Buhari’s six years of clannishness, ineptitude and mismanagement, leading to boundless killings and pains across the country. From …
The lawmaker was suspended from the All Progressives Congress (APC) for allegedly insulting the Jigawa State Governor, Muhammad Badaru Abubakar in a social media article on Facebook. It is understood that Kazaure accused Governor Badaru of nominating chairmen and councillors candidates to the coming local government elections without primaries or some other consensus as guided by the party constitution. Naija …
Bureau De Change operators obtained the United States dollar in the Central Bank of Nigeria in N393 but sold it for N494 on Friday, an evaluation from our correspondent has shown. Sources from several commercial banks told our correspondent that the banks have been requested to finance the BDCs at the rate of N393/$ as of Friday. A bank official, …
MASSOB Leader, Uchenna Madu, in a statement said that year’s anniversary is unique and special as it falls on a Sunday. He recalled that Biafra was declared on May 30, 1967, by General Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu. Madu said the date is sacrosanct and sacred to the background and lives of the Biafra Republic, adding that the ordinances Ojukwu must be …
The Speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Balarabe Abdullahi, has advocated for more collaborative efforts to terminate the number of out-of-school kids, child labour, and the other types of violence against children in today’s society. The Speaker also called for the provision of quality education for children in order to create a brighter future for them and also develop a …
The PDP reiterated its position that the APC has been promoting acts of violence including arson along with building a crisis scenario and frustrate the smooth behaviour of their 2023 general elections. Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary of the PDP in a statement on Tuesday, stated having realized it has no place in the 2023 election, APC leaders are seeking …
The Acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan (UI), Prof. Adebola Ekanola, has commiserated with the family of Brig.- Gen. Olatunji Luqman Olayinka, who expired along with others during last Friday’s military aeroplane crash in Kaduna. An announcement by UI Spokesman, Olatunji Oladejo, said the Late Brig.-Gen. Olayinka, 51, has been a MPhil/PhD student in the Department of Peace, Security …
News about Nigeria is Formally the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a Nation in West Africa. It boundaries Niger in the north, Chad from the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Its southern coast is on the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean. Three major Nigerian languages are Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba. The News Agency …
The Eastern Union (EU), a socio-political pressure band of the individuals of the older Eastern Region has contested the current shoot-at-sight order by President Muhammadu Buhari to the army and authorities in the South East and South-South geo-political zones. The EU, in a statement issued by its Abuja headquarters on Saturday, maintained that the president was unjust to the Igbo, …
Zinedine Zidane expressed delight on Friday at his Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema’s France recall ahead of La Liga’s final round of games with Real in contention to retain the name. Benzema’s kind this year -he’s netted 29 times death 20 league goals in three seasons since Cristiano Ronaldo left for Juventus in 2018 — has helped keep living Real’s …
The federal government recently re-introduced restrictions aimed at preventing a spike in the coronavirus in Nigeria. As a consequence of this growth, the authorities issued travel tips on passengers from India, Brazil and Turkey, where the disease is spreading fast and murdering hundreds of people on daily basis. This is commendable since the authorities acted proactively. Nigerians visit India and …
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed through second reading a bill seeking to repeal the Patents Design Act of 1971 and re-enact the Patents and Designs Act 2019, to bring about an upgrade within the body of laws governing patents, designs and utility models in Nigeria. This he explained was in contravention of the international Lega tools on intellectual …
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) board member, who has been busy building alliances with some important organs across the world in pursuit of excellence for Nigerian girls soccer, at the weekend revealed that her ambition is to make sure fans regularly add visiting stadiums to watch girls soccer matches in their calendar. This, she said, could be done by creating …
Chieftains of All Progressive Congress (APC) in Cross River State have welcomed Governor Ben Ayade who defected to the celebration on Thursday at Calabar. He advised the governor that”Cross River State has always been in the Egyptian Nigeria politics. There’s no gainsaying the fact that the past 6 years of being in the opposition has impacted the State negatively, even …
The federal government says that there will be no permanent official vehicle for a part time board member of parastatals. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, disclosed this, urging chairmen and members of Governing Boards of Parastatals (CMGBP) to entrench good governance within their respective organizations. Mr Mustapha made the telephone on Wednesday at the induction …
American rapper, Rakim Athelaston Mayers, popularly called A$AP Rocky has formally confirmed his love with the singer, actress, fashion designer and businesswoman, Robyn Rihanna Fenty, popularly known as Rihanna over a year after relationship rumours first swirled. In an interview with GQ for the magazine’s June/July 2021 cover story, when asked what it feels like to be in a relationship, …
Ex-Big Brother Naija housemate, Erica Ngozi Nlewedim, popularly called Erica or Star girl, has shouted out she does not secure man toasters anymore. The ex-BBNaija celebrity, in a meeting with a podcast community, talked about her relationship standing and it appears no man is approaching her. The actress was asked if she gets attention from guys after her newfound fame. …
The House of Representatives has passed the process and service for transition and assumption of the Office of the President, also Vice-President-elect for second reading. The bill, which is sponsored by Hon. Kpam Sokpo, attempts to provide for the process and service for transition and assumption of the Office of the President, and Vice-President-elect, and to facilitate the handover process …
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on European countries and global financial institutions to restructure Africa’s debt portfolios and supply complete debt relief, to reduce the devastating effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. The president left the call at the Financing Africa Summit held in the Grande Palais Ephemere in Paris, France, on Tuesday, using the theme: “External Financing and debt Treatment”. …
