African Democratic Congress (ADC) has condemned the restriction order issued on the 2023 Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi in Edo, describing it as unacceptable. ADC’s National Spokesperson, Mallam Bolaji Abdulahi, stated during a news conference in Abuja on Sunday. Abdullahi said that the pronouncements credited to Gov. Monday Okpebholo that Obi or opposition…
President Bola Tinubu has credited his rise to the presidency to the blessings of the late Awujale of Ijebu, Oba Sikiru Adetona, and Nigerians. Tinubu spoke on Sunday during the eight-day fidau prayer for the late monarch at Dipo Dina Stadium in Ijebu Ode, Ogun. The president paid heartfelt tributes celebrating Adetona’s impactful reign,…
Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) Chairman, Christopher Maikalangu, has decried the recent demolition of property in the Federal Capital Territory’s (FCT) Karsana Community by a developer, Oceanic Properties and Equilibrium Concept. Maikalangu made this known on Saturday in Abuja after inspecting the extent of the demolition and its effect on the livelihoods of the residents….
The United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Hajiya Amina Mohammed, has commended Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State , for his remarkable strides in advancing social development and promoting Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This is contained in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Sunusi Dawakin-Tofa in Kano on Sunday. Mrs. Amina Mohammed paid a condolence visit to…
The Federal Government has debunked a false statement circulating online, which claimed that the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) conducted by WAEC and the National Examinations Council (NECO) had been cancelled due to widespread examination malpractice. In a statement released by the Ministry on Sunday, signed by Boriowo Folasade, Director of Press…
Mr Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, has urged government at all levels to invest more in education and health. He made the call in his goodwill message at the traditional marriage of Mr Peter Uwaezu and Precious Ante in Abuja on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
The Sen Abdul’aziz Yari Scholarship Initiative Committee in Zamfara, said it has spent N216 million on the payment of school fees to 2,055 orphans and other indigent students for the first year. The Chairman, Publicity Sub Committee, Alhaji Ibrahim Danmalikin-Gidangoga, disclosed this at a press briefing in Gusau on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria…
The proposed creation of 12 new states in Nigeria has stirred mixed reactions from Nigerians with many advising caution, equity and consideration of the viability of such states. This is even as the Senate Committee on States Creation conducts public hearing on the subject in certain states in the six geo-political regions of the country….
Gov Babagana Zulum of Borno has directed the 27 Local Government Area (LGA) chairmen to take immediate steps towards implementing the new N70,000 minimum wage for council workers. Zulum gave the directive on Sunday during a high-level meeting with the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC), and the Nigeria Union…
The Presiding Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church (CGCC) Pastor Tunde Bakare has urged Nigerian leaders to immortalise former president Muhammadu Buhari with good governance. Bakare, an associate of the late Awujale of Ijebu Land, Oba Sikiru Adetona and the late former president, Buhari, made the appeal at a news conference on Sunday to…
