The Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, on Monday explained how key beneficiaries of the fuel subsidy regime made governance difficult for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu during the first eighteen months of his administration. Bamidele, who represents Ekiti Central Senatorial District, also expressed optimism that the 2025 Appropriation Act would largely address Nigeria’s socio-economic…
Former chairman of Nigerian-American Public Affairs Committee, U.S (NAPAC USA), Mr Ike Chidolue, says Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan erred by taking Nigeria’s domestic matter to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) meeting in New York. In a statement issued in Abuja on Monday, Chidolue said that by taking Nigeria’s domestic matters to the IPU, Akpoti-Uduaghan was not seeking…
Trinity University, Yaba, Lagos State, produced 28 first class students in the 2023/2024 academic session, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Clement Kolawole, has said. Kolawole said at a news conference in Lagos on Monday that the 28 students were among the 122 students to be awarded Bachelor’s Degree at the university’s Third Convocation Ceremonies, which would start…
The President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, said his company returned to invest in Ogun due to Gov. Dapo Abiodun’s investor-friendly policies. Dangote made this known on Monday during a courtesy visit to the governor at his office in Abeokuta. He noted that the state had become one of Nigeria’s most attractive investment destinations…
Nigeria and Cuba on Monday took a bold step to strengthen diplomatic and economic ties, with a renewed focus on healthcare, education and trade. Vice-President Kashim Shettima, described Cuba as “a sacred land where every progressive will identify with,” when he received Mr Bruno Parrilla, the Cuban Foreign Minister, and Miriam Palmero, Cuban Ambassador to…
26 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly yesterday began proceedings to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Professor Ngozi Odu, for alleged gross misconduct. The lawmakers, who are loyal to the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike, in a notice of impeachment, dated March 14, 2025 and addressed to…
The Rivers State Police Command has debunked reports on social media that some suspected arsonists attacked the private residence of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike in Port Harcourt. Some reports on social media had alleged that a riot broke out in the Rivers State capital, leading to the burning down…
The Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC), on Monday, felicitated Gov. Peter Mbah on his 53rd birthday. The Chairman of ENSIEC, Prof. Christian Ngwu, in a congratulatory message issued in Enugu, also commended the governor for encouraging the return of a functional Local Government system in the state. Ngwu lauded him for “implementing audacious and…
U.S. President, Donald Trump on Monday challenged the legality of Joe Biden’s preemptive pardons for members of the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 unrest. Trump claimed the ex-president knew nothing about it and never signed the papers. “The ‘pardons’ that Biden gave to the committee , and many others, are hereby declared void, vacant…
Former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has prayed the Federal High Court in Abuja to order the EFCC to retrieve from persons, either natural or corporate, to whom it had sold off her seized assets or property. Diezani, in an amended suit filed by her lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, before Justice Inyang Ekwo, also…
