Kunle Afolayan, the Nigerian filmmaker, has expressed his frustration over the “high level of incompetence” among job seekers in Nigeria. The movie producer took to his Instagram page to criticize the lack of preparedness and inefficiency of many unemployed individuals in the country. Afolayan lamented that many people cry about not having jobs, but when…
The Presidency has clarified that President Bola Tinubu is currently focused on positively impacting the lives of Nigerians and not the next general elections. Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare who made the clarification in a statement on X on Friday, said the president’s achievement would at the end of his…
The Pan Delta Forum (PANDEF) youth wing has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Nyesom Wike, to retract his disparaging remarks against the Ijaw nation and PANDEF leaders. According to the youth wing’s national president, Doben Donyegha, Wike’s remarks were embarrassing and annoying, especially coming less than…
A wanted kidnapping suspect was on Friday killed in a joint operation by operatives of the Nasarawa State police command, Nigerian Army and vigilante groups in Akwanga Local Government Area. Spokesperson for the command, Ramhan Nansel, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. It read, “The Nasarawa State Police Command, in its relentless drive to…
The Kano state government has addressed confusion surrounding the recent ruling by the court of appeal regarding the emirship tussle in the state. In a ruling delivered on Friday, the appeal court temporarily held off on enforcing its own judgment. The court had overturned a ruling of the federal high court invalidating the Kano state…
The Independent Judicial Accountability Panel (IJAP) has criticised Nigeria’s Supreme Court for failing to clarify the legitimacy of defected lawmakers in its recent ruling on the Rivers State political crisis. In a statement on Friday, the panel, which includes three retired justices of the Court of Appeal, expressed concerns that the apex court’s 28 February…
Ex Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai and President Bola Tinubu Aformer governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has said he is pained about President Bola Tinubu’s failure because he and others supported his presidential bid despite knowing about his cocaine and certificate forgery scandals. Mr El-Rufai, in an interview with the BBC Hausa, said he…
The Democracy Watch Initiative (DWI) has called on Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the last election, to consolidate his political momentum by aligning with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and engaging in strategic discussions with its leadership. In a statement issued on Friday, the group’s Director of Strategic Communication,Dr AbdulRazak Ahmed emphasized…
Aformer senator, Nicholas Tofowomo, has urged Senate President Godswill Akpabio to step aside for an impartial investigation into sexual harassment allegations made against him by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Mr Tofowomo, who represented Ondo South at the ninth National Assembly, told journalists on Friday in Okitipupa that Mr Akpabio “cannot preside over his case.” “The allegation…
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and the lawmaker representing Kogi Central in the National Assembly, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan would appear before the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions (SCEPPP). This is according to the Senate Deputy Chief Whip, Onyekachi Nwebonyi, who appeared as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday. He stated that…
