GUINEA-BISSAU’S President, Umaro Cissoko Embalo, has announced that he will not seek a second term in the upcoming November elections, a decision that has caught many by surprise and raised concerns over the potential for political instability in the…
PROMINENT human rights activist and convener of #RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore, has lambasted Nigeria’s secret police, Department of State Services (DSS), for issuing a directive for his arrest on his arrival in Nigeria. Sowore, a former presidential candidate of the…
THE United States has announced its support for the creation of two permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council for African nations, along with a rotating seat for small island developing states. US Ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield,…
By Inusa Ndahi, Damaturu YOBE State Governor Hon. Mai Mala Buni, has been commended by residents for Yobe State Emergency Management Agency’s (YOSEMA’s) outstanding performance in search and rescue operations in Maiduguri, Borno State following massive floods as the Alau…
By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri FOLLOWING the ongoing flood disasters, the North East Development Commission (NEDC), has yesterday flagged off the distribution of 200,000 bags of rice and other food and non-food items for victims of flood in the North-Eastern states…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu met with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace, in the United Kingdom, UK, on Wednesday. Tinubu’s media aide, Bayo Onanuga confirmed this in a statement he posted on his verified X handle on Thursday. He wrote, “President…
OGUN State Governor and Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has sympathized with his Borno State counterpart, Prof. Babagana Zulum and the people of the state over the incident of flood that recently ravaged Maiduguri, the state…
INTRODUCTION In a historic moment that has echoed through the corridors of Nigeria’s judicial history, President Bola Tinubu, on Friday the 23rd of August, 2024, administered the oath of office to Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the Acting Chief Justice of…
THE House of Representatives has postponed its annual recess, originally set to begin on Tuesday, September 17, 2024. The new resumption date is now scheduled for Tuesday, September 24, 2024. Hon. Akin Rotimi, Chairman of the House Committee on Media and…
THE Nigerian Economic Summit Group has explained how state governors spent the country’s $50 billion Excess Crude Account in 2010, which would have served as a buffer for petrol subsidy challenges. The Chief Executive Officer of NESG, Dr Tayo Aduloju,…
