PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu is set to depart Nigeria to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, at the invitation of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. The President will depart Abuja on Wednesday, August 14, 2024, to meet with Mbasogo at the Presidential Villa in…
THE Federal Government and State Governors may have reached a three-month agreement on implementing Local Government autonomy as reported by Punch newspaper. According to Punch, the pause is due to concerns about its effects on salary payments and operational viability.…
FORMER Oyo State Governor, High Chief Rashidi Ladoja, who holds the title of Otun Olubadan, has been officially crowned as a ceremonial Oba, marking a significant step in his succession to the Olubadan throne. The coronation of Ladoja as an…
FOUR major Nigerian banks are grappling with the implications of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) stringent recapitalisation policy, potentially leading to the loss of their brand identities. An investigation showed that these banks are deeply concerned following the…
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned a devastating attack on a Gaza school-turned-shelter, resulting in significant loss of life, including women and children. The UN Deputy Spokesperson, Farhan Haq, stated that Guterres is dismayed by the continued violence in Gaza,…
THE Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Memounatou Ibrahima, has called on the bloc’s member states to scale up its funding for the institution to meet its prevailing multifaceted challenges. Ibrahima made this known while declaring open a meeting of the…
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, was recently in the news with weighty allegations that the “current hardship and hunger being experienced in the Country was caused by the Tinubu Administration which has so far, failed the people”. According to…
HE recently marked his 65th birthday. Precisely on 14th July, 2024, having been born on the same date in 1959. Prince Nduka Obiagbena has certainly changed the tune. Today, I celebrate my good friend Obiagbena, a visionary man of excellence,…
THE Nigeria Immigration Service has launched a probe into an incident involving the destruction of a Nigerian passport at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. This was contained in a statement released on Sunday by the NIS Public Relations Officer,…
Dear President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, I write to you as a concerned citizen and as a representative of the government closest to the people. It is with a sense of duty and urgency that I address the forthcoming gubernatorial election…
