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The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says the first phase of the largest food logistics hub in West Africa will be inaugurated in 2024 to boost food security in the state. Sanwo-Olu stated this while addressing journalists at the grand finale of the 2023 World Food Day celebration on Monday at the Nigeria Police […]
Nigeria’s bid to co-host the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations with Benin Republic has been dashed. This follows the decision of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to award the rights to Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) made the announcement at the end of its executive committee meeting on Wednesday. […]
Special Assistant on Public Communication to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Phrank Shaibu, has unveiled what he described as the “10 big lies” that have so far characterised President Bola Tinubu administration. Shaibu said in a statement on Sunday that the repeated lies were evidence that Tinubu’s only plan was to use propaganda to deceive […]
Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February presidential election Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has raised alarm that President Bola Tinubu is planning to unleash a regime of propaganda on the country. Atiku in a statement on Sunday by his Special Assistant on Public Communication Phrank Shaibu, pointed at the news put forward by […]
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said if the flag bearer of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, was a better candidate, Nigerians would have voted him in the February 25, 2023 poll. Wike stated this in an interview with Channels Television on Wednesday, August 30, when asked to speak […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Bola Tinubu to take steps to halt the ongoing collection of life pensions and other allowances by former governors serving as ministers within his administration. SERAP has also urged the President to direct these former governors to promptly reimburse any pensions and allowances they might […]
President Bola Tinubu has not ruled out military intervention, the presidency has said, ahead of a West African coalition’s crisis summit in Abuja on Thursday. Tinubu, who also chairs the bloc ECOWAS, still believes diplomacy is the “best way forward” to resolve the crisis, according to his spokesman. So far efforts by ECOWAS and the […]
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, provided insight on the recent private meeting between organized labor and President Bola Tinubu, which took place in Abuja last Wednesday amidst nationwide protests stemming from the escalating cost of living. During an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Ajaero revealed that President Tinubu discussed […]
The General Manager of the Lagos State Infrastructure and Asset Management Agency (LASIAMA) Adenike Adekambi has been suspended following the death of Doctor Vwaere Diaso. The government also sacked and blacklisted facility managers of the General Hospital, Odan, Lagos Island. These decisions, according to a statement by Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Information and […]
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi, says Shaibu Audu, son of late Prince Abubakar Audu, who emerged as Ministerial nominee by President Bola Tinubu emerged through a fair process. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Bello stated this on Sunday when family of the late Audu paid a thank you visit on him over […]
President Bola Tinubu has assured Nigerians the refurbished Port Harcourt refineries will resume production by December when the ongoing maintenance works would have been concluded. Tinubu, who gave the assurance on Wednesday evening during his one-on-one meeting with the leaders of the nation’s Organised Labour, also assured that he would continue to work in the best interest […]
Governor Ahmadu Finitiri of Adamawa State has declared curfew following the looting of a warehouse belonging to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). Among the items looted were the ones that the government ordered to be distributed to cushion the effect of subsidy removal. The hoodlums were seen carrying food items including gallons of vegetable […]
The Obi-Datti Media Office has disowned a picture of the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, purportedly taken with the Finland-based Biafran separatist, Simon Ekpa standing by his side. Head of the Media Office, Diran Onifade, in a statement he signed in Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed the photograph which has been making the […]
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, said on Monday all sensitive and non-sensitive materials used for the last general election were printed in Nigeria. Yakubu stated this during the commission’s quarterly consultative meeting with the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on the ongoing review of the 2023 general election in Abuja. He said: […]
It is officially award season in Nigeria as the organizers of the Headies Awards have confirmed the full list of nominees for the awards scheduled for 2023. Although an official date for the award ceremony itself has not been confirmed, the organizers of one of Nigeria’s most prestigious music awards, The Headies award, have been […]
Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have disclosed their intention to summon the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu to give evidence in their petition challenging the election of President Bola Tinubu and his All Progressives Congress (APC). The INEC boss would appear on subpoena together with […]
Four Nigerian artistes – Burna Boy, Tems and Ayra Starr, Asake have been nominated for the 2023 edition of the Black Entertainment Television Awards. Grammy award winner, Burna Boy, was nominated for Best Male R&B/Pop Artist, Video Director of the Year, Viewer’s Choice, and Best International Act categories. Tems, who is also a Grammy winner […]
The meeting between the Federal Government and the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, over the fuel subsidy removal has ended without a consensus. Dele Alake, the spokesman to President Bola Tinubu disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing journalists on the outcome of the meeting between the federal government and the NLC. Alake said talks between the […]
President Bola Tinubu took his oath of office as the 16th president of Nigeria on Monday. Tinubu and his Vice, Kashim Shettima’s swearing in took place at the Eagles Square in Abuja. Following the event a lot of Nigerians and foreigners have been congratulating Tinubu for achieving his life-long dream of becoming a president. However, […]
