A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Segun Sowunmi, has expressed disappointment that some of the founding fathers of the party are looking away while the party suffers a haemorrhage. The ex-Ogun PDP governorship aspirant, who was a guest on a television programme on Tuesday, said he expects former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck…
The leadership of the Labour Party on Tuesday warned the Nigeria Labour Congress against trying to hijack the political platform, saying it lacked the power to sack the Julius Abure-National Working Committee as recently declared. The party’s response was a reaction to Monday’s resolution taken by the NLC Political Commission at a stakeholders meeting in…
The Presidency on Tuesday said the concerted efforts of the Yemi Cardoso-led Central Bank of Nigeria aimed at stabilising the naira aligns with President Bola Tinubu’s “multi-faceted approach to ridding the nation’s foreign exchange market of malign actors and sharp practices.” It also vowed to continue its campaign against racketeers, urging Nigerians to expect…
The impeached Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has written to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, to obtain a complaint form to file a formal petition against the Chief Judge of Edo, Justice Daniel Okungbowa. Shaibu was impeached on Monday by the state House of Assembly, following the adoption of…
The Board of Inquiry constituted by Defence Headquarters to probe the March 17 killing of 17 soldiers at Okuama, Delta State, is scheduled to commence sitting today in Warri. Chairman of the Board, Air Vice Marshal David Ajayi, told Governor Sheriff Oborevwori in Warri: “We are on a fact-finding mission and not to apportion…
Sheikh Musa Lukwa, a Sokoto-based cleric, on Tuesday led his followers to observe Eid prayers despite the directive by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar. Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, under the leadership of the Sultan of Sokoto, had on Monday night declared that fasting would continue on Tuesday as…
Fire has razed a two-storey building at Dosunmu Market in the Lagos Island Local Government Area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Tuesday around 11:10 am. The Head of Public Education, Lagos State Fire Service, Amodu Sjakiru, confirmed the incident to journalists. He also disclosed that Lagos State Fire Service…
The Federal Government has extended the public holiday for the Eid-El-Fitr celebration to Thursday. Last week, it announced a two-day – Tuesday and Wednesday – holiday for the festivities. However, the crescent was not sighted in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, meaning the Eid celebration will take place on Wednesday, prompting the Federal Government to add…
The new Deputy Governor of Edo State, Omobayo Godwins, has pledged his unalloyed loyalty to Governor Godwin Obaseki in the few months they will work together before the end of the governor’s eight-year double terms on November 12, 2016. The 37-year-old, who was sworn in on Monday after the state assembly impeached Philip Shaibu…
The Sultan of Sokoto and the President General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has declared Wednesday, April 10th, as the day for Eid-Fitri. The declaration, he says, followed the report of the National Moon Sighting Committees across the country which confirmed that the moon has not been sighted. A…