The Labour Party’s highest decision making body, the National Convention, has announced it has reserved its 2027 ticket for the party’s leader, Mr. Peter Obi. In the same breath, the party also announced a right of first refusal for the Abia State Governor, Alex Oti, should he decide to seek reelection on the party’s…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has assured Nigerians that the worst is over in the economic challenges bedeviling the nation. Shettima, who gave the assurance at the official launch of the National Design and Innovation Competition at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, noted that Nigeria’s youthful population, with an average age of just 19 years old,…
Activist and actor, Mr Macaroni, has asserted that the average Nigerian’s survival mentality and mindset is a curse and not a blessing. The comic voiced his stance during a recent interview with media personality, Biola Adebayo, stressing that the 24-hour hustling spirit is not something to be proud of. Mr Macaroni noted that Nigerians…
The apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has reiterated its call for restructuring of the country and the creation of additional states in the Southeast. The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu made the call during Ohanaeze Ndigbo Retreat with the theme “Ako Bu Ije” (Development with Wisdom) on Wednesday…
Following the conclusion of collation of votes, Mr Diomaye Faye has officially been declared winner of the presidential election in Senegal, winning 54.28% of votes in the first round. Reports from the country’s vote counting commission, which falls under the judiciary, stated that Faye placed well ahead of the governing coalition’s candidate, former prime minister…
The Federal Government has declared Friday, March 29 and Monday, April 1, 2024, as public holidays to mark the celebrations of 2024 Good Friday and Easter Monday respectively. The declaration was made by the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on behalf of the federal government in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary of…
Following the release of the abducted Kuriga schoolchildren in Kaduna State, a security expert, Bulama Bukarti, says the circumstances leading to their release remain unclear. According to Bukarti, Nigerians deserve to know how the children who were abducted on March 7 from their school in Kuriga, Kaduna State were released. “I have been investigating…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has described rumours of petrol price adjustment as false. Dispelling the rumours in a statement on Wednesday, the Chief Communications Officer, NNPCL, Olufemi Soneye, urged Nigerians to disregard them entirely. He reaffirmed the NNPCL commitment to sustaining the current sufficiency in petroleum products supply across all its…
The National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers has requested that the Nigerian Communications Commission extend the deadline scheduled for the disconnection of telephone lines not linked to National Identification Numbers beyond Friday, March 29, 2024. The subscribers’ body argued that telco agents were failing to capture all necessary information needed for verification, just as it…
President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, expressed delight at the successful presidential election in Senegal, as well as the general elections in Liberia, saying both processes boosted the campaign for democracy by the Economic Community of West African States. Tinubu, who is ECOWAS Chairman, congratulated Mr. Bassirou Faye on his election as the President of…