Ahead of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s 100th day in office, the Convener of the Arewa Think Tank Group, Muhammad Alhaji Yakubu, has noted that Northerners cannot accuse the President of nepotism as exhibited by the immediate past administration. However, Yakubu said even if nepotism existed under the current administration, Northerners have no moral justification…
The Police Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has warned Nigerians against fighting in public. In a statement released on his official X, (formerly Twitter account) Friday, @princemoye1, Adejobi advised Nigerians that such an act could ultimately get them jailed. He tweeted, “We need to remind Nigerians of the offence called affray. “It means…
Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has revealed that he is the one holding the soldiers of the Economic Community Of West African States, ECOWAS, from invading Niger Republic. According to Premium Times paper, Tinubu disclosed this in a statement sent to its reporter by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale. Recall that ECOWAS had given the…
Alhaji Mohammed Ibrahim Kamba, an Abuja developer, has vowed to send the FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, to prison following the demolition of his Wuse property. Kamba says he will also sue the director of Development Control at the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCTA) for exceeding the scope of his powers. It should be recalled…
A 20-year-old boy, simply identified as Ridwan, has confessed that he killed his biological father for money ritual in Ogun State. He was arrested on Thursday by men of the Ogun State So-Safe Corps at Oshoku village, Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State. The So-Safe Corps Commander, Soji Ganzallo, in a statement…
President Bola Tinubu has solicited the support of the United Nations in Nigeria’s fight against terrorism in light of its rippling effect on global peace, displacement of people and rising poverty. He appealed to an audience with the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office on Counter-Terrorism, Mr Vladimir Voronkov, at the State House on…
Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, has called on African leaders to tackle the “disease of military coups” ravaging the continent and not focus on the symptoms. Atiku stated this in a post via the social media platform, X (formerly known as Twitter)…
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday said the fear he had about the military junta in Niger Republic setting a bad precedent across the continent has been confirmed by the removal of President Ali Bongo of Gabon. On Wednesday, soldiers struck in Gabon, annulling the recently concluded election and ending the 13-year reign of Bongo,…
Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has disclosed that the Federal Government was concluding plans to construct a Super Highway that will enable motorists to travel from Lagos to Abuja in four hours. Umahi, who disclosed this on Thursday during a courtesy visit to the Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, as part of his working…
The military regime in Nige has ordered the police to forcefully evict French ambassador, Ambassador, Sylvain Itte, from the country. The soldiers who ousted Niger’s president Mohamed Bazoum last month had given Ambassador Sylvain Itte 48 hours to leave the country. The deadline expired on August 28 without France recalling Itte. French government had…