Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 general elections, has said that the Lagos state of the 1987 had better transport, sewage, housing systems than now. Sowore, stated this while speaking on Control TV’s programme tagged Front Row Politics on Thursday. According to the activist, the situation in…
President Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is in Ogun State for his first official state visit. The President is currently being hosted at the palace of Awujale and the Paramount ruler of Ijebu land, Oba Sikiru Adetona. Present at the ongoing event were Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun; ex-Ogun governor, Gbenga Daniel; National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu,…
The World Bank has disclosed that four million Nigerians were pushed into poverty in the first six months of this year, with another 7.1 million more expected to join the poverty trap if fuel subsidy removal isn’t managed well. The institution disclosed in Abuja, during the launch of the Nigeria Development Update (NDU)….
An ex-governor of Oyo State, Chief Rashidi Ladoja has reacted to the elevation of himself and some other chiefs to beaded crown oba by Governor Seyi Makinde. According to the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, he is not interested in any other crown apart from the Olubadan crown. Recall that Governor Makinde of Oyo State had…
A chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) Buba Galadima has said that Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), should be sacked because he committed the greatest crime. Appearing in a Channels Television program, Galadima alleged that Yakubu did worse than Godwin Emefiele, the embattled suspended Governor of…
The sitting arrangement at the Osogbo Eid praying ground on Wednesday led to a clash between some aides of Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, and an ex-spokesperson of the Senate, Dr. Ajibola Basiru. Basiru had arrived at the praying ground alongside some prominent Osogbo indigenes for the Eid-el Kabir prayers and while waiting for the…
A N1 million fine has been awarded against the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC. The fine was awarded against the ICPC by the Federal High Court, Abuja, for the unlawful detention of former Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Dibu Ojerinde. In the ruling, Justice Obiora Egwuatu also awarded the sum…
Nigeria’s number one man, President Bola Tinubu, has been pictured observing the Eid Prayers. to to The President, on Wednesday, observed the Eid Prayers with Muslim faithfuls at the Obalende Eid Prayer Ground at Dodan Barracks in Lagos State. He was received by Chief Imam Suliman Abuo-Nolla who led the Eid Prayers and was accompanied…
Court has sentenced a 39-year-old Nigerian man, Emmanuel Samuel, who was previously extradited to the United States from the UK, to 82 months imprisonment in connection with a transnational inheritance fraud scheme. According to court documents, Samuel, was part of a group of fraudsters that sent personalized letters to elderly victims in the United States,…
Daily transaction limits for contactless payments have been pegged to N50,000 by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Contactless payments are a secure and convenient method of making transactions without physical contact between a payment device, such as pre-paid, debit, and credit cards, key fobs, mobile electronic devices, and wearable devices. It utilises near-field…