Senator Uba Sani, the Governor of Kaduna State, has announced the release of the over 200 Kuriga school children who were kidnapped by suspected bandits. The Governor made the announcement late Saturday night, confirming the freedom of the school children. “In the name of Allah the Beneficent, the Most Merciful, I wish to announce…
Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, the Oluwo of Iwo, has pleaded with Nigerians to convert the dollars in their possession to Naira. The Osun monarch who challenged Nigerians to demonstrate patriotism, blamed the exchange rate crisis on Nigerians hoarding the foreign currency. Akanbi who made this call in a statement by his spokesman, Alli Ibraheem…
Oba AbdulRafiu Olaniyi Ajiboye Oyelaran, the Oloro of Oro Kingdom in Kwara State, has died. The monarch reportedly died in the early hours of Saturday. The Nation learned that he died in his mid-70s after a illness that lasted over a year. It was further gathered the late monarch was falsely reported dead last…
On Saturday, the World Institute for Peace issued a seven-day ultimatum to the federal government, demanding that security agents arrest and interrogate Sheik Ahmad Gumi to ascertain the extent of his involvement in the ongoing insecurity plaguing the country. The group’s chairman, Lamina Kamiludeen, in a statement in Osogbo on Saturday, queried incessant outbursts…
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s former President, has revealed that he plays squash on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays to be physically fit. Obasanjo said this when he paid a courtesy visit to Abia state governor, Alex Otti on Friday. He earlier lauded Otti for repealing the law that gave pensions to ex-governors and their deputies….
Every individual has aspirations and strives to achieve them, but for 58-year-old farmer Ernest Gyebi, his ultimate wish is to open a bank account before he passes away after dedicating 30 years to farming. The challenges of farming in Ghana have made it a difficult occupation for many, with rising input costs and minimal government…
The government of Niger Republic has reopened its border in Konni for operations today March 22. This comes one week after the authorities of Nigeria Customs Service following the directive of the Presidency opened the Illela land border between Nigeria and Niger Republic. The border was declared open at exactly noon on Friday. Recall…
Olori Tobi Phillips, one of the wives of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi has made her first public statement following the birth of her twins. reported during the weekend that the Ooni via his Instagram page had announced the birth of his twins with a photo of him and…
For six days, hundreds of women and children from Okuama community, Ewu Kingdom, in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, who fled their homes in fear of their lives as Nigerian Army troops began demolishing the community following the killing of 16 soldiers last Friday, have been stranded in the forests without food….
The Presidency has warned forex speculators that the Naira will soon appreciate. President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, urged speculators to quickly dump their dollars to avoid “tears”. Onanuga was reacting to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, disclosure that it had cleared the $7 billion foreign exchange backlog…