Nigeria’s annual inflation rate eased for the first time in five months after a persistent rise. Inflation rate eased to 33.40 per cent in July 2024 compared to 34.19 per cent in June, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced Thursday. According to the NBS, the July headline inflation rate showed a decrease of 0.8…
President Bola Tinubu and Equatorial Guinea, President Teodoro Mbasogo on Wednesday evening in Malabo signed an agreement on the Gulf of Guinea Pipeline Project, further affirming the partnership for mutual development. The agreement covered legislative and regulatory measures for the gas pipeline, establishment and operation, transit of natural gas, ownership of the gas pipeline, and…
President Bola Tinubu Senior Special Adviser On Students Engagement, Hon. Comrade Asefon Sunday Dayo has held capacity building and leadership development training programme for selected Students Union President across the North-central. According to a press statement by Asefon, the event started on Monday 12th through 14th August, 2024. The press release reads: CAPACITY BUILDING AND…
Open Letter To His Excellency, Governor Seyi Makinde, and Oyo State PDP Leaders: “ONA ARA LÓ KÀN” – 2027 Egbeda-Ona Ara Federal Constituency Ticket Must Go To Ona Ara Your Excellency, We, the concerned members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ona Ara Local Government, write to you with a unified voice, urging that…
The senior special assistant on enterpreneurship to the Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, Abdulraham Mai-Kadama, has resigned from his appointment and dumped the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP). Mai-Kadama announced his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) after meeting the Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, in Abuja on Wednesday. Mai Kadama was the leader…
Senator Shehu Umar Buba, representing Bauchi South Senatorial District, has been stripped of his traditional title by the Bauchi Emirate Council following his public criticism of Governor Bala Mohammed. The Senator, who previously held the title of ‘Mandarin Bauchi,’ had accused the governor of corruption and mismanagement during an interview in Bauchi. Buba, speaking at…
Aviation workers have announced they will embark on protest next week against the federal government’s policy of deducting 50 percent of internally generated revenue from all airports in the country. The Aviation workers said the deduction from the federal government has been hurting the running of airport services. The workers added that all efforts to…
Upset by the increasing insecurity in the Akoko area of Ondo State, a group of women have staged a peaceful protest, with some of them partially dressed, to condemn violent killings by suspected herdsmen. Mostly elderly, the women marched through the streets to express their distress over the frequent killings, kidnapping and destruction of their…
Reports emerged on Wednesday indicating that a French court has granted an order for the seizure of three presidential jets linked to the Federal Government of Nigeria. The court’s decision comes as part of a lawsuit filed by Zhongshan, a Chinese company, to ensure the payment of a $74.5 million compensation award. According to Premium…
The man whose wife purportedly tore his international passport at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos has asked Nigerians for forgiveness. The couple with their three children arrived from an European country on Saturday causing a drama that set the social media on fire. When questioned about her actions, the agitated woman retorted,…