In a dramatic turn of events during a town hall meeting in Ikot Abasi, Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State announced his intention to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC)—but was met with resounding opposition from the crowd. Speaking at the Town Square Meeting with the Ikot…
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday praised some of Nigeria’s top industrialists, describing them as “wise men”. The president made the remark during the commissioning of the access road to the Lekki Deep Sea Port in Lagos, lauding the project as “a great phenomenon of our time”. “I landed here with four wise men: Jim Ovia…
Elon Musk, the tech mogul, says US President Donald Trump would have lost the 2024 election without him. Musk made the comment on X in response to Trump’s criticism against him. Musk, who led the department of government efficiency (DOGE), quit his role a day after he spoke out against a Trump-backed spending bill. The…
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, may have updated its telecom identity risk management policy, TIRMP, allowing a window of one year for an inactive phone line to be reassigned to a new subscriber. The TIRMP platform is NCC’s way of developing a cross-sector platform to collect and share data on churned (recycled) phone numbers as…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says the country needs leaders like President Bola Tinubu to achieve the “Nigeria of our dreams”. Wike said this in his 2025 Distinguished Personality Lecture titled “The Nigeria of our Dreams” presented at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, on Thursday. Wike pointed out that the greatest…
Dr. Kayode Fayemi, the immediate past Governor of Ekiti State and former Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), has extended warm wishes to Nigerian Muslims as they celebrate this year’s Eid al-Adha festivities. In a statement issued by the Fayemi Media Office, the former Ekiti governor described the celebration as a period of spiritual…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent a message to Nigerians on the occasion of the 2025 Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The president in a statement on Thursday urged citizens to embrace patience and resilience amid ongoing national reforms. He noted that while Nigerians have faced challenges, the sacrifices made are beginning to yield results. “There are no…
Thursday he was “very disappointed” by Elon Musk’s criticism of his policy mega-bill, adding he didn’t know if his friendship with his billionaire former advisor would survive. In an extraordinary rant in the Oval Office as visiting German Chancellor Friedrich Merz sat mutely beside him, Trump unloaded on SpaceX and Tesla boss Musk in his…
The management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, has denied that two students who protested while the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, was delivering a lecture were arrested by security operatives. Wike, while delivering the 2025 Distinguished Personality Lecture of the University held inside Oduduwa Hall, the two students carried…
Justice Daniel Osiagor of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos on Thursday sentenced nine Chinese nationals including two females to one year imprisonment each and a fine of one million naira for economic sabotage and financial terrorism. The defendants are; Zhao Xiang Hui, Liu Hai Rong, Liu Gang,Du JI Geng Li Dong,Huang Bo,Xhiong Zhen, Lai…