The Federal Road Safety Corps has confirmed the death of two persons in a road crash on the Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway. Ten others were injured in the crash. On Monday, the sector commander, Ngozi Ezeoma, in Umuahia, said the crash occurred at the Ntigha junction axis of the expressway on Sunday at 5:02 p.m. Ms…
Rauf Aregbesola, former governor of Osun, says the parliamentary system of government is most suitable for a populous country like Nigeria. The former minister of interior spoke on Monday at a national dialogue on Home-Grown Parliamentary System in Abuja. “If you go on believing that an individual, no matter how beautiful, no matter how good,…
Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya, widely known as MC Oluomo, has officially assumed office as the National President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) at the union’s national headquarters in Abuja. Akinsanya’s appointment as president was secured through a consensus during the Quadrennial Delegate Conference held at the NURTW Zonal Secretariat in Osogbo, Osun…
A data review for the second quarter debt portfolio of the country released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown that the debt owed by every Nigerian on the average stood at N619,501. According to the data published by the Debt Management Office, Nigeria’s public debt stood at N134.297 trillion as of the…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Olanipekun Olukoyede, has criticized a suit filed by about 16 governors seeking to declare the agency illegal. He made the remarks during a visit by the Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes. Olukoyede on Monday described the move as unnecessary and urged the National…
The federal government said it has fully allocated the N75 billion Manufacturing Sector Fund (MSF) set aside to support manufacturing businesses under the N200 billion Presidential Intervention Fund initiated by President Bola Tinubu. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Engagement, Fredrick Nwabufo, disclosed this while giving an update on the status of the…
Edo State’s Governor-Elect, Monday Okpebholo, has made his first appointment, Fred Itua, who will serve as the Chief Press Secretary. The appointment was announced just a day before Okpebholo is set to assume office on Tuesday, November 12, 2024. Itua will begin his role immediately upon Okpebholo’s swearing-in. Fred Itua is a well-respected journalist and…
Donald Trump, president-elect of the United States, didn’t say he would restore electoral integrity in Nigeria. On Sunday, in a post on X, former President Goodluck Jonathan congratulated Trump on his election victory. “Dear President Trump. I extend my warmest felicitations to you on your election as the 47th President of the United States. Your…
Sam Adeyemi, the senior pastor of the Daystar Christian Center, has offered advice to men with concerns about their “small manhood”. Addressing his congregation on Sunday, the clergyman emphasised that the physical size of a manhood does not determine its effectiveness. The 57-year-old shared a personal anecdote from his secondary school days, highlighting the absurdity…
The Bola Tinubu Presidency has described former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as unqualified to lead Nigeria. In a statement released on Sunday, Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information & Strategy, asserted that Atiku’s plans lack originality and fail to address the country’s pressing economic realities. The Presidency’s statement accused Atiku who…