Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his Ogun State counterpart, Dapo Abiodun, alongside the President of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote have arrived in Katsina. Others who arrived at the Musa Yar’Adua Airport alongside the trio, ahead of the burial of former President Muhammadu Buhari, were the former Minister of Information, Lai Muhammed, among others….
Former Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, has said ex-President Muhammadu Buhari may have not survived his health challenges if he had relied solely on Nigerian hospitals for treatment. Adesina made the statement on Tuesday during a special live coverage on Channels Television held in honour of the late president. Responding to criticisms over Buhari’s repeated medical…
Former Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has said while his support for the Senator David Mark-led adopted party, African Democratic Congress, ADC, remained, his loyalty to Peoples Democratic Party PDP, was unquestionable. This came on a day African Democratic Congress, ADC, accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the federal government of hypocrisy over…
Operators of another Ponzi scheme, FF Tiffany, have pulled a fast one on unsuspecting Nigerian investors, fleecing them of hundreds of billions of naira. The number of Nigerians who lost money to the scheme, as well as the total amount they lost, could, however, not be immediately ascertained as of the time of filing this…
The founder of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has revealed that former President Muhammadu Buhari had no knowledge of the controversial raid on the residence of Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho. Bakare disclosed this on Monday evening during an interview on Television Continental’s programme, Beyond The Headlines….
Nigerian petroleum products marketers have announced a reduction of premium motor spirit prices, starting from today, Tuesday. This comes as the economy shuts down today owing to the public holiday declared by the federal government to honour ex-president Muhammadu Buhari. The national president of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Abubakar Maigandi, disclosed this…
Former Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has hit back at the Osun State governor, Senator Ademola Nurudeen Adeleke, over his comment describing former governor Aregbesola’s eight-year tenure as ‘worst in the history’ of the state. In what appears as a ‘tit-for-tat’ response, the former minister described the attack as unfortunate just to curry favour…
Soldiers, on Monday, barred traditionalists believed to be members of the Osugbo cult from the Muslim funeral held for the late Awujale of Ijebu land, Oba Sikiru Adetona. The presence of cult members at the funeral caused some apprehension, but people around began shouting at them, while soldiers took control of the situation and escorted…
A chieftain of the Labour Party (LP) and former National Assembly candidate, Dr Ezeh Emmanuel Ezeh, has urged President Bola Tinubu and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to step aside from the 2027 presidential race to allow younger leaders to emerge. Dr Ezeh made the appeal while addressing journalists in Abuja on Sunday, stressing the…
President Bola Tinubu has appointed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, to head an Inter-Ministerial Committee for the state funeral of former President Muhammadu Buhari. Akume is tasked with the responsibility of planning and coordinating a befitting state burial for the late elder statesman. The Director of Information and…