The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has declared that Nigeria will not be pressured into aligning with global powers or taking sides in international rivalries, stressing that the country must pursue an independent foreign policy. In a statement signed by the Ministry’s spokesperson, Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa, on Sunday, Tuggar made this position clear while…
Governor Umar Bago of Niger State has said it is mandatory for preachers to submit their sermons for approval. Speaking on TVC’s Politics on Sunday, the governor clarified some aspects of the law seeking to regulate preaching in the state. “I didn’t ban evangelism… For everyone going to sermon on Friday, he should bring his…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, have appealed to Nigerians to exercise patience with President Bola Tinubu’s administration, insisting that the economic and political reforms currently causing hardship will ultimately yield prosperity. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Sunday by the Special Assistant to…
Mrs Nonye Soludo, wife of Anambra governor, has denied allegations of infidelity levelled against her by Senator Uche Ekwunife, deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement issued on Saturday, Soludo described the allegations as “wilful and malicious” and gave Ekwunife 72 hours to retract them and tender a public apology…
The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi is currently with the Olubadan designate, Oba Rashidi Ladoja at his Bodija private residence in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. He said, “My visit is to congratulate him as the next 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland. My visit is about Nigeria, about selfless…
A Lagos-based lawyer, Festus Ogun, says he will withdraw the fundamental rights enforcement suit he filed against Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu after the latter agreed to unblock him on X (formerly Twitter). Mr Ogun, who met with Mr Sanwo-Olu on Friday at Lagos House, Marina, told Peoples Gazette on Saturday that the governor personally assured him…
Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has decried the leadership style in Nigeria, saying that the country has not been fortunate with quality leaders for a long time. This was as he stated that Nigerian has been having leaders he described as lousy for many years. Emir Sanusi stated this at the second Kano International…
There are indications of plans to use the opportunity offered by the coronation of the 44th Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, on September 26, to bring together all key gladiators and tendencies in the nation’s political class. Sunday Tribune reliably gathered at the weekend that these include President Bola Tinubu, former Vice-President, Alhaji…
The date for the return of suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has been confirmed, coming just as the six-month emergency rule imposed on the state draws to a close this week. President Bola Tinubu declared the emergency rule on March 16, following political unrest between Fubara and his predecessor Nyesom Wike. The proclamation suspended…
Rivers State Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas (retd.), has declared that the mandate given to him by President Bola Tinubu has been “sufficiently achieved,” following the restoration of democratic governance at the grassroots level. Ibas made the declaration on Friday at Government House, Port Harcourt, during the formal presentation of the report of the…