President Bola Tinubu has postponed his scheduled trip to Johannesburg, South Africa, and Luanda, Angola, as he awaits further security briefings on the kidnapped Kebbi schoolgirls and the attack on Christ Apostolic Church worshippers in Eruku, Kwara State. In response to the request by the governor of Kwara State, President Tinubu has ordered the deployment…
Trucks belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited on Sunday began loading loading Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol from the Dangote Refinery in Lagos State. Dangote Group posted videos showing loading of the product on its X handle on Sunday. The tweet attached to the videos read, “First set of trucks set…
Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo has accused former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of impersonation over continued use of coat of arms on his letterhead many years after he left office. Keyamo made the accusation in reaction to Atiku’s letter of resignation from Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, which went viral on Wednesday afternoon. While commenting on…
A Dangote Cement truck has crushed five people to death at the Alapoka axis of the Papalanto–Ilaro Road, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State. The spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, said the accident occurred at about 8:30 p.m. on Friday. The TRACE spokesperson noted that the…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday wrote the National Assembly for the consideration and passage of the 2025 budget of the Rivers State Government. The President said the N1.481 trillion is being presented to the National Assembly in view of the nullification of the 2025 budget of the State by the Supreme Court and the…
The Police have confirmed that gunmen who attacked people preparing for a burial ceremony in Ihiala community of Anambra State on Monday killed a total of nine people, including two security operatives. Spokesperson for the Anambra Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said this in a statement on Tuesday. He said the two security operatives were…
The Senior Special Assistant to Osun state Governor On Community Engagement Hon Sulaimon Musa Olalekan has extended warm birthday felicitations to Hon. Ajisafe Kamorudeen Toyese ESQ, the National Vice Chairman (Southwest) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In his goodwill message, Hon. Sulaimon described Hon. Ajisafe Toyese as steadfast party leader, a bridge-builder, and a…
A resident doctor at the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, Dr. Oluwafemi Rotifa, has died after reportedly working a gruelling 72-hour non-stop shift in the hospital’s emergency unit. The incident, which has sparked outrage across the medical community, occurred shortly after the doctor, fondly known as Femoski by colleagues, retreated to the call room to…
Kenya Airways has said a Nigerian, Ms Omisore was denied boarding the second leg of her Lagos – Nairobi – Paris flight in Nairobi because she did not have the necessary travel documents. Kenya Airways said this in a statement by its corporate communications team on its X handle while reacting to her a viral…
Former Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung, has described politicians moving from opposition parties into the ruling All Progressives Party (APC) as sinners seeking forgiveness. Dalung who spoke in Abuja disagreed with the postulation that politicians were trooping into the APC because the ruling party has performed well, “rather they are sinners, who…
