The pioneer chairman Aare Latoosa LCDA and Oyo APC chieftain, Bashorun Adekunle Oladeji, have celebrate Hon. OLABODE TAIWO (LABOD) on the occasion of his birthday today Tuesday, August 6, 2024. In a statement personally signed by the former chairman, he wrote: ‘ I extend my warm greetings to Mr. OLABODE TAIWO a very happy birthday,…
With the unresolved certificate forgery scandal, President Bola Tinubu on Monday showed off his neighbour and classmate from Chicago State University. Mr Tinubu, at the launch of the Renewed Hope Agricultural Mechanisation Programme in Abuja on Monday, identified a Belarusian as Alex, calling him his schoolmate back then in Chicago. “To all of you, Alex…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo swiftly ended Boko Haram’s activities when the group first emerged during their administration. Speaking in Abuja on Wednesday during a visit by stakeholders from Kogi East Senatorial District led by former Kogi Deputy Governor, Simon Achuba, Atiku attributed the early success against the insurgents…
Russia said on Tuesday that Ukraine’s use of long-range ATACMS missiles against its territory marked a “new phase of the Western war” against Moscow, and vowed to react “accordingly.” Ukraine used the missiles to target a military facility in Russia’s Bryansk border region overnight, Moscow said, just days after Washington gave the green light for…
Senator Olusola Adeyeye has revealed how former President Olusegun Obasanjo allegedly attempted to bribe National Assembly members with N70 million each to support his failed third-term agenda. Speaking during an interview on Channels TV’s Sunday Politics, Adeyeye detailed how lawmakers were pressured and financial incentives were dangled before them to extend Obasanjo’s stay in power…
The Governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf, has dissolved the caretaker chairmen of all 44 local government areas with immediate effect, NAN reported on Thursday. This was disclosed in a statement released by the Governor’s spokesperson, Sanusi Bature. The dissolution comes a week after the state House of Assembly approved a two-month extension to their…
A bill seeking amendment of the 1999 Constitution to allow the conduct of presidential, governorship, National Assembly, state assembly, and local government elections on the same day has passed a second reading at the House of Representatives. The bill, sponsored by a lawmaker from Imo State, Ikenga Ugochinyere, and 35 others, was presented by the…
President Bola Tinubu says that Africa has what it takes to develop itself and should look inward to improve intra-African trade in the interest of the people and the continent. The President said this on his official X account on Monday, adding that he had successful conversations with the Rwandan President, Paul Kagame, on the…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has declared the newly formed opposition coalition a failure, citing his exclusion as a primary indication of its impending collapse. Wike, a prominent member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) currently serving under the APC-led federal government, made the comments during a televised media chat on Thursday….
The Nigerian Army has refuted reports that the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja, has resigned. An online report (not by The PUNCH) had claimed that Lagbaja had submitted his resignation letter to President Bola Tinubu. The report claimed that his resignation came 24 hours after escaping an assassination attempt on his life….
