At least N20.03bn was spent on the maintenance and operations of the Presidential Air Fleet from July 2023 to December 2024. According to PUNCH, the new presidential jet purchased last year has been flown to South Africa for refurbishment and upgrades. Findings by our correspondents from GovSpend, a civic tech platform that tracks and analyses…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, alongside notable Nigerian politicians, Islamic clerics, and industry leaders, joined the Fidau prayers held on Sunday, December 8, in honour of the late Sheikh Muydeen Ajani Bello, a renowned Islamic preacher. Tinubu was represented at the occasion held at the main bowl of Lekan Salami stadium, Adamasingba by the Deputy Governor…
Nigeria’s economy recorded its fastest growth in about a decade in 2024, the World Bank said yesterday, alluding to early gains of macroeconomic reforms by the President Bola Tinubu’s administration. World Bank’s Lead Economist for Nigeria, Alex Sienaert, pointed out Federal Government’s improved fiscal position, driven by reforms in key areas of petroleum, foreign exchange…
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has recounted how he declined an invitation from an African head of state seeking divine intervention for a mysterious illness. Speaking during the July edition of the Holy Ghost Service held on Friday night at the Redemption City, Mowe, Ogun State, Adeboye…
The immediate-past Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufa’i, has resigned from the ruling All Progressives Congress and defected to the Social Democratic Party (SDP). In a statement he issued on Monday, El-Rufai expressed his disappointment with the APC’s leadership style, accusing the leadership of the party of straying from the progressive ideals of its founding…
Former governors of Abia and Enugu states, Okezie Ikpeazu and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Senator Shehu Sani and ex-aide of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, are among those nominated for ambassadorial appointment by the federal government. Vanguard gathered that they were among those being screened by security agents, pending the release of the list. Recall that…
When compiling a list of artistes renowned for diss tracks, controversial singer Habeeb ‘Portable’ Okikiola ranks among the top. The Ogun-born singer has made headlines with several diss tracks targeting various individuals. For instance, he released ‘Brotherhood’, a track aimed at Bobrisky following an online altercation. In another instance, Portable released a diss track titled…
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has declared that Northern Nigeria holds the key to solving the nation’s deepest challenges, calling on leaders from the region to take bold steps toward driving national transformation. Speaking at a strategic meeting with Northern political stakeholders under the National Political Consultative Group,…
The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed that it will on Friday arraign a leader of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Shamsideen Adio, known as Shameleon, on Friday over the alleged killing of a dispatch rider in Lagos Island. Adio, 55, was arrested after he allegedly descended on the victim during a…
Nigerian street-pop singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has turned down a ₦100 million offer to physically confront social media critic, VeryDarkMan (VDM), demanding a much higher fee of ₦1 billion instead. Their feud began after Portable publicly slammed VeryDarkMan for criticising President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration. The duo have since been going head…
