Hon. Waheed Akanbi (Biiro), former Executive Chairman of Ibadan North Local Government and aspirant for the Ibadan North Federal Constituency seat, has congratulated Chief Bayo Lawal, a chieftain of the People Democratic Party in Oyo State and an ally of Governor Makinde on his 70th birthday. In a congratulatory message made available to Eagles’s Sight…
Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), on Monday hosted suspended Rivers assembly lawmakers in the United Kingdom. In a video shared on X, Lere Olayinka, senior special assistant on public communications and social media to the minister, said the lawmakers, “who are in the UK for legislative capacity building”, were hosted to…
The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Iziaq Salako, on Wednesday decried the increasing use of skin-lightening products among Nigerians and Africans. Salako said despite the well-documented harmful effects, the use of skin-bleaching products like creams, ointments, soap, pills and injections is common among non-white populations throughout the world. Speaking at the…
Federal lawmaker from Borno State, Senator Ali Ndume, has said that President Bola Tinubu would have been on the streets protesting had a different government been in power. Ndume stated this in defense of his criticism of the current administration, saying that Tinubu himself had not just criticised but protested on the streets against governments….
A recent festival in Ile-Ife, Osun State, turned violent when Isese worshippers were attacked by suspected Muslims extremist, leaving six people injured. During a telephone conversation with Oba Alamo Obatala, a prominent Isese traditional worshipper in the town, media learned that the incident occurred on January 20, 2025, during a Obatala Festival. According to Oba…
A member of the United States House of Representatives, Riley Moore, has called on the Nigerian government to pardon a farmer, Sunday Jackson, who was sentenced to death for killing a herdsman during a 2015 confrontation in Adamawa State. Speaking on Thursday during a US House hearing on President Donald Trump’s redesignation of Nigeria as…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar recently hosted the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, at his residence in Adamawa State. Atiku disclosed this in a video shared on X.com on Saturday. His caption read, “It is breakfast time with my friend, #PeterObi, in the ‘land of beauty.” Atiku hosts Peter Obi in Adamawa Atiku…
Professor Samuel Ogunwale Ogundiran, a renowned academic and Professor of Educational Administration and Planning, has congratulated Muslim faithful in Ibarapa North, Ibarapa Central Federal Constituency, Ibarapa land and Oyo state in general on the successful completion of the 2025 Ramadan fasting. In a heartfelt message on Sunday, Professor Ogundiran expressed his warmest congratulations to the…
Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter, Sunday night, a reversal for the president, who repeatedly said he would not use his executive authority to pardon his son or commute his sentence. “I believe in the justice system, but as I have wrestled with this, I also believe raw politics has infected this process and it…
Eight (8) persons have been confirmed dead while over 800 farm lands were destroyed in a flood disaster that ravaged a plantain plantation in Enohia Itim, Afikpo local government area of Ebonyi State. Confirming the incident, the Chairman of Afikpo LGA, Hon. Timothy Nwachi consoled the families of the diseased and assured that the local…