Tanko Yakasai, the elder statesman and founding member of Arewa Consultative Forum, says President Bola Tinubu remains the most favoured candidate to win the 2027 election. Speaking with NAN, Yakasai said there is currently no politician with a stronger backing than Tinubu. “In Nigeria today, Bola Tinubu is the president; he has his ministers and…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked the Minister of State for Defence, Alhaji Bello Matawalle, to relocate to Kebbi State over the abduction of 24 schoolgirls in the state. Matawalle, who was formerly governor of Zamfara State, was asked to remain in the state to monitor security efforts to secure the release of the…
A man, Tunde, has approached Grade A Customary Court, Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State, praying that it stops the relationship between him and his wife, Nora, on the accounts of irresponsibility and indecent lifestyle. Tunde, in his divorce suit, stated that Nora lacked the characteristics of a virtuous woman. He said she constantly abandoned her role…
Nasarawa State governor, Engr. Abdullahi Sule, has dismissed claims of genocide against persons of Christianity faith as reason for the America’s planned invasion of Nigeria. Engr. Sule said America doesn’t care about any interests other than those that enhance its collective advantage. He spoke at the opening ceremony of the 30th National Choral Convention by…
Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, senator representing Kogi central in the upper legislative chamber, has alleged that Senate President Godswill Akpabio repeatedly threw suggestive and lewd comments her way. Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended from the senate on March 6 for “gross misconduct and unruly behaviour” over her seating arrangement altercation with the senate president. Her suspension came a day…
President Bola Tinubu has pleaded with Nigerians to be patient with his administration, assuring them that the country is transitioning from darkness to dawn. In an official video released by the State House on Wednesday, Tinubu acknowledged the ongoing hardships orchestrated by the removal of the fuel subsidy and the floating of the naira. He…
The House of Representatives has advanced a new legislative proposal to establish the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Federal University of Nigerian Languages, a specialised institution dedicated to preserving and promoting Nigerian languages. The bill, sponsored by Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu and eight co-sponsors, passed its first reading last week, marking an important step in Nigeria’s effort…
Dr. Kayode Fayemi (CON), the immediate-past Governor of Ekiti State and former Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), has expressed profound sadness over the passing of His Holiness, Pope Francis, describing it as “an irreplaceable loss to the global Catholic community and humanity at large.” In a statement issued by the Fayemi Media Office,…
A middle-aged man, Louis Akpojotor Mevoweoyo who claims to be a pastor from Ughelli North LGA, Delta, and residing in Ibiono Ibom, for defiling his 12-year-old daughter (name withheld). The self-acclaimed pastor, who refused to mention the name of his Church during press interview laid the blame on the devil while being paraded along with…
Charly Boy, the ace Nigerian singer, has claimed the son of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), won an international world brain competition. Charly Boy claimed in a tweet on Wednesday. “Nnamdi Kanu’s son has shocked the world by becoming the first child ever to win English, Mathematics, and Russian…