Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, paid a visit to former Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, and cleric Pastor Tunde Bakare in Lagos. The visit was disclosed by Muyiwa Adekeye, El-Rufai’s media adviser, in a tweet on Sunday. “Malam Nasir @elrufai was in Lagos today to visit Ogbeni @raufaregbesola and Pastor Tunde Bakare,” Adekeye wrote….
Hezbollah said it had carried out a large-scale attack with rockets and drones on Israeli positions on Sunday in an “initial response” to a top commander’s killing, as Israel launched what it called pre-emptive strikes against the group. “The number of Katyusha rockets launched until now is more than 320… towards enemy positions,” a Hezbollah…
The president of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya (aka MC Oluomo), has described the federal government’s decision to toll some highways as a welcome development. Akinsanya said it would enhance the maintenance of the roads and make them last longer. According to Akinsanya, tolling of highways is not synonymous…
The leadership of NANS Southwest (Zone D) through the Office of the NANS Zonal Treasurer, wishes to address the recent call by a faction within the Federation of Oyo State Students’ Union (FOSSU) National Council for a so-called peaceful protest against Hon. Victor Olojede, the Senior Special Assistant to the Executive Governor of Oyo State…
Udouko Ememabasi, a student at the Lagos State University (LASU), has cried out for justice after enduring an attack on the alleged order of her landlord, Idowu Shodipo, and his mother. In a chat with Daily Trust, Ememabasi said trouble started when she and her friend, Eseh Gift Uduoghene, returned home at about 8pm on…
Topic: ASONIS Officials Discuss the Vision and Impact of the Ogbomoso Cradles Carnival Based on Statements from His Imperial Majesty, Oba Ghandi Afolabi Olaoye, Orumogege III, Soun of Ogbomosho land NEWSMAN: “Good afternoon, ASONIS President and Secretary General. Oba Ghandi Afolabi Olaoye, the Soun of Ogbomosoland, has shared inspiring words about the upcoming Ogbomoso Cradles…
Rivers State Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas (retd.), has declared that the mandate given to him by President Bola Tinubu has been “sufficiently achieved,” following the restoration of democratic governance at the grassroots level. Ibas made the declaration on Friday at Government House, Port Harcourt, during the formal presentation of the report of the…
Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Tuesday resumed plenary and took the same seat she had earlier protested against. Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan entered the Senate chamber around 12 noon, shortly after the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio took over proceedings from Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin, who had begun the session around 11:15 a.m. Upon arrival, she…
Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), says he will not again support Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers. Wike spoke on Friday during an interview on Channels Television. “I will never support Fubara again in my political life. I won’t do that. Everyone knows me,” he said. Wike said he laboured and sacrificed…
A shocking twist in Taraba State has exposed the embarrassing downfall of a serving police constable whose career came to an abrupt end, not in a blaze of glory but in the quiet theft of a goat. In what many have called a disgrace to the uniform, Police Constable Usman Mohammed, serving at the Mutum…
