Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, is recuperating in his Abuja home after falling ill, and there are no plans by President Bola Tinubu to replace him, multiple sources in the Presidency confirmed on Sunday. Speaking with our correspondent, a senior official who preferred not to be named because […]
Seychelles’ main opposition leader, Patrick Herminie, has defeated incumbent Wavel Ramkalawan in a runoff vote. Herminie promised to lower living costs, revive public services, and unite the island nation. He said the result marked “a new chapter for all Seychellois”. Ramkalawan conceded defeat and congratulated Herminie, saying he leaves “a legacy that makes many presidents […]
Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has faulted Minister of Works David Umahi over his declaration that “it is not yet the turn of the South-East” to produce Nigeria’s president in 2027. Umahi, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday, urged South-East politicians to drop their presidential ambitions and rally […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities will on Monday (today) commence a two-week warning strike after the ultimatum issued to the Federal Government elapsed on Sunday. The announcement was made by the National President of the union, Prof. Chris Piwuna, at a press briefing at the University of Abuja on Sunday. The renewed standoff between […]
The African Democratic Congress has called on President Bola Tinubu to accept the World Bank’s latest report, which reveals that 139 million Nigerians now live below the poverty line, as an undeniable verdict on his administration’s failed economic policies. The ADC National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, said the report exposed the widening gap between government […]
The African Democratic Congress, ADC, says it will give the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan, SAN, the benefit of the doubt in leading the electoral body. This was contained in a statement by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, hours after Amupitan’s nomination was made public […]
Administrative activities in University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) on Thursday was paralysed as non-teaching staff of the university embarked on one day protest to press home their demands from Federal Government. The protest match led by Comrade Linus Akata, Chairman Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Comrade William Amu, Chairman of Non-Academic Staff […]
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday paid glowing tribute to the late Dr. Christopher Kolade, describing him as “an icon of integrity, patriotism, and excellence” whose life embodied the best ideals of service and leadership in Nigeria. In a statement personally signed by him, the President said he received the news of Kolade’s death “with profound […]
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has weighed in on the cost of the controversial Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project that was approved by President Bola Tinubu. Makinde, who spoke at an event in a viral video on Friday, said there was no need for the Minister of Works, David Umahi, to be “dancing around the cost” […]
President Bola Tinubu has granted a posthumous pardon to former Nigerian nationalist and co-founder of the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC), Dr Herbert Macaulay and former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Major General Mamman Vatsa. Vatsa, a poet, who was sentenced to death over a treason charge in 1986 was […]
