Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila yesterday felicitated with Nigerians for witnessing the end of 2019 and marking the beginning of the year 2020 with a charge to forge a united Nigeria. Gbajabiamila, who noted that 2019 was remarkable in the country’s history having witnessed peaceful general elections, said he believed that 2020 […]

Kano, Katsina and Bauchi states yesterday announced they had approved payment of the new minimum wage. Other states that have declared willingness to pay are Kaduna, Borno, Kebbi, Adamawa, Jigawa and Lagos.In a statement, the Kano State Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, said that the government workers had started receiving the consolidated wages from […]

We are joined by a Security Consultant as we take a look at the 2019 National Security Strategy.

Henry is joined by Jide Olaniran, a Sports Analyst, as they discuss sports development in Nigeria and the challenges.

Watch this edition of The Agenda as we share uncommon exploits of Africa Global Icon, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome. We are joined by a serial entrepreneur, Dr. Lanre Shonekan.

President Muhammadu Buhari came under heavy criticism yesterday for his failure to act in the alleged indictment of his Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi, for a $550,000 security fund diversion. Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu deflected response on the allegation to the office of the Minister of Defence when The Guardian sought the presidency’s reaction on […]

At least two other House of Representatives members have spoken against plans to spend N37 billion for the renovation of the National Assembly complex. Akin Alabi from Egbeda/Ona Area Federal Constituency, Oyo State and Legor Idagbo from Bekwarra, Obanliku and Obudu Federal Constituency, Cross Rivers State, said spending such amount on the renovation is in […]

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has criticised former Lagos State governor Akinwunmi Ambode for abandoning the Lagos light rail project while he was the governor of the state between 2015 and 2019. “We borrowed to build a light rail in Lagos, embarked on the project and a succeeding governor abandoned the project for his full […]

The police sergeant, Lukmon Akanbi, who shot one Ramon Babatunde Adeniji, who was returning from Wizkid concert, has been arrested and dismissed by the Nigeria Police Force. His dismissal, Lagos State Police Command spokesman Bala Elkana said, came after he was subjected to Orderly Room Trials, an internal disciplinary procedure in the police. “He was […]

The Kwara State Government has taken over a piece of land being used by the Saraki Family in Ilorin. A release by the Chief Press Secretary to Kwara Governor, Rafiu Ajakaiye said on Friday that a new secretariat would be built on the land. Ajakaiye said the land was originally meant for Government Secretariat and […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday in Lagos, expressed deep concern about Nigeria’s current debt profile and warned the Federal Government against “impending bankruptcy.” Obasanjo was a keynote speaker at the “Why I am Alive” campaign celebration in Lagos. Nigeria’s external debt, he said, grew by as much as 700 per cent to N24.947 trillion ($81.2.74 […]

We are joined by a Political Affairs Analyst. Nnamdi Abana, as we discuss the Chris Oyakhilome Foundation a medium for lighting up Africa.