The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President of Nigeria on Job Creation, Afolabi Sokpehi Imoukhuede is our guest on this edition of Strictly Politics. Watch this insightful episode as he speaks on “Politics of Job Creation”

The pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), which is expected to be modulated monthly by the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), has become uncertain as some marketers yesterday directed their members to sell at N150 per litre. Projected estimate by The Guardian shows the price may hit N157 per litre going by the […]

sw In recent times several countries including United Arab Emirates (UAE), India and China have made giant strides in the race to space. The United States (U.S.) has also recorded major breakthrough in her plans to send tourists to space with the splashing down of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft in the Gulf of Mexico on […]

The Presidency says none of the 601 de-radicalised former Boko Haram members will be absorbed into the military as being peddled by mischief-makers. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday. The presidential aide added that none of them had […]

Barely days after the police arrested some serving and dismissed soldiers among suspects over the attack on a bullion van that led to the death of four cops in Ebonyi State, the Enugu State police command yesterday paraded another dismissed soldier and nine others for various criminal activities in the state. The state’s Commissioner of […]

Lawyers have alerted Nigerians to possible take over of the country if the contract waiving Nigeria’s sovereign immunity in respect of multi-billion dollar loans obtained from China to finance infrastructure is not repudiated. According to them, the sovereignty-terminating loans are toxic and pose serious danger to the country, given that the capacity of the state […]

• Gov’s wife receives 2,000 APC women defectors, pledges more projects • Power belongs to Edo people, says incumbent as lawmakers impeach deputy speaker • ‘State chief executive’s manifesto addresses post-COVID-19 economic shocks’ In an effort to end politicians’ constant threats of violence ahead of the Edo State governorship election, the Independent National Electoral Commission […]

Nigerians berate FG over new FIRS tenancy tax, Nipost license charges.. Join Marshall Anthoni Ononye with his Guest as they discuss issues of the nation.

Kano State government has said secondary schools in the state will be re reopened on August after four months of closure occasioned by COVID-19 pandemic. The resumption date is exclusively meant for final year students in preparatory for the West African Senior Secondary Schools Examination (WASSSE). Addressing journalists on Monday, Commissioner for Education, Muhammad Sanusi […]

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has denied the allegation of bloated contracts, using his company, Afrinvest Ltd., to siphon state’s funds. Obaseki’s denial is contained in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie and made available to the News Agency of (NAN) on Tuesday in Benin. NAN reports […]

• How his death will inspire Yoruba unity When Pa Ayorinde Fasanmi, the leader of one of the factions of Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, took his last breath at the ripe age of 94 last Thursday, July 30 2020, one of the questions it raised was, whether the nonagenarian, and some of his contemporaries that […]

Following the commencement of electioneering campaigns in Edo State ahead of the September 19 governorship election, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have continued to fight dirty over who takes over Government House on Osadebey Avenue, Benin City. The fierce campaign between PDP and APC candidates and supporters has many […]