Eighteen personalities, comprising professionals from different backgrounds, yesterday, alleged that President Bola Tinubu’s administration is making effort to dismantle the democratic foundations of the Fourth Republic towards reducing Nigeria to one-party state. Accordingly, they called on Nigerians to be vigilant and speak out in order to p...
•Lukman and Tinubu A former National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Salihu Lukman, last night said he has lost hope in the leadership of President Bola Tinubu, adding that he doesn’t believe the President can achieve anything significant before May 2027. He said he has come to realise that Tinubu is not […]
•El-Rufai and Sani Kaduna Governor Uba Sani has directed the revocation of institutional houses and land allocations within Alhuda-huda College, Zaria, Queen Amina College, Kaduna and Government Commercial College, Zaria sold by the immediate past administration of Malam Nasir El-Rufai. A statement last night by the Secretary to Kaduna State G...
Block manufacturers under the auspices of the National Association of Blockmoulders of Nigeria ( NABMON) have called on the federal government to roll out practical steps to address the rising prices of cement. The association’s president, Adesegun Banjoko, in an Easter Message on Sunday, said that the group is still waiting for that pragmatic...
•Bishop of Kwara Diocese, Rev Sunday Adewole The Bishop of the Diocese of Kwara, Anglican Communion, Dr Sunday Adewole, said that though the government is trying, the country is still being ravaged by hunger. This came as the cleric urged Nigerians to embrace righteousness, charity, and hope in the face of economic hardship, reports The [&hell...
The federal government is developing investment framework to channel private funding into the expansion and stabilization of the national grid, as part of efforts to ensure stable and adequate electricity supply. Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, in an exclusive interview yesterday, said that the government has started developing terms...
To end the frequent collapse of the national grid, which it described as “old and weak”, the federal government has unbundled and offered it for privatisation. Minister of Power Adebayo Adelabu stated this yesterday while reviewing the government’s activities in the electricity sector, reports The Nation. He spoke during his appearance at the ...
•Smartphones The acting Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara State, Dr Saeed Olorunnisola, has urged the federal and state governments to ban the use of smartphones in secondary and tertiary institutions. Olorunnisola said the ban would enhance students’ concentration in class, reports Sunday PUNCH. He stated...
•Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State The coordinated attack on some communities in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State in the past seven days has so far claimed 52 lives. This comes as the state government confirmed that some arrests have been made in connection with the attack, reports Saturday Tribune. It was learnt […]...
Angry reactions have continued to trail the closure of Independence Bridge, a major road network linking Victoria Island and other parts of Lagos, by the Federal Government as Lagosians spent many hours in traffic. Yesterday’s experience, which was the second day of the closure, saw most of the adjourning roads impassable in what has become [&...