The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, has approved the appointment of Commodore Aiwuyor Augustine Adams-Aliu as the new Director of Naval Information and official spokesperson for the Nigerian Navy. Aiwuyor replaced Rear Admiral Ayo-Vaughan, who has been redeployed to Headquarters Naval Training Command as the Chief Staff Off...
Oba Owolabi Akinloye Olakulehin will be enthroned as the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadanland in line with the ascendancy order of the traditional selection of Obas in the land. Oba Olakulehin was until the demise of the late Olubadan, Oba Senator Lekan Balogun, the Balogun of Ibadanland, second in the hierarchy on the throne of Olubadan, […]
•Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, NSCIA leader and the President-General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has called on Nigerian Muslim Ummah to search for the crescent of Ramadan immediately after Sunday, March 10, 2024. The date...
•Obaseki Edo State governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has criticised the policies recently introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), saying they cannot support the economic growth of the country. The governor said the interest rates that are raised would hinder small business owners from getting loans to expand their businesses which are detr...
•CBN Governor Yemi Cardoso The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued a warning message to Nigeria and other West African nations regarding trends in borrowing practices. Traditionally, nations often relied on loans from the Paris Club, a group of creditor countries, reports The Nation. However, the CBN has observed a significant shift towar...
•Some of the Chief justices of the Supreme Court The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has sworn in 11 new Justices to the bench of the Supreme Court, charging them, not to allow their ambition to becloud their sense of judgement. Some of the Justices are Jummai Hannatu Sankey, Chidiebere Nwaoma Uwa, […]
•Tinubu and Atiku As the impact of high cost of living continues to bite harder, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has advised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to allow the reforms of Javier Milei of ArgenÂtina serve as a lesson to him. The former vice president noted that Argentina and Nigeria closed the last quarter of […]
•Bayer Leverkusen’s German midfielder Robert Andrich (3rd R) celebrates scoring goal A long-range shot from Robert Andrich took Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen to a 2-1 home win against Mainz yesterday, setting a new German record of 33 games unbeaten. Andrich’s goal was helped by a goalkeeping mistake from Mainz’s Robin Zentner, who allow...
•Biden and Putin The United States will announce new sanctions on Russia on Friday over the death in prison of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, coinciding with the second anniversary of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, the White House said. “At President Biden’s direction, we will be announcing a major sanctions package on Friday of this week [&...
•(L-R ) The leader of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré, Mali’s military leader Colonel Assimi Goita and Niger’s General Abdourahmane Tchiani Ministers from Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger met in the Burkinabe capital yesterday to discuss creating a confederation, our correspondent saw. The three military regimes formed a defence and economic pact, th...

