The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has stated that Nigerians are worse off since the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) took over the reins of political power from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2015. The party stated that over 139 million Nigerians are living below the poverty level, as revealed by the World Bank report [&hellip...
•Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Bianca Odumegwu Ojukwu Dozens of Nigerians remain behind bars in Ethiopia as efforts to repatriate them stall, following delays in finalising a crucial Memorandum of Understanding between both countries. The agreement, which would allow convicted Nigerians to serve the remainder of their sentences at hom...
•CAN president, Daniel Okoh The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has warned that millions of citizens are still grappling with hunger, insecurity, and joblessness despite ongoing reforms, stressing that true progress must go beyond economic statistics to tangible relief in households across the country. In a statement signed by Archbisho...
•Atiku Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has praised Nigerians for what he described as “uncommon patience, endurance, and resilience despite living under suffocating socio-economic and security conditions.” In his Independence Day message to Nigerians, the opposition leader alleged that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) administr...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu will address the nation at 7 a.m. today, Wednesday to mark Nigeria’s 65th Independence Day anniversary. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, made the announcement in a statement yesterday. The president’s address will be broadcast live on electronic media outlets. This will b...
Amid growing concerns over the misuse of artificial intelligence in financial fraud, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a stern warning to Nigerian investors, urging them to exercise heightened caution against a new wave of AI-generated scams sweeping through the country’s digital space. According to the SEC, the deceptive...
•Tinubu and Nigerian Constitution President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent assurance that he was committed to the current review of the Nigerian Constitution may have inspired optimism in some Nigerians but quite a number of others still react to the ongoing review with cynicism. The outcome of past reviews which failed to address critical agi...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and other health authorities have warned that even small amounts of alcohol do contribute to the risk of cancer in the body organs. Alcohol is now recognised as one of the top risk factors for cancer across Africa, with new studies showing strong links between drinking and diseases such as […]
•INEC chairman, Yakubu Mahmood Samson Itodo, an election observer and election development expert, is the Executive Director of Yiaga Africa. In this interview monitored on Politics Today, a Channels TV programme, he spoke on what President Bola Tinubu must do for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as the tenure of its Chairm...
•Femi Otedola Umar Sani, a presidential aide attached to the office of ex-Vice-President Namadi Sambo, has described the recent comments of billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, on subsidy as rewriting of history. Otedola recently revisited Nigeria’s controversial fuel subsidy regime, saying that corruption remains entrenched in the system, r...

