Governorship candidate of Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran, has identified reason the party failed to win the governorship seat in the state since 1999. He blamed it on the antics of some leaders within the PDP, who he accused of playing double standards, working […]
•Akpabio About a week ago, the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, caused his media office to issue a statement indicating his apologies to the 36 state governors, whom he had earlier accused of collecting N30 billion from the federal government to end the food crisis in the country. Akpabio, during plenary on Wednesday, February [&hell...
•Late Wigwe and a tomb DANIEL ABIA reporting from Isiopo It is ten kilometres from the Port Harcourt International Airport to Wigwe International University in Isiokpo. From the airport junction deep into the hinterland, every turn wears a new look in anticipation of receiving an “august visitor”, reports Saturday Vanguard. Preparations for th...
•Terrorists Terrorists have been making inroad into the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), sparking tension among resident. The attackers, it was gathered, usually sneak into the communities through river or bush paths from neighbouring Niger and Kaduna states, where they have established camps, a situation that often leaves little or no chance ...
•TUC President Festus Osifo The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has claimed that the federal government stopped paying N35, 000 minimum wage after first month despite having the revenue to pay. The President of the Trade Union Congress, Festus Osifo, made this claim in an interview with Arise Television yesterday. According to the TUC, the governme...
•Zachee Orji Minister of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, yesterday revealed that ailing Nollywood actor, Zachee Orji, commonly called Zack Orji, has undergone brain surgery at a private hospital he was transferred to from the National Hospital. Musawa spoke after she visited Orji at the private hospital in Abuja yesterd...
•Terrorists A chilling account of how communities were attacked in three local government areas of Plateau State was given on the floor of the Senate at the weekend. Senator Abdul Ningi (Bauchi Central) held the Red Chamber spellbound when he told his colleagues how almost 200 people were massacred by bandits, reports The Nation. According [&h...
•Tinubu (middle) with delegates from nigeria at the just concluded climate summit (cop28) in United Arab Emirates The estacodes and airfares of ministers, heads of agencies, directors and other federal government-sponsored delegates from Nigeria to the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, gulp...
•Late Ghali Na’Abba A former President of the Senate, Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim, has spoken of how former presiding officers of the National Assembly tried to rally support for Rt. Hon. Ghali Na’Abba, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, before his sudden passing on yesterday morning. Anyim, who led the 4th Senate as […]
•Bisola Badmus Nollywood Yoruba actress Bisola Badmus recently shared her struggle with “encephalopathy,” a brain disease, in an Instagram post. Encephalopathy is a dysfunction or disease affecting the brain and is characterised by a range of neurological symptoms that can include cognitive dysfunction, altered consciousness, and changes in be...
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