•Onigbinde and Ningi The Co-Founder of civic group Budgit, Seun Onigbinde, has said that Senator Abdul Ningi was right that there was no detailed project allocations for about N3.7trn of the N28.78trn 2024 Appropriation Act. Onigbinde, who was a guest on Channels Television last night, however, said claim by the Bauchi Central Senator that Nig...
•Prof Ango Abdullahi The Prof. Ango Abdullahi-led Northern Elders Forum, today, expressed concern over the abduction of no fewer than 287 pupils and teachers of the Government Secondary School and LEA Primary School, Kuriga 1, in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State by bandits. Bandits stormed the LEA Primary Kuriga around 8:30 am on [...
The Special Adviser to the President on Energy, Mrs. Olu Veŕheijen, has said that the federal government reserves the right to pay fuel subsidy intermittently to cushion hardship in the country. Veŕheijen said this while briefing journalists in Abuja today. Earlier, the International Monetary Fund reported that the Nigerian government brought ...
•Women call for constitutionalisation of the right to abortion in a rally French lawmakers are expected today to anchor the right to abortion in the country’s constitution, in a global first that has garnered overwhelming public support. A congress of both houses of parliament in Versailles starting at 3:30 pm (1430 GMT) should find the [&hell...
•Pa Reuben Fasoranti The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, today, disagreed Pa Reuben Fasoranti over the call on the Yoruba people not to exercise their right to protest in joining the NLC and other protesters concerning the alarming situation in the state of the nation that affects every aspect of governance. Afenifere, in a...
•Wike The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, yesterday, visited the National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Victor Giadom, raising speculation of another round of political realignment. Wike, who arrived in Port Harcourt, was hosted by Giadom in Bera, his country home in Gokana Local GovÂernment Area...
•The yet-to-be-identified soldier A soldier has slammed the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for ordering the arrest of his colleague alongside three other motorcyclists for driving against traffic on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway. The yet-to-be-identified soldier, who appeared to be defending his colleague in a viral video today, faul...
•Falana and Lagbaja A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has criticised the Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja’s statement where he sounded his disapproval for citizens to bear arms following coordinated attacks on Plateau State during the Yuletide by assailants. “I do not support that. I think that is a call for [&he...
•Newcastle English manager, Eddie Howe Eddie Howe has urged patience after recent stumbles for his Newcastle team, who are now fighting on just two fronts after being eliminated from the Champions League and the League Cup. The Magpies, who visit struggling Luton on Saturday, are sixth in the Premier League, five points behind fourth-placed Ma...