•UK Prime Minister Sunak The UK yesterday joined the United States and Canada in announcing a fresh set of sanctions against Iran’s drone and missile industries after its recent attack on Israel. Tehran launched its first direct military assault on Israeli territory nearly two weeks after an April 1 air strike — widely blamed on […]...
•Producer Adanma Luke and late Jnr Pope A film producer, Michael Ofuonye, has faulted the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN for suspending the ill-fated movie, “Another Side of Life” as well as the producer, Adanma Luke, following the boat mishap that claimed the life of Nollywood actor, Jnr Pope and four other victims. Ofuonye was […]
•Suspended Governor Yusuf The Board of Trustees of a faction of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has suspended the Governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf for six months over alleged involvement in anti party activities. National Secretary of the party, Comrade Oginni Olaposi Sunday, disclosed this today, at its headquarters in Abuja, reports ...
•Allen Onyema The Chairman of Nigerian indigenous carrier Air Peace, Allen Onyema, has raised the alarm that foreign carriers operating the Nigeria-UK route are allegedly conspiring to send Air Peace out of international operations by crashing airfares on the route. There is an “unspoken alliance” among foreign airlines to use lower pricing to...
•Professor Chidi Odinkalu The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission today flayed the ex-chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Chidi Odinkalu, for making what it called ‘reckless commentaries on the arrest of crossdresser, Idris Okuneye alias Bobrisky. In a statement made available our correspondent by its spokesman,Dele Oyewale,...
The Peoples Redemption Party, PRP has condemned in very strong terms, the increase in the electricity tariff paid by Band A customers from N68/KWh to N225/kWh by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, describing it as a cynically cruel blow on Nigerians, reports Vanguard. In a statement today by PRP Acting National Publicity Sec...
•Tinubu A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC), Nze Chidi Duru, has frowned at the report that the Tinubu-led federal government subsidised religious pilgrimage with N90 billion, warning that such should not have any place in present day Nigeria. Duru, the Deputy National Organising Secretary of the ru...
•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...
•Naira and Dollars The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has rolled out stringent measures on Bureau De Change (BDCs) as part of measures to tackle the forex crisis in the country. The naira had hit an all-time low of N2,000 against the dollar as the economic crisis in the country took a worse turn, reports […]
•NLC President Joe Ajaero The Nigeria Labour Congress has faulted the Department of State Services’ appeal to avoid going on a planned protest over the economic situation and cost of living crises. Last week, the NLC called on its members to prepare for a two-day nationwide industrial action after issuing a 14-day ultimatum to the […]...