POLITICS

December 27, 2023 dawned in a very grim manner. As I woke up I saw a news item on the scroll bar of Channels Television that Ghali Umar Na’Abba 8th Speaker of the House of Representatives had passed on at the age of 65. The son of a wealthy Kano …

Alex Uka for 6 years he reigns as the Duke of the government house Alagbaka in Akure in Ondo State, he was the kinsman and the personal assistant to the former First Lady of Ondo State Betty Ayanwu Akeredolu, he is the major business canvaser to the former First Lady, …

President Bola Tinubu on the first day of 2024 reassured Nigerians that he is awake to their plight facing months of economic hardship.“From the boardrooms at Broad Street in Lagos to the main-streets of Kano and Nembe Creeks in Bayelsa, I hear the groans of Nigerians who work hard every …

Ethiopia became Africa’s third default in as many years on Tuesday after it failed to make a 33-million-dollar “coupon” payment on its only international government bond. Africa’s second-most populous country announced earlier this month that it intended to formally go into default, having been under severe financial strain in the …

The federal government has moved the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and Galaxy Backbone Ltd (GBBL) to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. The new changes were contained in a document by the Cabinet Affairs Office named “Mandate of Ministries, Departments and Agencies and Schedule …

If Nyesom Wike had read the character portrait of the Ijaw man as sketched by Dr. Percy Amoury Talbot, an early 20th century British historian and colonial administrator, he would most probably have thought twice before settling for Simnalay Fubara as his third term placeholder. Wike was a two-term governor of …

President Bola Tinubu has celebrated Muhammadu Buhari, his predecessor, on his 81st birthday. In a statement issued on Saturday by Ajuri Ngelale, presidential spokesperson, Tinubu described Buhari as his friend and an icon of truth, justice, and patriotism. Tinubu thanked Buhari for his service to the nation at various times …

President Bola Tinubu has celebrated Muhammadu Buhari, his predecessor, on his 81st birthday. In a statement issued on Saturday by Ajuri Ngelale, presidential spokesperson, Tinubu described Buhari as his friend and an icon of truth, justice, and patriotism. Tinubu thanked Buhari for his service to the nation at various times …

President Bola Tinubu has celebrated Muhammadu Buhari, his predecessor, on his 81st birthday. In a statement issued on Saturday by Ajuri Ngelale, presidential spokesperson, Tinubu described Buhari as his friend and an icon of truth, justice, and patriotism. Tinubu thanked Buhari for his service to the nation at various times …

Nasarawa State governor, Abdullahi Sule, has promised to establish a full-fledged university of engineering before the end of his tenure. The governor made the promise during the matriculation of pioneer students of the Nasarawa State University Keffi (NSUK)’s faculty of engineering in Gudi, his country home. He said the transformation …