The Ijaw leader, in a letter to the IGP, during a press briefing at his Asokoro residence, asked Egbetokun to arrest Wike over his threat to set fire in the states of governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Recall, that Wike, while speaking at the PDP secretariat in Port Harcourt, the state capital, on […]
The agreement was announced in a statement by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, as part of the ongoing Africa-China Cooperation Summit ,#FOCAC2024, in Beijing, where President Bola Tinubu is leading the Nigerian delegation on a state visit to China. According to the Governor, the project, is aimed at generating about 50 megawatts of cleaner and more affordable […]
In a statement from the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, the Council presided over by Governor Ademola Adeleke gave the directive after receiving updated reports from the Commissioner for Education, Adedipo Eluwole, who briefed the council on the activities leading to this final stage of the exercise. While emphasizing the need for […]
Gates said this during an interview session with selected journalists on the sidelines of the 2024 NutriVision Dialogue in Abuja. According to him, helping reduce health inequality globally is the top priority of the foundation, including getting rid of diseases like measles, malaria, and polio. Gates further said that the foundation planned to spend more […]
Amid the lingering fuel scarcity in the country, the NNPCL increased the pump price of petrol from ₦568 to ₦855, ₦897 – depending on the location per litre. Condemning the move in a statement, NLC President, Joe Ajaero, accused the Federal Government of betraying labour movement. According to the NLC President, the current administration is […]
Brian Trueman, the British writer behind cartoons including Danger Mouse and Count Duckula, has died aged 92, his son has said. Ben Trueman who disclosed this on the X social media platform, added his dad, who he described as clever, funny, resilient, an absolute gentleman, maybe “best known as the writer of and actor in […]
It was learnt that the victim was attacked on Saturday, August 17, after being mistaken for a police informant. The attack came after officials of the Lagos State Task Force had raided motorcycle parks in the area and seized some of the motorcycles in the process. Gbolahan, who spoke from his hospital bed, on Sunday, […]
The Nigeria Police Force has declared a British national, Andrew Wynne, and a Nigerian, Lucky Obiyan, wanted for allegedly plotting to overthrow the democratically elected government of President Bola Tinubu. Addressing journalists in Abuja, the Force spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, accused the British national of building a network of sleeper cells to cause chaos and topple […]
The protesters are being tried for alleged treason, inciting mutiny and intent to destabilise Nigeria. The ten persons to be arraigned before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court are Michael Adaramoye also known as Lenin, Adeyemi Abayomi, Suleiman Yakubu, Opaoluwa Simon and Angel Innocent. Others are Buhari Lawal, Mosiu Sadiq, Bashir Bello, Nuradeen […]