BREAKING: Former Nasarawa Deputy Governor Kidnapped
Former Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, Professor Onje Gye-Wado, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. The yet-to-be identified armed men invaded his community, Gwagi, in Wamba Local Government Area of the state, and abducted him. According to a family source,…
JUST-IN: Buhari Sacks Saratu Umar As NIPC Boss
President Muhammadu Buhari has terminated the appointment of Hajiya Saratu Umar as the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), with immediate effect. The decision was contained in a terse statement issued by presidential spokesman, Femi…
Nigeria and Lagos; No Man’s Land
By Prince Charles Dickson A sage presented a prince with a set of three small dolls. The prince was not amused. “Am I a girl that you give me dolls?” he asked. “This is a gift for a future king,”…
Senator Dino Melaye Just A Political Konga Drum, Says Singer YolyBoy
Controversial singer, producer and song writer in Nigeria, Aaron Anthony, popularly known as Yolyboy, in a recent interview stated that Senator Dino Melaye is not a politician that one should expect any positive and fruitful result from, describing him as…
Emi LoKan: The Kingmakers Mounts The Throne
By Suleiman Abdul-Azeez Abbah When Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu squarely beat all his opponents at the primary election for the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC), most discerning Nigerians knew there was no stopping him proving his now…
President Buhari Approves N320bn University Intervention Funds
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sum of N320,345,040, 835 as the 2023 intervention funds for public tertiary education institutions in the country. Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Sonny Echono, disclosed this in Abuja yesterday during TETFund’s annual strategic…
Nigerian Army Achieving Self-sufficiency In Defence Production – COAS
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, says the Nigerian Army is on course towards achieving self-sufficiency in defence production. Yahaya said this on Wednesday in Abuja, at the closing of the Chief of Army Staff First Quarter…
How I waited 10 Years To Kill Friend Who Snatched My Boyfriend — Suspect Confesses
A shocking incident occurred in Lagos, Nigeria, on March 26, when a young woman named Anita Ofili allegedly stabbed her friend, Glory Okon, to death, Nigerian Tribune reports. Ofili was arrested and has since revealed that she had been waiting…
Foundation Advocates Nationwide Domestications Of National Youth Policy
Promad Foundation, a civic tech nonprofit organisation, has called for the domestication of the National Youth Policy (NYP) 2019-2023 by the remaining 34 states for effective youth civic participation . Mr Daisi Omokungbe, Founder and Executive Director of Promad Foundation,…
Court Order: Abure remains Our National Chairman — Labour Party Insists
The Labour Party (LP) has said a Federal High Court of competent jurisdiction in Benin, Edo State of Nigeria, has declared that Comrade Julius Abure, remains the National Chairman of the party irrespective of the Abuja court order that has…
NWC Crisis: APC Sets Up Five-man Reconciliation Committee
Amid allegations of lack of transparency against Senator Abdullahi Adamu and Iyiola Omisore, national chairman and secretary, respectively of the All Progressives Congress, the Party National Working Committee (NWC) has set up a five-man investigative and reconciliation committee. The committee…
