VICE-President-elect Kashim Shettima has disclosed that gender-based issues will get priority under the administration of President-elect Bola Tinubu. Shettima spoke at the reading of “Stepping on Toes, My Odyssey at the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA)” by ex-Managing Director Hadiza Usman. At the event held on Saturday in Abuja, the Borno …

THE Police Command in Imo State has confirmed the arrest of 9 members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Sector Commander of a dreadful IPOB/ESN syndicate Mathew Chuwkuma 48yrs ‘m’ of Mpam Ahaizu Mbaise LGA, Imo State. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Command, Henry …

TV actress Zulmira Ferreira has expressed her sympathy for Cristiano Ronaldo and his girlfriend, Georgina Rodriguez. The lovers met in Madrid in 2016 and have been together since then with reports suggesting nothing would stop them from getting married. The partners now have two kids together and are co-parenting another …

OPERATIVES of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Akwa Ibom State, have arrested 19 students of the Akwa Ibom State University, Mkpat-Enin, for suspected internet-related offences. The suspects were arrested on Friday at their private hostels, Obong Abasi Lodge and Mfon Obong Lodge both located at Ikot Akpadem …

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, anointed the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate Usman Ododo for the Kogi State governorship election. Ododo was presented to Buhari by Governor Yahaya Bello at the State House in Aso Rock, Abuja, on Friday. Recall that Ododo won the APC governorship primary election in Kogi …

THE incoming administration of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu has been advised on how to appoint the next Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. Deji Adeyanju, a socio-political activist, said Tinubu’s incoming administration should appoint a renowned economist as the next CBN governor. Adeyanju said the next CBN governor …

GUBERNATORIAL candidate of New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in Ogun State, Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi has demanded the sum of N50m from Dana Air over what he described as breach of contract. Ajadi claimed that he secured the ticket of the airline to board a flight from Abuja to Lagos Friday …

THE Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Saturday said the Mission in Egypt was making arrangements for the payment of visa fees for stranded Nigerians at the border of the country. The Federal Government had on Friday called on relevant authorities along contiguous borders of Sudan to create …

FORMER Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Hadiza Bala-Usman talks to ALEXANDER OKERE about the opposition she faced at the NPA, the allegation of missing N156bn, her removal from office and her current relationship with a former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi The release of your memoir, ‘Stepping on toes’, …

THE Federal Government has disclosed the completion of road work between Kara Bridge and the Long Bridge area on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, adding that it would be opened to traffic today, Sunday. The Minister of Work and Housing, Babatunde Fashola on Saturday, said this in a statement through his Special …