Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has pardoned 16 inmates serving various jail terms across the Correctional Centres in the State. Akeredolu directed the Comptroller of Federal Correctional services in the State, over the weekend, to release the inmates from its custodial facilities. The move by the governor was made …
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Why Some Top APC Stakeholders May Not Work For Tinubu’s candidacy
There are feelers that some chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who are one way or the other unhappy with the presidential candidate of the ruling party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu may either sit on the fence or work against him in the 2023 election. DAILY POST reports that some …
Read More »We Will Address Housing, Healthcare, Education – Lagos AAC
THE Lagos State chapter of the African Action Congress has said that mismanagement of resources is holding Lagos down from adequate growth and development as a state. The AAC said Lagos should ordinarily surpass Cape Town, the capital of South Africa, and Cairo, the capital of Egypt, but had, however, …
Read More »Why Nigerians should Look Beyond Atiku, Tinubu In 2023 – Adebanjo
The leader of the Yoruba socio-cultural group, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, assesses Nigeria at 62, the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and discusses the group’s support for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in this interview with DANIEL AYANTOYE Some people are of the view that there …
Read More »PDP, LP, ASUU, Others Fault Buhari’s Performance Claims
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party, Labour Party, the Academic Staff Union of Universities and other Nigerians on Saturday picked holes in the claim by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), that his regime had done well. In his Independence Day speech on Saturday, Buhari had given himself pass mark …
Read More »PDP chairman Returns to Nigeria Amid Party crisis
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu on Friday, returned to the country. The leader of the opposition was out of Nigeria on a two-week trip to Europe. His Special Adviser on Media, Simon Imobo-Tswam announced his return in a statement Friday night. Ayu, who jetted out on September …
Read More »Oyetola, Deputy Not Candidates In Governorship Election – Court
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday evening, nullified the nomination of Governor Isiaka Oyetola and his deputy governorship candidate, Benedict Alabi, as candidates of the All Progressives Congress in the last governorship election in Osun State. The court premised its judgment on the grounds that the former …
Read More »Full Text: Buhari’s 62nd Independence Day Speech
INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS BY MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA DELIVERED ON THE OCCASION OF NIGERIA’S 62ND INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION ON 1ST OCTOBER, 2022 Fellow Nigerians, I address you today, with a deep sense of gratitude to God and a high level of …
Read More »We have improved Health Facilities, says Buhari
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Saturday said his administration has improved health facilities in the country, especially during and after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. President Buhari also said Nigeria was one of the countries that defied global predictions of the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 …
Read More »Akwa Ibom Government Shuts Market Over Traders’ Clash
THE Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State has ordered the closure of the vehicles spare part market popularly called Mechanic Village, Afaha Offot community, over a clash between the Igbos and the local dealers. This was contained in a statement by the Council Secretary, Ubong Udofia, titled ‘Uyo …
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