archiveJuly 5, 2021

...tasks opposition party not to disrupt Oyo's peace with planned congresses A socio-political group in Oyo State, the Oyo Kajola Group (OKG), has warned the state's chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop fuelling insecurity and lies in its bid to take over the state by all means....

  Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has described the invasion carried out on the Ibadan residence of Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, last Thursday by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) as a “nocturnal coup”. Falana made his view on the attack known on Channels Television’s...

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has said that there would be an uproar in Nigeria if the truth of how Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu was arrested is made known. In an interview with BBC Pidgin on Monday, Soyinka said that he thinks Kanu was kidnapped and...

The Federal Government has insisted that the five National Integrated Power Plants (NIPPs) put up for sale will go on as planned. This follows the determination of the government to resuscitate these power plants and put them to full use for the benefit of Nigerians. According to a statement by...

The Ogun State government said it has postponed its investment summit which was scheduled to hold between July 13 and 14 2021 till further notice. In a release signed by the honourable Commissioner for Finance and Chief Economic Adviser, Hon Dapo Okubadejo, the state did not state the reason for...

Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has asked the Federal Government of Nigeria to apologise to Sunday Igboho after officials of the Department of State Services (DSS)invaded his home and killed two of his associates and destroyed his belongings. The DSS invaded Igboho’s house in Ibadan, Oyo State, Thursday last week based...

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has hailed and told Southern Governors Forum to stand their ground and resist any attempt by President Muhammadu Buhari to take away lands belonging to Nigerians for private cow businesses. HURIWA said this while throwing its weight behind the decisions reached by the...

  The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele,says the bank will increase its development finance interventions to further support start-ups and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the country. Emefiele made the pledge while delivering the 51st Convocation Lecture of the University of Lagos, Akoka, on Monday...

Barring any last-minute change, the six governors in the South-West geopolitical zone will meet the Senators and House of Representatives members from the zone in Abuja on Tuesday to discuss the recently passed Petroleum Industry Bill and the Electoral Act Amendment Bill which will be debated on the floor of...

Barely two months after their last meeting, Governors from the Southern part of the country, again, converged in Lagos State on Monday in a follow-up to their May 11, 2021 deliberation in Asaba, Delta State. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu hosted his colleagues at the Government House in Alausa for the meeting...