archiveNovember 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari has spoken on the demand for an unconditional release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, describing the demand as a difficult one, but promised that he would consider the demand made by “highly respected Igbo greats.” According to him, an unconditional...

  The Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Friday, visited the Agodi axis of Ibadan, where a petrol-laden tanker exploded late on Thursday. Governor Makinde, who inspected the scene early on Friday, told security agents to restore normalcy to the area within 24 hours. The incident had led the Oyo...

The Oyo/Osun Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has generated N50.98 billion between January and October 2021. The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Adamu Abdulkadir, made this known in Ibadan on Friday while displaying 5,046 bags of foreign rice and other contraband seized by the command. Abdulkadir said that...

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has written the United States of America in respect of the recent delisting of Nigeria from countries “engaging in violation of religious freedom.” US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, on Wednesday announced that Nigeria has been removed from the list of countries...

  The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Anambra said an accident involving two vehicles at Amansea junction, by Awka-Enugu Expressway, claimed the life of a female passenger on Thursday night. The Sector Commander of the corps, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, confirmed the accident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

 The Oyo State Government has advised road users to use alternative routes following Thursday’s  tanker explosion  along Agodi area in Ibadan.Dr Akin Fagbemi, the Chairman, Oyo State Road Transport Management Authority (OYRTMA), in a statement on Friday recalled that a PMS-laden  tanker  burst into flames on Thursday night at Agodi...

 President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja met behind closed doors with some Igbo leaders led by Chief Mbazulike Amaechi at the Presidential Villa Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the Igbo leaders who attended the meeting included Bishop Sunday Onuoha, former Gov. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, Mr Tagbo Amaechi...

  By Garba Shehu The removal of Nigeria from the religious violators watchlist by the Biden-led US administration in the run-up to the visit of Anthony Blinken, the Secretary of State is a triumph of diplomacy and sagacity over hate-driven foreign policy, itself founded on false propaganda. President Muhammadu Buhari...

One of the members of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and other matters, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), has said there are documents to defend the report submitted by the panel to the state government. The report was submitted to Governor Babajide...

A petition by Reno Omokri, a former Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan, on the change.org platform has received 76,420 signatures as of 12.39 pm on Friday. The petition, which was filed on Wednesday, was directed at the International Criminal Court and comes after the Lagos #EndSARS panel indicted the...