archiveMay 11, 2023

Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) lashed at President Muhammadu Buhari’s outgoing government over the N77 trillion total public debt of Nigeria. PENGASSAN said such a figure of debt is unfortunately a ‘calamity of highest proportion’ that reflects the performance and poor economic policies of the...

National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke has described the $800million loan request of President Mohammadu Buhari from the Senate as misplaced priority. He said the request was clear demonstration of less importance Buhari-led administration attached to education. Osodeke spoke on Thursday at maiden...

  Following the unanimous Supreme Court verdict that reaffirmed his election, the Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has stated that he has forgiven all those who might have offended him during his struggle to assume the leadership of the state. Adeleke stated this while on a thank...

National leader of the Pan Yoruba Socio-Political Group, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, has lamented that the present state of Nigeria wasn’t the dreams of many Nigerians both old and young. Pa Fasoranti, who clocked 97, spoke with newsmen at his country home in Akure, the Ondo state capital. According to...

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, suspended the managing director, directors and secretary of the Board of Seplat Energy Plc, pending the hearing and determination of motion on notice filed by three aggrieved shareholders. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, also gave an order compelling the Securities and Exchange...

  The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja has adjourned the petition filed by Alhaji Atiku Abubakar for the live coverage of proceedings. Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former vice president, on May 8 filed an application for an order to allow the live...

A Chief Medical Director of Ayodele Hospital, Doctor Ayodele Joseph, has been accused of raping his patient who came for medical treatment in his hospital at Sawmill Area in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The suspect was arraigned on a two-count charge of an act of gross indecency, and rape...

Popular Nigerian rapper, Folarin Falana, better known as Falz, has undergone knee surgery in the United Kingdom. The songwriter took to his Instagram page to narrate how he sustained an injury on his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Falz said he was playing football in November 2022 when he sustained the...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed the retiring Assistant Inspector General of Police, Garba Baba Umar, as a Senior Security Adviser on International Police Cooperation and Counter-terrorism in the office of the Minister of Police Affairs. The appointment, according to a release issued on Thursday by presidential spokesperson, Mallam Garba...

Obi Ezekwesili, a former Minister of Education, has urged leaders in all spheres of life in the country to build lasting legacies and live impactful lives in the society while still alive. Ezekwesili said this on Thursday in Abuja at the maiden Innocent Chukwuemeka Chukwuma Empowerment Foundation (ICCEF) Annual Impact...