archiveOctober 12, 2023

  appeals against heightening tensions   The Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, has appealed to Nigerians to remain calm and wait for the outcome of the Supreme Court on the ongoing certificate saga involving President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The organization urged Nigerians to refrain from heightening tensions and...

The Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, has said 90 percent of Nigerians should be digitally literate by 2030. Tijani also stated that the FG plans to include not just youth but older people in its plan for digital economy. He said, “The plan is that...

*calls for collaboration with Global South to tackle climate change With the largest renewable energy potential and critical minerals located in the global South, the global North must collaborate with the South with openness and transparency, rather than merely seeking influence and leadership of the South, which will waste this...

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Ola Olukoyede to serve as the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for a renewable term of four years in the first instance, pending Senate confirmation. This done in conformity with the powers vested in him as...

  A report by BBC Africa on President Bola Tinubu’s certificate, where it stated there is no evidence that he forged his records, has been found to be flawed. The BBC report, titled ‘Bola Tinubu diploma: No evidence Nigeria’s president forged college record’, was published on Wednesday and has generated...

  to receive five attack planes soon   The Nigerian Air Force Headquarters, on Wednesday, said it had taken delivery of two combat aircraft, Diamond-62 (DA-62), procured by the federal government. A statement by the Spokesman of the Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, said combat the planes would...

The naira fell to a new all-time low at the parallel market on Wednesday trading in the range of N1,035 to N1,040 to one dollar. The figure of N1,040/$ represents a depreciation of N40 or 4.0 per cent from the N1,000 it traded two weeks ago. The street traders put...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) declared in Abuja on Wednesday that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu does not have an identity problem and does not require re-introduction. The party was reacting to an insinuation made earlier on Wednesday by Mr Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate at the 2023...