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The Eselu of Eselu Kingdom in Ogun State, Oba Akintunde Akinyemi, has stated that it is unrealistic to expect traditional rulers in Nigeria to remain completely apolitical. According to the monarch, doing so is akin to “removing salt from soup”, as traditional institutions and political processes are closely linked. Speaking at an event to mark […]
The federal government has moved to calm concerns surrounding the recent 14 per cent trade tariff imposed by the United States on Nigerian imports. In response, a multi-sectoral economic management team is reassessing the nation’s economic strategies to mitigate potential negative impacts on trade and fiscal performance. The U.S. tariff, announced last week by President […]
Pascal Gabriel Dozie, renowned Nigerian entrepreneur and founder of the defunct Diamond Bank Plc, has passed away at the age of 85. Family sources confirmed that Dozie died in the early hours of Tuesday, April 8, 2025—just a day before what would have been his 86th birthday—following complications related to an age-associated illness. Dozie was […]
Defying earlier warnings from the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), youths under the banner of the Take-It-Back Movement took to the streets on Monday, staging peaceful protests across major cities including Lagos, Abuja, Rivers, and Oyo. In Lagos, demonstrators wearing their signature orange berets gathered at the Ikeja Under Bridge before marching through key areas of the […]
Former U.S. President Barack Obama has strongly condemned President Donald Trump’s administration, accusing it of suppressing media freedom, targeting political opponents, and undermining democratic institutions. In a discussion with Hamilton College President Steven Tepper, Obama expressed alarm over what he called “deeply troubling trends”, including the White House’s revocation of Associated Press credentials after the […]
Former Senate President, Senator Adolphus Wabara, has lambasted President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima for embarking on simultaneous foreign trips, calling it a “dereliction of duty” and “executive rascality”. Wabara expressed his disapproval on Sunday following reports that Tinubu had travelled to France for a two-week working visit, while Shettima headed to Dakar, […]
The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has accused about 20 state governments of failing to implement the new N70,000 minimum wage for local government workers and primary school teachers. Alhaji Haruna Kankara, NULGE’s National President, listed states like Yobe, Gombe, Zamfara, Kaduna, Imo, Ebonyi, Cross River, Borno, and the FCT among those yet […]
Nigerians particularly Indigenes and residents of Ogun state are still mourning the tragic, unprecedented passing of the Ogun spokesperson of All Progressives Congress (APC) Tunde Oladunjoye. Oladunjoye, who hailed from Ijebu-Itele in Ijebu East LGA, passed away in the early hours of Friday at a UK hospital from an undisclosed ailment. Before his role as […]
The Nigerian Government, through the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, has received over 1 million doses of the prevalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine (Men5CV) from the Gavi-funded global stockpile. The shipment, which arrived on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, aims to combat the meningococcal C and W outbreak in Northern Nigeria. This first batch of vaccines […]
Oba Abimbola Owoade has been crowned the 46th Alaafin of Oyo. Owoade succeeds the 45th Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, who died on April 22, 2022, at 83. The coronation event occurred today at Oliveth Baptist High School in Oyo, where Governor Seyi Makinde led a host of dignitaries, including notable Nigerians. Dignitaries present […]
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