Category: NEWS
‘’Sanusi Remains Emir’’- Kano Govt Clarifies Emirate Leadership
Kano State Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General, Barrister Haruna Isa Dederi has cleared air that the ruling of the Court of Appeal, Abuja division, on the State Emirship tangle did not in anyway invalidate the reinstatement of Muhammadu Sanusi II as the 16th emir of Kano. Dederi declared that, “having passed a landmark verdict…
I’m Pained We Supported Tinubu Despite His Cocaine Trafficking, Certificate Forgery Scandals – El-Rufai
Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has expressed his disappointment over Bola Tinubu’s shortcomings, stating that he and others backed Tinubu’s presidential bid despite being aware of his past controversies, including allegations of cocaine involvement and certificate forgery. In an interview with BBC Hausa, El-Rufai admitted that despite Tinubu’s troubled history, he supported him in…
US, Israel Set to Resettle Occupants from Gaza in Africa
US and Israeli officials have approached at least three East African nations to discuss the possibility of relocating Palestinians displaced from Gaza, according to reports from Africa News. This move suggests that Trump is pushing forward with his widely criticized plan to resettle Gaza’s two million residents, despite his recent statement to reporters at the…
One Year After, Perpetrators Of Okuama Killings still at large- Urhobo Leader Laments
A member of the World Council of Urhobo Professors, Prof. Sunny Ahwefeada, says they have found it confusing that after one year, those responsible for killing 17 army personnel in Okuma in Delta State are yet to be found by the security operatives. Ahwefeada, who was a guest on a televised programme, said that identifying…
Presidency Faults Report Indicting Tinubu’s Govt Of Persecuting Christians
The presidency has debunked reports that Christians are being persecuted in Nigeria under Bola Tinubu’s government. Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Policy, said that Tinubu remains committed to promoting peace and religious tolerance. The statement comes after the US House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee approved sanctions on Nigeria over ‘widespread killing…
We Are Ready To Sack Tinubu In 2027– SDP Chieftain Declares
The former presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Adewole Adebayo, has claimed it’s already guaranteed that President Bola Tinubu will be removed from power come 2027. Adebayo also claimed that his party SDP will produce the next Nigerian President. He stated this on Friday while fielding questions on Arise Television’s Morning Show programme….
US Congress Approves Sanctions on Nigeria Over Christian Killings
The United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, has given President Donald Trump the green light to impose stringent sanctions on Nigeria in response to the widespread killing of Christians in the country. The decision followed a congressional hearing during which lawmakers condemned the Nigerian government for failing to protect Christian communities from escalating…
FG Rubbishes Obasanjo’s Comment On Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway Project
The Minister for Works, David Umahi, has declared that the Lagos-Calabar highway project is neither a wasteful nor corrupt venture. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo had described the N15.6tn Lagos-Calabar Coastal highway project as wasteful and corrupt. The former President disclosed this in Chapter Six of his new book, ‘Nigeria: Past and Future’ where he painted…
PDP Discredits Pro-Wike South-South Zonal Congress
The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Umar Damagum, has disowned the South-South Zonal Congress organized by loyalists of the former Rivers State governor in Calabar, Cross River State, on February 22. Damagum, in his first public statement on the controversial congress, emphasized that the PDP had not conducted any official congress…
‘’Heavens Won’t Fall’’ Wike Hints At Possible Fubara’s Impeachment
Amid the ongoing political tussle in River State, the immediate-past governor of the oil-rich state, Nyesom Wike, says heaven will not fall if the Martins Amaewhule-led House of Assembly impeaches his successor Siminalayi Fubara. At a media parley in Abuja on Wednesday, Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), said there is nothing…