The Take It Back Movement, TIB, has rejected the Ekiti State Police Command’s account of the attack on its leader and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, in Ado-Ekiti. The group also demanded the immediate removal of the Commissioner of Police, CP Falade Adegoroye Michael, and the identification and prosecution of…
The Presidential Candidate of the Advanced Peoples Movement, APM, and Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has criticized President Bola Tinubu over his trip to Saudi Arabia to pray for Nigeria. Makinde said there is no need for the president to travel all the way to Saudi Arabia to pray for the country when prayers…
The Convener of the Northern League of Democrats, Umar Ardo, has accused other political parties of abandoning grassroots campaigns ahead of the 2027 elections. Ardo made this assertion on Thursday while fielding questions in an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’. According to him, going round the nation’s capital, Abuja, and other states, it is…
By Chioma Obinna WHEN late Dr Ameyo Stella Adadevoh insisted that Patrick Sawyer be isolated at a Lagos hospital in July 2014, she was confronting a disease Nigeria had never experienced on that scale. Her decision to trust her clinical judgement, despite the pressure surrounding the patient, became a defining moment in the country’s fight…
*Adds Lagos-Calabar, Sokoto-Badagry highways, power, ports’re drivers of $1trn economy *NLC demands justification for $20.5bn, €1.45bn loans By Johnbosco Agbakwuru and Olayinka Ajayi ABUJA — President Bola Tinubu has defended his administration’s external borrowing plans, saying Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, Sokoto-Badagry Superhighway, Trans-Sahara Superhighway, electricity grid upgrades and modernisation of key commercial ports in Lagos among…
…ILO backs modern employment service, stronger labour market data to improve job opportunitiesBy Johnbosco AgbakwuruABUJA –The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has launched a five-year strategic plan aimed at expanding job creation and upgrading its 87 Skills Training Centres, many of which need rehabilitation, modern equipment, or full renovation to meet present-day training requirements.The 2027–2031…
By Johnbosco AgbakwuruABUJA —PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has responded to criticism, especially from opposition leaders, over new loans the country has accessed from international institutions and banks.In an essay titled “From reforms to delivery: Our infrastructure investment and growth strategy,” to be published on Nigerian news platforms, President Tinubu wrote: “The real question is not how…
Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen and his girlfriend, Stefanie Ladewig, have welcomed their second child, a baby girl named Liora Audrey. Galatasaray, the Turkish club where Osimhen plays, announced the arrival of the couple’s daughter in a social media post on Thursday. “Our Football A Team player Victor Osimhen and Stefanie have welcomed a baby…
•ADC-PCC insists on allegation plot, warns Tinubu •Reps call for INEC briefing on preparedness By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Luminous Jannamike & Gift ChapiOdekina THE Presidency has described as fake news allegations that the Federal Government was planning to shift the January 16 elections. African Democratic Congress Presidential Campaign Council, ADC-PCC, had earlier raised an alarm over alleged…
•Pays N1.23trn of N3.3trn power sector debt By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA—THE Federal Government said yesterday it has approved the commencement of procurement for the proposed East and West super grids, as part of efforts to strengthen the national electricity network and raise transmission capacity from about 5,000 megawatts to 19,000MW within two years. Minister of…
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