Mmzy features Seun Kuti in new single “Animal,” exposes Alaba Mix
On-the-rise Nigerian singer, Akachukwu Emmanuel Uche known popularly as Mmzy has heated up the polity with his new single “Animal” which features Afrobeat star, Seun Kuti. In the single which dropped January 15, 2021, both Mmzy and Seun Kuti took the Nigerian government apart for their ineptitude and inability to address many social and political […]
Things Fall Apart in Enugu Community: Many displaced, houses razed as Oruku boils
If stories emanating from Oruku, an agrarian community in Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State, are anything to go by, the village currently faces existential threat following the resurgence of communal crisis.
Stop playing politics, ethnicity with S-West security, OPC tells Presidency, ACF
The Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, on Sunday, warned the Presidency and the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, against playing politics and ethnicity with the worrisome state of security in the South-West.
Factor Flying Eagles ’83 scholarships into 2021 budget, Okoku urges Dare
By John Egbokhan Former vice-captain of the Flying Eagles squad to the 1983 FIFA U-21 World Cup in Mexico, Paul Okoku, has urged Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, to include the scholarships promised members of the team by the federal government into a supplementary budget to be presented to the National Assembly […]
Edo: Obaseki, Police synergise on curbing insecurity
By Gabriel Enogholase, Benin Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has tasked the Commissioner of Police, Mr Philip Ogbadu to ensure that the state was free of crime, saying that government will work closely with the Police to provide adequate security for Edo residents. Obaseki gave the charge during a meeting with the Police Commissioner […]
Reinvigorating Nigeria-America relations under President Joe Biden
As Joe Biden becomes 46th President of the United States of America, it comes with hope for many Nigerians that the long-standing diplomatic relations between Nigeria and the U.S would be reinvigorated.
Osun community seizes corpse of man killed in auto crash
By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Some residents of Gbongan, Ayedaade local government area of Osun state on Sunday seized the corpse of a man killed by commercial bus on high speed. The incident which occurred at Iwo junction, Alape area of Gbongan left the man dead on the spot. It was gathered that the bus, […]
FoI: SERAP asks FG for details of proposed N729bn to 24.3m Nigerians within 7 days
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged the Federal Government to publish within seven days details of proposed payments of N729 billion to 24.3 million poor Nigerians for six months aimed to cushion the negative effects of COVID-19 pandemic.
Blind political patronage denies Nigerians opportunity to see their common enemy — Nnamdi Kanu
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has alleged that blind political patronage has denied many Nigerians the opportunity to clearly see the one common enemy threatening the country, which he described as killer herdsmen, suspected to be mostly herders.
Delta approves over N1.260bn for roads reconstruction, rehabilitation
DELTA State Government, weekend, approved the construction of Aragba-Orogun township Roads in Ughelli North, widening and rehabilitation of the 2.1 kilometres Orhunwhorun Road in Udu and the overlay of the Old Lagos/Asaba Road through Umunede/Ekwuoma/Igbodo in Ika North East Local Government Areas of the state with a spur at a total cost of over N1.260 billion
‘Ending insecurity is collective responsibility of all Nigerians’
A group, under the aegis of the Initiative for Conciliation and Right Protection, has called on all Nigerians, regardless of tribe, religion and section, to unite to fight a common enemy, the insecurity that engulfed the country.
COVID-19: 700m students still locked out of school — World Bank
Despite the gradual reopening of schools worldwide following their shut down as a result of the outbreak of Coronavirus disease, no fewer than 700 million students are still locked out of school globally, with the majority of them being from low and middle-income countries like Nigeria.
Unclaimed dividends, dormant bank accounts and FG’s quest for improved revenue
President Muhammadu Buhari signed 2021 N13.588 trillion Appropriation and 2020 Finance Bills into law, saying the government deliberately chose to pursue an expansionary fiscal policy to accelerate the economic recovery process, promote social inclusion, and strengthen economic resilience.
Exit Trump
“The Supreme Court really let us down. No Wisdom, No Courage!” – President Trump’s Tweet, December 11th 2020. “Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution…” – President Trump, addressing his supporters in Washington DC on January 6th 2021. In USA’s presidential election […]
Owie lauds Buhari’s re-appointment of NPA MD
By Ozioruva Aliu Former Chief Whip of the Senate, Sir Rolan Owie yesterday lauded President Muhamadu Buhari on the re-appointment of Hadiza Bala Usman as the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) for a second term describing her as a true patriot who wants the best for the Nation’s Ports and Shipping sector. […]
Agbekoya backs Akeredolu’s eviction order, says nothing must happen to Igboho
THE Agbekoya Farmers Society, on Sunday, threw its weight behind the quit notice by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State to Fulani herders inside Ondo State forest reserves.
