2027: LP stronger after crisis, ready to field presidential candidate – Otti
“The worst is over. We can’t see anything worse than what we have gone through,” he said, adding that the party has emerged stronger and more cohesive.
Tinubu should focus on northern, south east voters – Arewa leader
Alhaji Musa Saidu has dismissed as undemocratic the alleged directive that governors of states controlled by the All Progressives Congress, APC, should decide those to fly the party’s flag for various elective offices in their states, adding that president Bola Tinubu should focus on winning the minds of voters.
Gov Zulum, Gubio receive hero’s welcome in Maiduguri
By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri Maiduguri, Borno State capital, was brought to a standstill on Friday as thousands of jubilant supporters trooped out to welcome Governor Babagana Umara Zulum and his anointed governorship candidate, Engr Mustapha Gubio. The mammoth crowd stretched from Muhammadu Buhari International Airport to major roads leading into the metropolis. Governor Zulum and […]
Dollar to Naira exchange rate today, May 1, 2026
The Nigerian Naira opened the new month with slight fluctuations against the US Dollar across both the official and informal currency markets.
Osun LG workers back APC candidate AMBO
Local government workers in Osun State under the umbrella of the Association of Concerned Local Government Workers have endorsed the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Oyebamiji, ahead of the August 15 governorship election.
Workers mark May Day in pains as Labour decries insecurity, poverty, inflation
Nigerian workers today joined their counterparts across the world to mark the May Day under a cloud of anxiety, frustration, and economic strain, as rising insecurity, deepening poverty…
Hardship: Osun NLC seeks worker support measures
Organised labour in Osun State, led by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has called on Governor Ademola Adeleke to introduce support measures to cushion the impact of rising living costs on workers and pensioners.
US to deny visas to applicants who fear returning to home country
United States said it will now deny temporary visas to applicants who say they fear harm or mistreatment if they return to their home country, under new State Department guidance…
Nigerian airlines avert shutdown as Middle East war hikes fuel prices
NIGERIAN airlines continued flying, yesterday, despite threatening a shutdown over sky-high jet fuel prices roiling the industry in Africa’s top crude producer and most populous nation.
Tinubu-Ruto banter as food for thought, by Azu Ishiekwene
Listening to Kenyan President William Ruto diss Nigerians with a smile from faraway Italy, one would think he had taken a page from Amos Tutuola’s The Palm-Wine Drinkard. It was obvious that Ruto assumed Nigerians spoke that variety of unconventional English rendered by Tutuola in his story of magical realism from Yoruba mythology. Yes, Tutuola’s English […]
Supreme Court okays ADC’s Mark, axes PDP’s Turaki
THE much-awaited verdicts of the Supreme Court on the leadership crises in the opposition African Democratic Congress, ADC; and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP came with mixed bags for the feuding leaders of the parties, yesterday.
