The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will on be represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government on Sunday in Accra, Ghana on the political situation in the Republics of Guinea and Mali. Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media…
Trust Africa News, By Ayomide otitoju The death toll in a high-rise collapse in Ikpyi, Lagos State has risen to 43, the state government has announced. Lagos Commissioner for Information, Gbenga Omotoso, made this known in a statement on Sunday. The 21-storey building under construction in the upscale Ikoyi district crumbled on Monday afternoon, trapping…
The Returning Officer in the ongoing governorship election for Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra, Micheal Otu, said election did not hold in the local government he presided over because he was locked up in the toilet and forced to sign election papers. “I was made to sign the election papers under duress,” Mr…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)’s probe panel has cleared the Governing Council and the management of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) of infractions in the appointment of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ibrahim Pantami, as a Professor of Cybersecurity. It said the university followed due process and…
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo ordered his lawyers to initiate legal actions against news website, Sahara Reporters over a story claiming that he is the owner of a collapsed 21-storey building in Ikoyi, Lagos. The website had published a report that Osinbajo was the owner of the property and that the late developer, Femi Osibona was…
According to PUNCH, Shuaibu Ibrahim, NYSC’s director-general (DG), spoke when he appeared before a house of representatives committee on youth development on Wednesday. Ibrahim said the extant N650 daily feeding allowance for corps members is “grossly inadequate,” adding that with the arrangement, they only get a meal worth N216. The NYSC DG called on the…
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Sunday, expressed uncertainty about the future existence of Nigeria and elections in 2023. Adeboye, while wondering why politicians have started making preparations, noted that no one should be certain about the future, stressing that the future belonged to God. The Overseer…
Human rights group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court in Abuja to stop the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), from spending “N26bn in the 2022 presidency budget on local and foreign travels, meals and refreshments, ‘sitting allowance’, ‘welfare package’, and office building.” This was contained in…
The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Chukwuma Soludo, has extended his early lead in the Anambra governorship election held on Saturday. From the 19 local governments’ results so far declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, the former Central Bank of Nigeria’s governor won in 17. This is as election results for two…
