By Ayomide Otitoju President Bola Tinubu on Saturday attended the 2025 Adamu Orisha Play Eyo Festival in Lagos, describing the event as a celebration that accentuates the richness of Nigerian culture and highlights its vast potential for tourism development. The festival, held at the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos Island, attracted a wide array of dignitaries,…
By Ayomide Otitoju The immediate past governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has felicitated with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, on his 72nd birthday. In a goodwill message on Saturday, signed by his media adviser, Mr. Terver Akase, and made available to journalists in Makurdi, Ortom described Akume…
By Ayomide Otitoju President Bola Tinubu has announced that four attack helicopters ordered from the United States will arrive in Nigeria soon, as the country continues to battle rising insecurity and insurgency. The President made the disclosure on Friday while receiving a delegation from the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), led by Archbishop Daniel Okoh,…
By Ayomide Otitoju The Olofa of Offa, Oba Muftahu Gbadamosi, has appealed to residents to remain calm and continue their end-of-year celebrations following an explosion that destroyed parts of three buildings in the town. The incident occurred late Thursday night along the Offa-Ijagbo road, injuring about five people, including a couple and their young daughter….
By Ayomide Otitoju President Bola Tinubu has assured Nigerians that the ongoing recalibration of the country’s security architecture will begin to yield positive results in the near future. The President gave the assurance on Friday during a meeting with a delegation of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), led by its President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh,…
Several powerful explosions struck Kyiv early on Saturday as Ukrainian authorities warned that the capital was under a missile attack. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said air defence systems had been activated and urged residents to remain in shelters. “Explosions in the capital. Air defence forces are operating. Stay in shelters!” he wrote on Telegram. Ukraine’s…
By Ayomide Otitoju The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday commissioned the Eyo Monument at the John Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture and History in Onikan, Lagos Island, reaffirming his administration’s commitment to preserving the state’s cultural identity. Standing nearly 40 feet tall, the Eyo Monument was described by Governor Sanwo-Olu as…
By Ayomide Otitoju Islamic cleric Sheikh Abubakar Gumi has called on the Federal Government to immediately suspend all military cooperation with the United States following recent American airstrikes on ISIS-linked terrorists in Nigeria’s North-West on Christmas Day. In a post on his Facebook page on Friday, Gumi warned that foreign military intervention, particularly by the…
By Ayomide Otitoju The Federal Government has confirmed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu approved recent United States airstrikes against terrorist targets in Nigeria’s North-West region, describing the operation as a joint effort coordinated with Nigerian authorities. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, disclosed this on Friday, hours after the US Department of Defense and…
