By Ayomide Otitoju The Take-It-Back Movement, led by activist Omoyele Sowore, has announced plans to stage a nationwide protest on June 12, rejecting what it described as the “hollow celebrations” of Democracy Day amid worsening insecurity and democratic decline. In a statement issued by the group’s National Coordinator, Juwon Sanyaolu, the movement condemned the annual…
By Ayomide Otitoju Vice President Kashim Shettima has reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to reviving its cocoa industry with a renewed focus on value addition through processing, rather than remaining a raw material-exporting nation. Shettima made the remarks during a meeting with the President of the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF), Chris Vincent, at the Presidential Villa in…
By Ayomide Otitoju Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on Monday fired back at a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees, Chief Bode George, following criticism over the PDP’s unpaid ground rent which led to the sealing of its national secretariat in Abuja. Chief George, in a televised interview…
By Ayomide Otitoju More than 1.3 million Muslim pilgrims have arrived in Mecca ahead of the 2025 hajj, as Saudi authorities ramp up heat mitigation efforts and security measures to safeguard worshippers amid soaring desert temperatures and a crackdown on unregistered pilgrims. The annual pilgrimage, which begins Wednesday, is taking place under intense conditions with…
By Ayomide Otitoju Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Monday lashed out at his predecessor and political rival, Rotimi Amaechi, over recent comments about hunger, accusing the former minister of seeking a return to power at all costs. Speaking during a media parley in Abuja, Wike described Amaechi’s statement as an…
By Ayomide Otitoju U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has expressed confidence that a trade agreement between the United States and India will be reached soon, potentially averting tariffs proposed by former President Donald Trump. Speaking at the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum on Monday, Lutnick said, “You should expect a deal between the United States and…
By Ayomide Otitoju The Presidency has begun the process of settling ₦2 trillion out of the ₦4 trillion in legacy debts owed to electricity generation companies (GenCos) for power supplied to the national grid. This was disclosed by a representative of the Special Adviser to the President on Energy, Olu Verheijen, during a Nigerian Electricity…
Nationalist historian Karol Nawrocki has won Poland’s presidential runoff election, defeating pro-European Union candidate Rafal Trzaskowski in a closely contested race that signals a political setback for the country’s centrist government. Official results released Monday by the National Election Commission showed Nawrocki securing 50.89% of the vote, while Trzaskowski, the pro-EU mayor of Warsaw, garnered…
By Ayomide Otitoju A new treatment has shown remarkable promise in nearly halving the risk of disease progression or death in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer, a less common form of the disease that has seen little therapeutic advancement in over a decade. The findings, presented Monday at the American Society for Clinical Oncology…