By Ayomide Otitoju President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to supporting financial technology companies that provide payment infrastructure services for Nigerians and Africans. Speaking on Saturday in Abuja while receiving the leadership of Flutterwave and Alami Capital, the President emphasized his resolve to remove obstacles hindering business growth and foster an enabling environment…
By Ayomide Otitoju OSOGBO – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won all chairmanship and councillorship seats in the 30 local government areas (LGAs) of Osun State, as announced by the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC) on Saturday. The election proceeded despite warnings from the Nigeria Police Force and Attorney General of the Federation…
By Ayomide Otitoju The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Richard Mills, has refuted claims that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is funding Boko Haram or any other terrorist group. Speaking at a meeting with members of the Nigeria Governors Forum in Abuja on Wednesday night, Mills stated that there is no evidence…
By Ayomide Otitoju President Bola Tinubu on Thursday recounted how he once confronted former military ruler, General Ibrahim Babangida, accusing him of failing to make history by annulling the June 12, 1993, presidential election. Tinubu made the revelation at a book launch in honor of Babangida, who ruled Nigeria from 1985 to 1993 and is…
By Ayomide Otitoju A dramatic incident unfolded in the Nigerian Senate on Thursday, February 20, as Senate President Godswill Akpabio ordered Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, to leave the Red Chamber following a dispute over seating arrangements. The tension arose after Akpoti-Uduaghan’s designated seat was moved, a change she resisted. The Senate’s Chief Whip,…
Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, on Wednesday commended former U.S. President Donald Trump for attributing the Ukraine conflict to efforts to admit Kyiv into the NATO military alliance. Trump has repeatedly blamed the war on his successor, Joe Biden, insisting that the nearly three-year conflict would “never have started” had he been in office in…
By Ayomide Otitoju Controversial Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has been granted bail by the Isabo Magistrate Court in Abeokuta following his arraignment on multiple charges, including assault and obstruction of government officials. Portable surrendered himself to the Lagos State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID) on Wednesday after being declared wanted by the…
By Ayomide Otitoju Thirty-two years after the controversial annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election, former Nigerian Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd), has, for the first time, acknowledged that Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola won the historic poll. Babangida’s revelation is contained in his newly released 420-page autobiography, A Journey in Service:…
By Atomide Otitoju The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has strongly criticized the Benue State House of Assembly’s resolution directing Governor Hyacinth Alia to remove Justice Maurice Ikpambwese as the state’s Chief Judge, calling the move unconstitutional and a blatant violation of due process. In a statement issued on Wednesday and jointly signed by NBA President…
