Some leaders of Afenifere, the Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, have berated a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, over his call for the review of the country’s revenue allocation formula.
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Supo Shasore breaks silence on alleged $10bn P&ID fraud case
Former Lagos State Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General, Supo Shasore, has broken the silence over allegations that he let down his nation by allowing himself to be corrupted by P&ID, while also corrupting some public
Read More »Babatunde Gbadamosi wins PDP senate ticket for Lagos East bye-election
A chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Babatunde Gbadamosi, on Saturday emerged as the party’s senatorial candidate for the forthcoming bye-election holding on October 31, 2020, after garnering a total of 529 votes
Read More »Nigerian student in UK secures seven-figure book deal
Faridah Abike-Iyimide, a 21-year-old Nigerian female student, attending Aberdeen University in the UK, has signed a seven-figure book deal for her first two young adult novels.
Read More »2023 presidency: Dumping zoning will kill Nigeria – Audu Ogbeh
Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Chief Audu Ogbeh, has warned politicians in the country not to, for any reason, jettison the zoning of the nation’s presidency in 2023, saying it is too early to jettison zoning, insisting
Read More »Serena targets 24th grand slam title, topples 2017 US Open champion Sloane Stephens
Serena Williams came from behind to thrash 2017 U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens, in the third-round on Saturday.
Read More »UN warns of famine risk in Nigeria, three other countries
The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned of a risk of famine and widespread food insecurity in Nigeria and three other African countries affected by conflict and the lives of millions of people are in danger.
Read More »DSS, IPOB and the Enugu killings – Thisday
Thousands of commuters were recently stranded in Enugu and environs as commercial bus drivers withdrew their services to protest the alleged killing of two of their colleagues in a bloody clash between Indigenous People of Biafra
Read More »FG’s offensive community policing initiative – Punch
Confronted with regional and local policing initiatives amid an unprecedented level of insecurity nationwide, the Federal Government continues to respond with obfuscation. Two recent federal interventions in state and regional
Read More »The controversial Water Resources Bill – The Sun
The reintroduction of the controversial National Water Resources Bill 2020 to the National Assembly has attracted condemnations from notable Nigerians and civil society groups. The critics of the bill have also expressed anger that the bill
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