EDUCATION AND ASUU STRIKE Schooling in Nigeria could be very frustrating with the incessant strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) which kept students at home, with many spending extra years to complete their academic programmes. According to a report that documented the issue, since Nigeria’s return...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC) and President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as he clocks 71, March 29, 2023, with history beckoning to lead the country from May 29th. The President congratulatory message in contained in a...
At the doorsteps of Nigeria’s political independence, Nigerian leaders such as Obafemi Awolowo, Nnamdi Azikiwe, and Ahmadu Bello were viewed by people with less than adequate degree of perception as the “founding fathers of Nigeria”. Fifty-five years after Nigeria’s political independence, President Buhari, in his inaugural speech on May...
SPORT Sport, particularly football is a lifestyle in Nigeria. It’s one of the few endeavours that have fostered a sense of national cohesion among the country’s heterogeneous population. Whenever a Nigerian team is playing, no one will ever bother to know which tribes the players are from. Many Nigerians...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Vice President-elect, Senator Kashim Shettima has said that for Nigeria to maximize its enormous potentials inherent in the country, its citizens must rid themselves of divisive politics. Shettima stated this on Saturday when the executive members of the Borno State’s chapter of the...
The Presidency says President Muhammadu Buhari is eager to commence his retirement after handing over of the mantle of leadership to President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, on May 29. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman disclosed this in a statement on Friday, reacting to a story published by the Sahara...
A prominent Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Ahmed Raji, has called on Nigerians not to be hoodwinked by politicians to ”paint the judiciary in bad light”, so as to achieve their personal interests. Raji is the National President of the Oke-Ogun Development Consultative Forum (ODCF), the umbrella body...
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has joined the race for the 10th Senate Presidency. Umahi said this on Wednesday in Abakaliki when he addressed members of the state executive council, saying that he was eminently qualified for the position. “I appeal to the party’s national leadership, the president-elect and...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – NIgerian President-elect, Senator Bola Tinubu has congratulated the elected governors and assembly members for earning the mandate of the people in the March 18 Governorship and state assembly elections. Senator Tinubu in a statement on Tuesday, also called on the elected governors and assembly...
The National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) Renewal Group on Monday condemned the threat by the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) in diaspora to expel the president-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu. National president of the renewal group in Nigeria, Prof. Atilade Adeeyo, stated at Oye-Ekiti that the threat issued by the United States...
A prophet is regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God. But is Tinubu also among the prophets? For the strategists and those close to the President – Elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, if there is something they must encourage him not to stop doing; it...
The race for the Speakership of the 10th Assembly has begun in earnest, following the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the poll, which produced Sen. Bola Tinubu as the President-elect on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC),...
‘Tinubu’s victory stands’ was the declaration of the Presidency as it replied to PDP, LP, and others on 9th March 2023, in a press conference. The Presidency has said despite the alleged shoddy and shady conduct of the presidential election and the harsh criticism against the Independent National Electoral...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Presidency says the recently conducted presidential election scheduled for February 25, 2023, was an improvement on past elections and due credit should be given to the government and people of this country. The Senior Special Assistant to the President, (Media & Publicity), Malam...
Across the land, Bola Tinubu is fondly called Asiwaju— the Lagos title for a leader, it depicts his strong character. Bola Tinubu is highly-talented in getting talents out of unexpected. Haven identified many talents to the development of Lagos and those talents, it was time to rally round him...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has debunked a news report published in The Nation newspaper of Monday, March 13, 2023 edition, alleging that he has launched a “fresh plot against President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Mr. Emefiele debunked the report in a statement...
The Tinubu Shettima Diaspora Network (TSDN), an APC support group, has appealed to Bola Tinubu, the President-elect, to consider loyalty, commitment and competence in selecting members of his cabinet. Dr Uche Ogbonnaya, the group’s Director-General, made the appeal while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday...
In a bid to retain power beyond 2015, former president Goodluck Jonathan ran a campaign with a somewhat foolish and simplistic slogan: “Neighbour to Neighbour”. I believe the aim of it all was to emphasize the sense of communal good neighbourliness that had been the kernel of national unity...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria (COCSON) and National Association of Nigerian Youths Leaders (NANYL) have called on the leadership of the APC and the red chamber of the National Assembly to consider electing Senator Osita Izunaso as the next Senate President....
Mr Ade Omole, Director of Diaspora, All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), has assured the party’s members that it will win in the Presidential Election Tribunal. He gave the assurance at a dinner organised by the directorate to appreciate its members and to thank God for the...