The Nigerian Senate has been urged to expedite the passage of the bill on non-custodial sentences as part of efforts to reform the country’s criminal justice system and address the persistent issue of overcrowded correctional facilities. The call was made on Wednesday during a justice sector forum in Abuja, where civil society organisations, legal practitioners, […]
Vice President Kashim Shettima has declared cassava a major driver of Nigeria’s new industrial strategy, stating that the crop is central to the Federal Government’s plans to reduce import dependence, promote agro-processing, and boost economic diversification. Speaking in Abuja at the 2025 World Cassava Day event, Shettima announced that the government’s cassava bioethanol initiative could […]
Prominent elders and leaders in Rivers State have called on the Federal Government to ensure the full restoration of democratic institutions in the state, following the reconciliation between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. The elders, under the auspices of the Rivers Elders and Leaders Forum, made […]
ABUJA, FCT JULY 3, 2025 PRESS STATEMENT The vaunted opposition coalition platform of choice, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) was unveiled yesterday, Wednesday, July 2, 2025 with a gasping whimper, not the roar that its promoters loudly touted. However, in reality, it was an unveiling of a coalition of hoaxers and self-obsessed merchants of vendetta, […]
1. Alhaji Atiku Abubakar Atiku was vice president for eight years between 1999 and 2007. He was the head of Obasanjo privatisation programme where he sold a national asset ALSCON built for $3.3bn for a paltry $250m to a Russian friend. He is 78 years old. 2. Senator David Mark He retired as a Brigadier […]
Bashir Ahmad, former President Muhammadu Buhari’s Digital Media aide, has clarified the ex-president’s health condition amid circulating reports of a critical illness. Ahmad confirmed that Buhari is unwell and receiving medical attention but is stable and responding positively to treatment. The reports suggesting Buhari was critically ill and admitted to the Intensive Care […]
PRESS RELEASE FROM LABOUR PARTY … Desperate politicians can’t birth new Nigeria Former Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Gregory Obi has received a 48 hour ultimatum to formally resign his membership of the Labour Party having formally joined the coalition party. Labour Party while reiterating its disinterestedness in joining the coalition said […]
Seven members of the House of Representatives from Akwa Ibom State have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), marking a significant shift in the state’s political landscape. The defectors include six lawmakers from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Unyime Idem, Martins Esin, Paul Ekpo, Uduak Odudoh, Okpolu Etteh, and Bassey Okon […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, African Democratic Congress (ADC) Emblem, and Atiku Abubakar, The Presidency has forecasted that the newly established opposition coalition, formed in anticipation of the 2027 elections, will soon be beset by internal discord due to the irreconcilable personal ambitions of its principal leaders. In a statement released on Thursday by Bayo […]
The Lagos State Government has temporarily suspended enforcement of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) lane regulations along the Eko Bridge and Odo Iya-Alaro corridors. The decision follows ongoing rehabilitation works on the expansion joints of the Ifako Bridge along the Third Mainland corridor, which have significantly impacted vehicular flow into the mainland. […]
