Democracy Day: APC tackles Atiku, PDP over Tinubu’s criticisms

The ruling All Progressives Congress, on Tuesday, faulted former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and his Peoples Democratic Party for blaming President Bola Tinubu for the current economic hardship in the country. In two separate statements issued in Abuja on Tuesday to commemorate Nigeria’s Democracy Day, celebrated annually on June 12, both Atiku and the PDP…

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Akpabio chides NOA for circulating wrong national anthem

The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday, called out the National Orientation Agency for teaching Nigerians the wrong version of the newly adopted old National Anthem. Akpabio noted that what the agency was circulating was different from the one approved by the Senate. The Senate after deliberations had gone on executive sessions for over two…

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FG to subsidise CNG conversion kits by 50%

The Federal Government has rolled out plans to subsidise Compressed Natural Gas vehicle conversion kits by 50% for road transport union members across the country. The Programme Director and Chief Executive of the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative, Michael Oluwagbemi, disclosed this at the Northern stakeholders engagement held on Tuesday in Kaduna. According to Oluwagbemi,…

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S’Court begins sitting as states counter FG on LG funds

The Attorneys- General of the 36 states have filed an objection to the local government funds suit instituted by the Federal Government at the Supreme Court. The Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of Gombe State, Zubairu Umar, in an interview with The  on Tuesday, confirmed that the 36 states were challenging the Supreme Court’s…

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BREAKING: Veteran Nollywood actor Sule Suebebe is dead

Veteran Nollywood actor, Dayo Adewunmi, popularly known as Sule Suebebe, is dead. The Yoruba actor died on Wednesday morning at an undisclosed hospital in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The news of his death was announced by a popular Ibadan-based cleric, Pastor Ademola Amusan, also known as Agbala Gabriel, who had been caring for the…

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Key Highlights as Tinubu Celebrates 25 Years of Democracy with Promises, Tributes

President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, delivered a national broadcast in celebration of Democracy Day, marking 25 years of uninterrupted democratic governance. In his address, Tinubu touched on the nation’s democratic journey, honoured past heroes, and laid out his vision for Nigeria’s future. Summary of Key Takeaways From The Full Speech: Celebration of Democracy: Tinubu marked the…

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‘No victory over dictators without them,’ Tinubu hails PUNCH, others on Democracy Day

President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, paid a glowing tribute to some media organisations for their fight and doggedness for a return to democracy during the military regime. In his Democracy Day speech, Tinubu also commended some Nigerian journalists alongside some pro-democracy activists who mounted barricades to protest against the military. The President particularly mentioned some…

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