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A former Peoples Democratic Party presidential aspirant in the 2023 general elections, Sam Ohuabunwa, has said the events in the last year have suggested that President Bola Tinubu was right in removing the contentious fuel subsidy regime. The immediate past President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria made the statement when he was featured as…

The Minister of State for Education, Yusuf Sununu, has disclosed that the Ministry of Education has set up a seven-man committee to probe the bullying incident in Lead British International School, Abuja. As seen in two viral videos over the internet late Monday, a female student (names withheld) was seen bullying her female colleague (names…

Burkina Faso has suspended several international news organisations, some of them for an indefinite period, said a statement from communications regulator the CSC. Among those named in the weekend order are French newspaper Le Monde, British publication The Guardian, German broadcaster Deutsche Welle and French broadcaster TV5 Monde. They were suspended for reporting on a…

The ruling Peoples Democratic Party in Oyo State has won all the chairmanship seats in the 33 local government areas of the state. The local government election was conducted on Saturday by the Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission. The OYSIEC, Isiaka Olagunju (SAN), who announced the results of the poll on Sunday at the OYSIEC’s…

The people of Obbo Aiyegunle in Kwara State have expressed bitterness that their neighbouring Eda Oniyo community in Ekiti State is laying claim to the land they gave Eda people to farm. Obbo Aiyegunle people, under the aegis of Obbo Aiyegunle  Descendants Union, accused the monarch of Eda Oniyo, the Eleda of Eda, Oba Julius…

The Nigerian Air Force says the air components of Operations Whirl Punch and Delta Safe on Saturday, knocked out terrorists’ hideouts in Niger and destroyed illegal oil refining sites in the Niger Delta. The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, AVM Edward Gabkwet, in a statement on Sunday, that 18 illegal refining sites were destroyed…

The immediate-past governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, on Sunday, asked his counterpart in Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, to come out of his hiding and answer his case with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Bello has been having a running issue with the EFCC, which declared him wanted after he failed to show up…

The Economic Community of West African States has dispatched 40 observers to oversee the legislative and regional elections in Togo scheduled for April 29, 2024. The regional bloc announced this in a statement on Sunday. Led by former Gambian Vice-President Fatoumata Jallow-Tambajang, the observers include ambassadors, representatives from ECOWAS institutions, civil society members, media professionals,…

The House of Representatives is set to revisit some proposed alterations to the 1999 Constitution (as amended) either rejected by past parliaments, state Assemblies or not assented to by former Presidents. The Deputy Speaker of the House, Benjamin Kalu, disclosed this on Saturday while delivering his remarks at a joint retreat for the secretariats and…

President Bola Tinubu said, on Sunday, that Nigeria would have gone bankrupt if his administration had not discontinued fuel subsidy payments. He said though the policy came with economic pains, it was in the best interest of Nigerians. Tinubu spoke at the Special World Economic Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Upon assuming office last May,…

The Eselu of Iselu kingdom, in Yewa North Local Government area of Ogun State, Oba Akintunde Akinyemi, has said that the country is currently in dire need of genuine democracy and not state police, as being clamoured for by Nigerians. Furthermore, Oba Akinyemi urged President Bola Tinubu to dialogue with those agitating for the Yoruba…