Politics

President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday night, encouraged Nigerians in the Diaspora to return home and take advantage of the realities on ground, declaring that “Nigeria has arrived”. The President, who stated this during a Townhall Meeting with Nigerians in Diaspora in New York, United States of America, encouraged Nigerians in the U.S. to rise above failure by having a change …

A senior lawyer and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) has called on African countries to synergise and implement policies in the speech delivered by President Bola Tinubu at the 78th United Nations General Assembly, holding in New York, US, on Tuesday. Agbakoba, who applauded Tinubu as the first African leader to deliver a speech …

Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday visited President Bola Tinubu following his success at the Supreme Court. A seven-member panel of the apex court led by Justice John Okoro on Thursday validated Tinubu’s victory in the February 25 election. The panel dismissed the appeals filed by the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, …

The Federal Government declared on Wednesday that it has no concerns about a potential economic shutdown as the conclusion of the organised labor’s 21-day ultimatum draws near. This is despite the fact that last Monday’s negotiations came to a standstill because neither party could agree on the labour unions’ demands for the elimination of the petrol subsidy. The Minister of …

Embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has reportedly been released from the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja after meeting his bail conditions. Reports attributed to spokesman of the Centre, Adamu Duza said he confirmed the release of Emefiele on Friday after he met his bail conditions. This is coming a month after Justice Hamza …

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, said on Monday he was given the go-ahead by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders to accept President Bola Tinubu’s ministerial appointment. Wike, a former governor of Rivers State, was one of the 45 ministers inaugurated by President Tinubu on Monday. He fell out with the PDP before the last general …

The youth wing of the ruling party All Progressives Congress (APC) has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to consider the National Youth  Leader of the party, Dayo Isreal, for the position  Minister of Youth. President Tinubu on Monday swore-in  45 new ministers, but no minister was named for the ministry of youth. The youth wing said since assuming office 18 months …

The ongoing triangular saga between Ondo Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, Deputy Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa and the state’s lawmakers seems to be unending after the governor rejected an apology issued by the Deputy on Thursday. In order to prevent the impasse with the governor from further snowballing, Aiyedatiwa, apologised to Akeredolu over the recent political crisis in the state. At a media …

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called on the main opposition candidate, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, to congratulate the winner, President Bola Tinubu. In a statement issued on Friday, the Executive Director of MURIC, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, implored Atiku to display Islamic brotherhood and political maturity by congratulating the winner. Akintola said that politics …

The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, said on Wednesday night he would appeal the ruling of the governorship election petitions tribunal on the March 18 election in the state. The tribunal earlier on Wednesday nullified Yusuf’s victory in the election and declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Yusuf Gawuna, as the duly elected governor of the state. In the …