President Bola Tinubu says there will be no development in Africa without peace and unity The president also said that peace, stability and democracy are the keys to Africa’s progress and development. Tinubu made this statement on Wednesday at a dinner organized in his honour by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea. The…
A group of women, disturbed by the worsening security situation in the Akoko area of Ondo State, have staged a peaceful protest, with some of them partially dressed, to condemn violent killings by suspected herdsmen. The women, mostly elderly, marched through the streets to express their distress over the frequent killings, kidnapping and destruction of…
The pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, says President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration is plunging Nigeria into an economic crisis that is worse than the Great Depression of 1929. The group stressed that Nigeria’s economic crisis is far worse than the 1929 Great Depression, noting severe declines in the value of the naira, real wages and overall…
The Chairman of the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission, OSSIEC, Hashim Abioye has warned that the scrapping of state electoral commissions for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct local government elections in Nigeria would lead to regret. Abioye gave this warning while featuring on a programme organised by the League of Veteran Journalists,…
The Ogun State Police Command has alerted members of the public of a notorious one-chance gang operating within Sagamu, Ijebu Ode to Mowe Expressway. Omolola Odutola, the command’s spokesperson, in the late hours of Wednesday, made the announcement. She said the command had received numerous complaints from residents, one of which involved a victim who…
Defence Headquarters has said it has deployed its troops to farmers across the Northern states, especially the North West, and North Central regions in Nigeria to ensure a hitch-free farming season and tackle food insecurity and inflation. Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj Gen Edward Buba disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. According to…
President Bola Tinubu has promised to make significant investments in the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria, DICON, to ensure it achieves its mandates before 2030. Tinubu made this promise at the 60th anniversary celebration of DICON and the maiden African Defence Industries Conference held in Abuja. The President, represented by the Secretary to Government of…
Some parts of Rivers and Bayelsa states will experience months of blackout after vandals destroyed thirteen Transmission Company of Nigeria’s towers along the Ahoada-Yenagoa 132kV Double Circuits. Ndidi Mbah, General Manager of Public Affairs, TCN, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. The TCN urged the governments of Rivers and Bayelsa states to assist it…
A farmer identified as Joshua Gbadamosi has been killed on his farm in Ifira-Akoko, Akoko South East Local Government Area of Ondo State. The body of the teenage farmer, which was discovered on his farm in the agrarian community, created tension among the people as they accused some herders of committing the crime. The gruesome…
The husband of Mrs. Favour Igiebor has disclosed that his wife did not tear his international passport as widely reported. Clarifying the incident, the man who featured in a viral video, said they were only acting a skit. In his latest video shared on the family’s Instagram page, the man begged Nigerians for understanding and…
