A member of the House of Representatives, Adedeji Dhikrullahi Olajide has advised the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, to take urgent action to reduce accidents on Nigerian roads. Olajide made this declaration while reacting to yesterday’s road accident that occurred in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. No fewer than sixteen people lost their lives as a result…
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen on Wednesday reacted to the controversial Counter Subversion Bill, which he sponsored in the house. Tajudeen argued that similar legislation obtains in other climes with varied appellations, citing the United Kingdom, Spain, India, Turkey, Canada, and Australia, among others. The Speaker stressed that the Bill does not…
Nigeria’s Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, has said the United Kingdom-funded National Health Service will struggle to survive without Nigerian medical professionals. Pate disclosed this while speaking during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today program on Tuesday. The Minister spoke on the heels of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s approval of the…
Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH) has appointed Dr Steven Anu’ Adesemoye as the new Ag. Head of Department, Mass Communication, effective 1st August 2024. Adesemoye, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication, brings a wealth of experience in screen and culture, public relations, and narrative media production to his new…
Activist lawyer, Femi Falana, has accused those brandishing Russian flag and calling for the ousting of President Bola Tinubu’s administration of committing treason. Falana warned those behind the act to desist because brandishing Russian flag during protest was an abuse of constitutional rights. Addressing newsmen on Monday, the lawyer said protesters have the right to…
The Nigerian Government has placed sponsors of the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests on a watchlist. The Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Immigration Services, NIS, Kemi Nandap, made this known at Defence Headquarters on Tuesday in Abuja, where she spoke at a strategic meeting convened by the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa. She said the persons,…
A group, Initiative For Social Rights Concerns And Advancement, ISRCA, has urged the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Federal Government, to as a matter of urgency, reduce petrol pump price. It opined that this would not only reduce poverty but drastically bring down the prices of commodities in the market. This is contained in a statement…
Popular crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has been released from prison. Recall that the EFCC had on April 5 secured the conviction of Bobrisky, for mutilating naira notes. Okuneye was charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on four counts bordering on naira abuse. He pleaded guilty before Justice A.O. Awogboro of…
Elder statesman Chike Obidigbo has once again called the attention of President Bola Tinubu and other well-meaning Yoruba people and Nigerians to what he described as the misguided activities of some unrepentant Yoruba ethnic bigots, who are championing the ejection of Igbo from Lagos and the entire Yoruba land. He wondered why people threaten their…
Despite pleas from the president to suspend all forms of protests, some #Endbadgovernance protesters, on Monday, took to the streets, holding Russian flags near the Nyanya bridge in Abuja. The trend was first observed in Kano, on the first day of the protest. On Saturday, the protesters defied a 24-hour curfew to carry out their protest,…
