President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Wednesday for Paris, France, on a private visit en route to Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital. While in France, Tinubu will meet with his French counterpart, President Emmanuel Macron. The President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday titled ‘President…
The last may not have been heard over the removal of the embattled former Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, as leaders of the Governor’s Advisory Council, GAC, of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Lagos visited President Bola Tinubu to brief him on the deadlock meeting with lawmakers on Tuesday. GAC convened…
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has called for peace and patience among residents of Rimin Zakara following a violent land dispute between the community and Bayero University, Kano (BUK), which led to the loss of lives. Speaking during a visit to the area upon his return from pilgrimage, Emir Sanusi expressed condolences to…
The Kebbi State Police Command has apprehended 165 illegal immigrants from Burkina Faso, Mali, Ivory Coast, Benin Republic, and Niger Republic, all found crammed into a three-bedroom flat in the Kuwait area of Birnin Kebbi. The arrests followed a tip-off that led detectives from the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) to the apartment, uncovering what…
Mexico on Tuesday began moving troops to its northern border as part of a 10,000-member deployment that President Claudia Sheinbaum promised US counterpart Donald Trump in exchange for a delay of his tariffs. “The deployment has already started,” Sheinbaum told reporters a day after announcing a last-minute deal with Trump to tighten measures against illegal…
The Federal Executive Council, on Tuesday, got interim reports on the integrity of 35 dams across the country and approved N80bn for the immediate reconstruction and expansion of the Alau Dam in Borno State. The Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. Joseph Utsev, revealed this when he briefed State House Correspondents after the 23rd…
President Donald Trump revealed an extraordinary plan Tuesday for the United States to take over the Gaza Strip, resettle Palestinians in other countries–seemingly whether they wanted to leave or not–and turn the territory into “the Riviera of the Middle East.”Trump made the stunning proposal to audible gasps during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime…
The federal government through its Presidential Metering Initiative PMI, is accelerating a nationwide rollout of seven million prepaid meters, starting this year. This is expected to finally put an end to the practice of estimated billing, giving consumers confidence in what they are paying for and ensuring transparency in electricity charges. Olu Arowolo Verheijen, Special…
The ongoing industrial unrest in Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company, KADECO, over the sack of 900 employees has entered the third day crippling operations of the company with no signs of ending. This came as the National Electricity Employees, NUEE, issued a January 10, deadline to KADECO recall all the sacked workers among others, threatening to…
The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has explained why she visited Generals Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida and Abdulsalami Abubakar (Rtd) today, at their Minna, Niger State residences. Accompanied by wife of Vice President, Hajiya Nana Shettima, the First Lady and her entourage were received at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Airport by the state Governor, Muhammed…
