Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has vowed to ensure that Russian troops have no single safe location on Ukrainian soil amid the ongoing war. Zelenskyy said Ukrainian soldiers are improving in the war against Russia as soldiers are destroying their enemy’s infantry and armoured vehicles. The president spoke in a statement he posted on his X…
The Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Sam Amadi, on Tuesday, said it looks like a tragedy to be a citizen of Rivers State. Amadi said it would be resurrection if sanity returned to Rivers State. Posting on X, the public affairs analyst wrote: “It looks like a tragedy to be…
The Kogi State House of Assembly has urged Governor Usman Ododo to beef up security around all Tertiary Institutions in the state to avert the kidnap of students by gunmen. The lawmakers gave the charge during plenary on Tuesday, in Lokoja. A motion of urgent public importance by t The member representing Adavi State constituency…
A former presidential candidate, Professor Pat Utomi, has said the proposed mega party would be a movement of values and not a typical political party. Utomi made this statement while speaking in an interview with Arise Television on Tuesday, monitored by DopeTV. “My first point of call is to create this new tribe and the…
Tokunbo Wahab, the Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources in Lagos State is widely believed by many as a breath of fresh air in the nation’s politics. The trained lawyer hit the ground running immediately after he was appointed as commissioner after his tenure as a Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on…
The Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Oba Adeyemo Adejugbe on Monday lamented the poor state of the environment in most of the markets in Ekiti State. The monarch equally condemned the poor maintenance culture on the part of some market users. Adejugbe particularly bemoaned the near total absence of amenities, especially toilets and water sources in the…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has discovered two illegal bunkering sites in Rivers State. A statement by the NSCDC spokesperson, Babawale Afolabi on Monday, disclosed that the sites were located at Odagwa-Owaza riverside boundaries of Rivers and Abia while the other was at Etche local government area of Rivers State. Afolabi said…
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has called for transparency, accountability and the elimination of unnecessary expenditures to cut down on the cost of governance in the country. Akpabio made the call on Monday at a one-day dialogue on the cost of governance in Nigeria organized by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, on Monday hosted his Labour Party, LP, counterpart, Peter Obi. Posting on X, Atiku wrote: “It was my honour and privilege to host @PeterObi today. -AA” During the 2019 presidential election, Obi was Atiku’s presidential running mate. But the former Anambra State…
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has congratulated the World record holder, Tobi Amusan, for emerging as the fastest woman in the women’s 100m hurdles this year after running a blistering 12.40s to win the first Jamaica Athletics Invitational in Kingston. Amusan won the race ahead of Jamaican and world champion, Danielle Williams. Abiodun, in…
