Senate presidency: Yari meets Buhari, asks APC to reward performance — not religion
Abdul’Aziz Yari, former governor of Zamfara state, says the incoming senate president deserves to come from the northern part of Nigeria. Speaking on Sunday in a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, Yari said the north provided the majority votes to ensure the All Progressives Congress (APC) clinched victory in the February […]
Only the blind would accept 2023 presidential election outcome, LP replies Lai
The Labour Party (LP) has accused Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, of pushing propaganda to Nigerians. Reacting to the minister’s statement where he asked opposition parties to desist from “bleating” about the outcome of the presidential election, the Labour Party said only the blind would accept the outcome of the 2023 presidential […]
Femi Adesina: Buhari served meritoriously… he’s not leaving Nigeria the way he met it
Femi Adesina, presidential spokesperson, says President Muhammadu Buhari served Nigeria “meritoriously” throughout his administration. Buhari was elected president of the country in 2015 and was returned to the seat for a second term in 2019. The eight-year tenure of the administration is billed to terminate on May 29. In a statement […]
Lagos demolishes 13 houses over ‘encroachment’ of airport land, ‘lack of building permits’
About 13 houses in Ajao estate and Shasha areas of Lagos have been demolished by the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LSBCA) and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). During a press briefing in Ikeja, on Friday, before the demolition exercise, Gbolahan Oki, the general manager of LASBCA, said most of the […]
Atiku: Minimum wage can no longer take workers to work and back home
Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the N30,000 minimum wage is no longer sufficient to meet the demand of an average Nigerian worker. In a statement issued on Sunday to felicitate with Nigerian workers on the occasion of the International Workers Day celebrated on May 1, Atiku asked […]
LP crisis deepens as factions disagree over planned NEC meeting
The Labour Party (LP) says the national executive council meeting planned by Lamidi Apapa-led faction is “illegal, fake and unauthourised”. The leadership of the party has been experiencing in-fighting since Apapa, who the party said has been suspended, declared himself the acting national chairman following the sack of Julius Abure by a court. […]
‘Unfounded speculation’ — CBN says no plan to phase out redesigned naira notes
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it is not contemplating the withdrawal of the recently redesigned naira notes. A report had emerged that the apex bank may phase out the new notes over scarcity. Isa Abdulmumim, CBN spokesperson, in a statement on Sunday, clarified that such speculations were unfounded. “The […]
NPC: Why we rescheduled census
The National Population Commission (NPC) has given reasons why the 2023 census was postponed. On Saturday, Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, announced that the census had been postponed and that the NPC would announce the new date. The postponement of the census comes a few weeks after the commission assured Nigerians of […]
Lagos takes delivery of electric buses for public transport — first state to do so
The Lagos government has taken the delivery of the first set of electric buses for public transportation in the state. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, announced the delivery of the electric buses in a statement released on Sunday. Speaking on the benefits of the electric buses, Sanwo-Olu said the vehicles will reduce […]
NDLEA busts Adamawa factory ‘supplying illicit drug to Cameroon, Niger’
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have raided a factory producing Akuskura, a psychoactive substance, in the Mubi area of Adamawa state. Akuskura is a psychoactive drug which is made of herbs laced with tobacco and cannabis. In a statement on Sunday, Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson, said the […]