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A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Shehu Sani on Sunday said Nigerian politicians fear western sanctions more than the local laws. He stated this during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics on the heels of the visit of the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja. […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo believes the slow process of dispensing justice in the country must be urgently addressed. He made the remark on Friday when he chaired a Wole Olanipekun & Co., WOC, Justice Summit on Justice Sector Reforms in celebration of the 70th birthday of Wole Olanipekun, SAN, in Lagos. Describing the issue of […]

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has asked Nigerians to wait till January 2022 for the National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, to declare whether he will be running for president in 2023 or not. Fashola said this during an interview on Channels Television’s programme ‘Hard Copy’ aired on Friday. […]

The United States has once again warned that it may stop rendering military assistance to Nigeria if the country fails to protect human rights. The US Secretary of States, Antony Blinken, who gave the warning, also urged the federal and Lagos State governments to sanction any individuals found to have violated human rights during the […]

The President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, on Friday narrated the pain of how he watched his brother, Sani Dangote, die. He described the experience as tormenting. Dangote disclosed this when a former Governor of Lagos State and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, paid a condolence visit to the family in […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to consider the request for the release of Nnamdi Kanu after meeting with a group of leaders from the South East under the aegis of Highly Respected Igbo Greats. He made the pledge on Friday when he received the delegation led by a First Republic parliamentarian and former Minister of […]

Super Eagles Head Coach, Gernot Rohr, will know his fate next week, the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has said. The minister gave the hint during the weekly ministerial briefing in Abuja on Thursday, days after Nigeria endured a nervy 1-1 draw with minnows, Cape Verde, to book a spot in the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the report of the panel the Lagos State government set up to probe police brutality. After the violence that broke out during the protest which held for weeks at Lekki tollgate in Lagos, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu had set up a panel to look into issues that happened. The panel […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to the country after 16 days of official engagements in Europe and South Africa. The President arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Tuesday evening from Durban, South Africa, where he had attended the 2nd Intra-African Trade Fair 2021. Before the South Africa visit, he had participated in […]

Former National Chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Senator Victor Umeh, says Anambra State is not Imo. Umeh said this while reacting to the threat of Senator Andy Uba, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in last week’s election, to challenge APGA’s victory. Uba had alleged that APGA did not win the […]

The United States Embassy in Nigeria has announced November 24 as date for the opening of international student visa applications. The embassy said it expected heavy surge, following the lifting of travel curbs for vaccinated travellers. US travel restrictions were first imposed in early 2020 to check the spread of COVID-19. With the US presidential […]

Babatunde Fashola, minister for works and housing, says he does not know what happened to the video camera he recovered at the Lekki tollgate after the #EndSARS protests. Following the Lekki tollgate shooting in October 2020, Fashola, while visiting the scene alongside fellow ministers and south-west governors, discovered a hidden camcorder which he said must have been […]

Reno Omokri took to his Twitter handle to send an important memo to celebrities… ”You say you are a celebrity. So you get money. First thing you buy is a Range Rover. Next are designers. Then you flying First class. No problem. But don’t start accusing your fans of ingratitude when you become broke in […]