The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has said that it is certain that over three million Nigerian students who are eligible to vote in the forthcoming presidential election must be encouraged to perform their constitutional right of electing their leaders. Mr. Obi also expressed worries over the inability of some Nigerians in a few states, particularly ...

…commends NASS The Naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has brought mass suffering on the citizens of the country while the economy is in danger, the Lagos State House of Assembly has lamented. The lawmakers further noted that even though the policy was a good one, its timing was wrong as it had further thrown the ...

The Head of a Celestial Church of Christ parish stands in front of the church where worshippers were killed and valuables stolen by the Badoo gang in 2017. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images Oludayo Tade, University of Ibadan Violent cult gangs are well known in Nigeria. Though there are no statistics on their numbers and impact, Lagos State in ...

The Rivers state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says the attack on the Rivers APC governorship campaign rally grounds at Opobo this morning ahead of the arrival of Arc. Tonye Cole, the gubernatorial candidate, is yet another red flag to the boiling cauldron that the State political environment has become on the watch of Commissioner of Police, Okon ...

By Raymond Ozoji, Awka Just recently, a voice note  went viral on social media platforms where an individual named Ugobuzo Aguleri allegedly made despicable and unprintable allegations about the Anambra State Police Commissioner CP Echeng Eworo Echeng and the Commander in charge of the State Criminal Investigation Department Annex at Awkuzu in the person of CSP Chukwuemeka Patrick Agbazue, where ...

The NEO AFRICANA CENTRE, a public policy think tank, has expressed concern over the right of Nigerian students to vote in the forthcoming general elections. The presidential and National Assembly elections are scheduled to hold on 25th February, 2023, a date in which tertiary institutions in Nigeria will still be in session. The Centre is concerned that keeping the students ...

•Govt takes measures to stop truck accidents The Lagos State Government has commiserated with the families who lost their loved ones in the Ojuelegba truck accident on Sunday, January 29, 2023. In a statement on Monday signed by the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, the Lagos state government asked the Almighty God to console them and ...

Forward microfinance bank, Onitsha has begun a repositioning campaign to launch the bank into its rightful position in the market by electing a new board and commissioning the takeoff of a new banking application to make the services competitive. This was made known on Monday in a statement signed by the Company Secretary, Barrister Lizzy Anyaonu, and made available to ...

By Casmir Igbokwe These are not the best of times for the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The other day, the Director, Civil Society Liaison in the APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Hajia Naja’atu Muhammad, resigned from the PCC and the APC. She has been spilling the beans regarding her association with Tinubu. ...

By Anthony Echi Football tacticians and lay statisticians will tell you that when a player is sent off the pitch, the probability of the team losing widens by over 60% and it makes no difference whether they are playing at home or away. This is the situation facing Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the APC’s presidential flag bearer as his First Eleven ...