By Christian Aburime Former National Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Barr. Sly Ezeokenwa, has been elected the National Chairman of the party. He was unanimously elected to the Office by over 300 delegates selected from 36 States of Nigeria at the 2023 APGA National Convention. Governor of Anambra State and National Leader of the party, Prof. ...

By Obi Aginam The World Health Organization designates every May 31 as “World No Tobacco Day” to create awareness on the impact of tobacco on human health. According to WHO, “nicotine contained in tobacco is highly addictive and tobacco use is a major risk factor for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, over 20 different types or subtypes of cancer, and many ...

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Nigeria is more divided than ever, and the politicians of Nigeria have gone completely mad. It is as though everybody is now totally beyond control. Nigerians have replaced the Constitution with just one word: Impunity. Of course in this matter of impunity there is no difference between the parties and the politicians because crossing party lines rampantly ...

  Less than 24 hours after President Bola Tinubu declared an end to fuel subsidy, the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit commonly known as petrol has skyrocketed to N600 per litre from N195/l in many parts of the country. The development equally triggered a 100 per cent hike in transport fares, while long queues resurfaced at fuel stations across ...

President Bola Tinubu has directed the Department of State Services (DSS) to immediately vacate the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Ikoyi, Lagos. In a statement, Tinubu’s media aide, Tunde Rahman, said the President gave the directive when reports that DSS officials stormed the EFCC office located on Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos on Tuesday, preventing officials ...

  NASCON Allied Industries Plc have recorded impressive growth in all performance indicators in the year ended December 31, 2022, with profit after tax surging by 84 percent, from N2.97 billion to N5.47 billion. Shareholders at the company’s 2022 annual general meeting (AGM) held at the weekend in Lagos commended the board and management of NASCON for consistent payment of ...

Immediate past Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has described his two terms as Nigeria’s number two citizen, as an incredible journey of service to the nation. Prof. Osinbajo, who was deputy to the immediate past President Muhammadu Buhari between May 29, 2015 and May 29, 2023, noted that he came into office eight years ago with the vision of ...

By Raymond Ozoji,  Awka Following zero tolerance to all forms of child abuse, sexual molestations against minors and rape related cases by the wife of the Governor of Anambra state, Dr. Mrs. Nonye Soludo, the Ministry of Women Affairs  and Social Welfare has declared unending war against all rapists and child molesters. This was the crux of the matter during ...

Former Vice President of Nigeria and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has mourned the passing of the founder of Africa Independent Television, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi. Atiku, in a statement signed by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, notes that the late Dokpesi was a trailblazer who reshaped the Nigerian business landscape in ...

•Governor enlists gender equality, social inclusion, youth in Dev’t agenda; takes oath with deputy  There is more progress to come as Lagos State steadily journeys into the unfolding dispensation, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu reassured Lagosians as he took the oath to kick off his second term, on Monday. The morning downpour could not water down the Governor’s will and determination to ...