Reflections on our love for foreign political processes at the expense of our local politics Donald J. Trump, the Republican candidate for the United States Presidential elections, has been re-elected president of the United States. Already, many world leaders, including…
Treason: Nigeria on trial, minors on trial — Promise Adiele
Wole Soyinka’s The Trial of Brother Jero and Ngugi wa Thiongo’s The Trial of Dedan Kimathi dramatise trial in different, compelling strata through creative literary imagination. While the lead character in Soyinka’s play Brother Jero is confronted with psychological and…
Court strikes out suit against #EndBadGovernance minors
Less than 24 hours after President Bola Tinubu ordered release of all #EndBadGovernance minors protesters in detention, a Federal High Court in Abuja, has struck out the suit against them. The court had earlier granted them N10 million bail with…
Dropping charge against minors: Falana urges Tinubu to also drop case against 101 protesters
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for directing the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Lateef Fagbemi SAN, to release minors arrested and facing prosecution over their alleged involvement in the…
Tinubu urged to assent to North Central Development Commission bill
The North Central Youth Council (NCYC) has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to support the establishment of North Central Development Commission (NCDC) by expeditiously assenting to the bill creating the commission into law when passed by the National Assembly. NCYC…
Tinubu congratulates Adeduntan, as FirstBank celebrates ex-Group CEO
President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Dr Adesola Adeduntan, the retired Group Chief Executive Officer of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, for his exceptional service at Nigeria’s oldest bank. In celebration of Adeduntan’s remarkable tenure, the 130-year-old FirstBank will host a…
Withheld salaries: Varsities’ non-academic staff strike continues, despite FG’s plea
Striking members of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, yesterday turned down persuasions from the Federal Government to call off the strike. The workers insisted that until…
Tinubu orders further austerity measures, caps official convoys
President Bola Tinubu has issued new directives limiting the size of official convoys and security details for federal officials in a sweeping move to reduce government spending, according to a State House statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the…
Know the new ministers; read their profiles
•Bianca Ojukwu In a major cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday, October 23, President Bola Tinubu, made significant changes to his ministerial team, sacking five ministers, redeploying 10 others, and nominating seven new candidates. The shake-up comes as a response to mounting…
FULL LIST: Wike, Matawalle, Oyetola, 28 others who survived Tinubu’s cabinet shake-up
President Bola Tinubu wielded his big stick on Wednesday, and like a surgeon in a theatre, he used his surgical knife, yanked off five ministers, redeployed 10 and appointed seven fresh nominees as ministers to replace the sacked ones as…