The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdul-Rasheed Adewale Akanbi, has urged citizens to pay their taxes promptly to generate funds for the development of Osun State. He made this known when the governor, Gboyega Oyetola visited Iwo at the weekend in…
Party founded by Okorocha adopts Atiku as presidential candidate (Guardian)
A political party formed by Imo State governor Rochas Okorocha, Action Alliance (AA), has withdrawn its support for Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari and adopted presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party Atiku Abubakar for the February 16 election. “We are…
Atiku woos May, sells agenda to Britain (Guardian)
The People’s Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has taken his campaign to Britain, presenting his ideas while faulting the tenure of Nigeria’s incumbent president Muhammadu Buhari. Atiku, who will contest the February elections against Buhari and over 50 candidates,…
Akwa Ibom expresses willingness to pay new minimum wage (Guardian)
Akwa Ibom State governor Udom Emmanuel has said the state government was willing to pay its civil servants the proposed new minimum wage when enacted into law. “Minimum wage has never been an issue, it is just that it has…
Buhari names Mohammed Adamu as acting IGP (Guardian)
Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday named Mohammed Adamu as the acting inspector general of police following the statutory retirement of Ibrahim Idris. Idris, who retired after 35 years of active service, was appointed IGP on 21 March 2016. He…
Court halts trial of CJN (Guardian)
The planned trial of Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Walter Onnoghen at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) suffered a setback yesterday as a Federal High Court, Abuja, ordered a halt to proceedings.The CJN, who was facing a six-count charge…
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie joins Twitter (Guardian)
Multiple award-winning Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has officially joined Twitter. It is learnt that the renowned writer’s account will be handled by her team. According to her team: Over the past few months, we have been made aware of…
Why IGP tenure extension is not an issue – Lai Mohammed
Nigeria’s information and culture minister Lai Mohammed said there will be no cause for alarm if President Muhammadu Buhari decides to extend the tenure of current inspector-general of police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris. Buhari appointed Idris on 21 March 2016.…
Egypt’s Salah retains African Footballer of the Year Award (Guardian)
Egypt’s striker, Mohammed Salah yesterday in the island of Goree, Dakar, Senegal beat his Liverpool teammate, Sadio Mane of Senegal and Gabon’s Arsenal striker, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to retain the CAF African Footballer of the Year award he won last year.…
North Korea’s Kim ends Beijing visit as Trump summit looms (Guardian)
Kim Jong Un’s train left Beijing on Wednesday after the North Korean leader visited his key ally on a trip seen as a strategy session ahead of his expected summit with Donald Trump. Kim arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for…
