The President has put out an alert over what it has described as a smear campaign being planned “against Mr President and his office, by disgruntled political elements in the country, who have been shopping for pliant online media that…
*FG to close Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway*COVID-19 Spike: Sanwo-Olu tasks CDAs on fight against virus in grassroots (Vanguard)
FG to close Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway after Christmas (Punch) The Federal Controller of Works Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola on Tuesday announced a 72-hour total closure of the Third Mainland Bridge to cast concrete on the expansion joints. Popoola…
5 takeaways from the safe return of 344 Kankara schoolboys – Garba Shehu
The safe return of all 344 boys kidnapped from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, in Katsina State would be celebrated in any decent part of the world where empathy overrides cheap politics. And for a good cause. The outpouring…
*Man beheads friend over argument surrounding ingredients to make soup (Nation)*Lekki shootings: Another victim with amputated leg appears before panel (Punch)
Man beheads friend over argument surrounding ingredients to make soup (Nation) A 27-year old Indian hemp farmer, Owalum Benedict Ochin, has been remanded to prison custody by Akure Magistrate’s Court for beheading his friend and roommate identified as Ekon. Benedict…
Buhari at 78: If only we knew this president- Femi Adesina
Ask for a President beleaguered from all sides, and I’ll show you Muhammadu Buhari, the ramrod straight man from Daura, in Katsina State, who turns 78 today. In the build up to the 2015 presidential election, we used to say…
Nigeria as a forest of one million kidnappers – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Every Nigerian is now a kidnapper. When you do not see human beings to kidnap, you kidnap the truth. That is the Nigerian way of the here and now. I can prove it by swearing at the dreaded Okija…
The politics of 2023 and the Tinubu factor – Ehi Braimah
As the political permutations and momentum gathers steam for 2023, the presidential field is expanding as usual and it is being speculated that we may have the following politicians vying for the top prize: Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers State;…
*Gani Adams ‘ordained as Apostle’ at Saviour’s Ministeries in Lagos (Vanguard)*Lagos establishes LACE fish centre, targets 10,000 new jobs (Nation)
Gani Adams ‘ordained as Apostle’ at Saviour’s Ministeries in Lagos (Vanguard) The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, on Sunday, was ordained as an Apostle at the Saviour’s Ministries in Lagos. Speaking shortly after his ordination, Gani Adams said…
*Anxiety as Sanwo-Olu tests positive, El-Rufai in isolation amid second COVID-19 wave (Punch) *Don Moen, Sinach, Tope Alabi, Nathaniel Bassey, others lead worship at The Experience ’15 global (Guardian)
Anxiety as Sanwo-Olu tests positive, El-Rufai in isolation amid second COVID-19 wave (Punch) Nigerians are beginning to express anxiety due to reports of a likely second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, amid an economic recession and job losses reputedly caused…
South East must play better politics to get the ultimate office – Femi Adesina
The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina has said that South-East must play good politics if they truly want to get the ultimate office in the country, come 2023. Adesina disclosed this in his…
