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Buhari: I Have Delivered The Change I Promised Nigerians

Buhari made the remarks while handing over keys to some new homeowners at the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) in Zuba, Federal Capital Territory (FCT). He handed over the keys shortly after the housing estate, which spans 18.5 hectares and includes 748 units of various house types in 75 blocks in Zuba, was inaugurated on Tuesday. The president urged the residents to live in peace and harmony, emphasising that the new housing estate is critical to...

Joe Igbokwe: If Osibanjo got party ticket, APC would have lost to Atiku

Joe Igbokwe, Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Drainages, has refuted former Kano Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi’s claim that Nigeria is worse off without someone like Vice President Yemi Osinbajo as president. Remember that Osinbajo ran for President of the All Progressives Congress, APC, against President-elect Bola Tinubu, former Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi, and others in May 2022. Sanusi, who spoke at the virtual launch of a book titled “Osinbajo Strides: Defining...

85 Abuja residents reject AEPB mobile court

About 90 Federal Capital City (FCC) residents who did not pay for cleaning and environmental services provided by the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) have avoided the mobile court sitting. Yesterday, the AEPB held a mass trial for waste management fee/dustbin provision defaulters at both commercial and residential properties. Only nine of the 94 people summoned for the trial obeyed the court’s order and appeared. However, after the trial, Arome Terkula, a prosecutor with the...

Senate looks into delay in issuing international passport

The Senate Committee on Interior will conduct an urgent investigation into the Nigeria Immigration Service’s (NIS) delays in issuing and renewing international passports. The committee will submit its report in two weeks. The resolution of the upper legislative Chamber followed a motion sponsored by Senator Lilian Ekwunife of the Anambra Central Senatorial District at a plenary on Tuesday. In her motion titled “Delay on issuance and renewal of Nigeria International Passport” by the Nigerian Immigration...

Wike declares public holiday in honour of Tinubu’s visit

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has declared Wednesday, May 3, a public holiday. The holiday is to allow people in the state to welcome President-elect Bola Tinubu, who will be in the state for two days to commission projects. Tinubu is scheduled to visit the state on Wednesday, May 3 and Thursday, May 4. When Tinubu campaigned for votes in the state before the last election, the governor promised to invite him to commission...

Fans choose Davido over Wizkid, Burna Boy as Nigerian musician who will do best concert ever

Nigerian musician Davido’s return to the scene with his Timeless concert in the country has enthralled music fans. The musician was named the Nigerian singer with the best concert ever in the country after a fantastic performance at his homecoming event in Lagos. On social media, a vote was established for its readers to choose between Wizkid, Burna Boy, and Davido as the musician who held the best concert in the country. Davido, the 30...

APC Chairman reveals how Amaechi, Giadom plotted against Tinubu.

Blessing Agbomhere, the All Progressives Congress (APC) South-South Zonal Organising Secretary, has accused former Transportation Minister Rotimi Amaechi of conspiring with his associates to thwart Bola Tinubu’s victory in the February 25 presidential election. According to reports, Agbomhere, who now serves as the party’s Acting Zonal Chairman, claimed that the recently removed Zonal Chairman, Victor Giadom, would no longer hold that position following a vote of no confidence against him and the former zonal secretary,...

Burna Boy, Tems, Others Attend 2023 Met Gala

Tems and Burna Boy, two Nigerian musicians who have won Grammy Awards, were among the hand-picked celebrities who were invited to attend the star-studded gathering of the fashion world that took place at the 2023 Met Gala. The Met Gala is a fundraising event that takes place each year for the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. It is traditionally held on the first Monday of May each year....

Edo APC suspends former Attorney General Idahagbon over anti-party activities

The All Progressives Congress (APC) continued its suspension spree in Edo State, as the party suspended former attorney general and commissioner for Justice, Henry Idahagbon, for alleged anti-party activities. The party leadership stated that the decision to suspend him was made following the submission of a report by the disciplinary committee established to investigate the former commissioner’s activities in accordance with Article 21 (B) of the APC constitution as amended (March 2022). Read Also: JAMB will...

Tinubu’s supporters advise him to focus on his first 100 days

Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been urged by the Progressive Solidarity for Asiwaju (PSA) to concentrate on the goals he will accomplish in his first 100 days in office. Chief Ibrahim Emokpaire, the group’s leader and a member of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), said that Tinubu is expected to do a lot for Nigerians and that he won’t let them down. Emokpaire reassured Nigerians that Tinubu would keep all of the commitments he made in...