The National Council of State swiftly approved President Bola Tinubu’s nomination of Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan, SAN, as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday. Yakubu’s reign was coming to an end, and it was time to replace him. He nearly completed his two 10-year terms […]
Politics
The presiding judge, James Omotosho, ordered the NMA president to form an investigating panel to determine the defendant’s health status in a ruling on September 26. While rendering a decision on a request to transfer Kanu from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) to the National Hospital […]
Amid scandals involving his academic records and claims of certificate fabrication, Geoffrey Nnaji, the Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, resigned from President Bola Tinubu’s government. In a letter to the President on Tuesday, Nnaji, who was appointed in August 2023, announced his retirement while thanking him for the chance […]
Dr. Doyin Abiola, a trailblazing journalist, one of Nigeria’s most prominent media professionals, and the former managing director and editor-in-chief of National Concord, has away at the age of 82. She was one of the wives of Chief MKO Abiola, the late victor of the June 12 presidential election. Known […]
Kemi Badenoch, the leader of the British Conservative Party, has once again faced criticism after acknowledging that her time in a Federal Government Girls College in Sagamu, Ogun State, was like being imprisoned. Despite having grown up in Lagos State, in the South-Western region of the country, Badenoch, who […]
Peter Obi, the former presidential candidate for the Labour Party, has criticized the Federal Government for continuing to bestow national honors on politicians and has called for the honoring of those who have actually contributed to the advancement of the country. Obi pushed for a reexamination of the national award-giving […]
Dr. Gift Worlu, the Commissioner for Housing, also submitted his resignation letter on Wednesday, only hours after Prof. Chinedu Mmom, the Commissioner for Education, and Ben-Golden Chioma, the Commissioner for Environment, did the same. One of the reasons Prof. Mmom resigned was the poisonous environment. He stated: “I hereby formally […]
The names of the initial group of eight Commissioner nominees have been sent to the Benue State House of Assembly by Governor Hyacinth Alia for screening and approval. This occurred less than 48 hours after the governor fired Mr. Paul Biam, his former commissioner and chief of staff, and […]
The Federal Government has authorized the National Industrial Relations Policy, NIRP, 2025, to prevent strikes in an effort to reduce the constant industrial activities by trade unions. This occurred as the administration announced the withdrawal of the controversial circular that sparked the current health workers’ strike. Today, the administration will […]
Citing a break from the party’s core values, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a political organization he helped create in 1998. Atiku announced his resignation with immediate effect in a letter dated July 14 that was sent to the PDP chairman in […]