Author: Akintayo Adams

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has responded to comments credited to Professor Olúwọlé Akinwande Soyinka, Nigeria’s Nobel Laureate. Professor Soyinka had earlier said Obi is unfit to govern Nigeria. Obi, reacting to the statement said he would always want younger ones to respect him when he gets to age of Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka. He made the statement while fielding questions on Arise Television’s News programme on Wednesday. “Well, quite frankly, I will not make any comment on that. Wole Soyinka is a father. I have a policy as a father:…

The Cross River State Police Command says it is currently detaining a corporal, Buba Adamu, who refused to report to duty after being transferred in 2015. The command’s spokesperson, SP Irene Ugbo, confirmed Adamu’s detention while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar on Wednesday. She revealed that Adamu had been receiving his salaries and entitlements for about nine years despite not reporting to his place of posting in Kaduna State. “The said officer was transferred from Cross River to Kaduna State in 2015, but no one knew he didn’t report to his new station. “There are…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has responded to the viral video of him slipping while trying to get on the presidential parade vehicle at Eagles Square in Abuja. According to the President, he was only being “respectful” as he was performing a customary greeting called “dobale” to mark Democracy Day. Tinubu made this known during the state Banquet Dinner at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to mark this year’s Democracy Day. With a dash of humour, Tinubu said, “Early this morning, I had a swagger and it’s on the social media. They were confused about whether I was doing Buga or doing…

The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 31-year-old man, Yusuf Adenoyin, for allegedly having eight dry human skulls at Isua-Akoko in Akoko South West Local Government Area of the state. Mr Abayomi Oladipo, Commissioner of Police in Ondo state, said this in a statement made available to newsmen by the command’s spokesperson, SP Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, in Akure, the state capital. “On June 10, 2024, at about 0800hrs, personnel attached to Police Safer Highway Patrol at Isua/Epinmi checkpoint while performing their lawful duty flagged down a Nissan Salon car en route Akure,” she said. “While the vehicle was being searched,…

The presidency has disclosed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is just a human being like others in reaction to his slip earlier today at Eagle Square, Abuja. Posting on his X handle @aonanuga1956, special adviser to the president on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said President Tinubu is not a superman. “President Tinubu is not a Superman. He is human like all of us. President Biden has had several slips in the last three years. Even the younger Barack Obama slipped while President. Political leaders are human. Slipping should not detract from the import of Democracy Day celebration,” Onanuga had…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said the organised labour did not agree on any specific figure as the new minimum wage. NLC was reacting to President Bola Tinubu’s claims that an agreement had been reached on new national minimum wages. During his nationwide broadcast to mark Democracy Day, Tinubu hinted that a consensus had been reached on the long-debated new minimum wage between the Federal Government and organised labour. He also promised to send the Minimum Wage Bill to the National Assembly in no distant time. However, in a statement, the acting President of Nigeria Labour Congress, Prince Adewale…

The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, on Wednesday, urged the Organized Labour to avoid losses of jobs by accepting a realistic and sustainable wage. The Minister said this at the opening of the 2024 Synod of the Charismatic Bishops Conference of Nigeria in Abuja. “As I have repeatedly said, the Federal Government is not opposed to the increase of wages for Nigerian Workers but we keep on advocating for a realistic and sustainable wage system for the workers – a wage system that will not undermine the economy, lead to mass…

The Federal Government of Nigeria is seeking a new loan from the World Bank. It is a $2.5bn loan. Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu, who gave a reason for the loan says the proposed 2024 supplementary budget would be partly financed with the ₦50 billion Presidential Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) currently held by the National Sovereign Wealth Investment Authority (NSWIA). He, however said that the ₦50 billion was not sufficient to fund the ‘Renewed Hope Transformational Projects’, prompting the Federal Government to seek a $2.5 billion loan from the World Bank. He made this known while briefing…

Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has jumped to President Bola Tinubu’s defence after he slipped at the Eagles Square in Abuja. According to Sani, the United States President, Joe Biden; and former President of Cuba, Fidel Castro, suffered the same fate. “Not Just President Tinubu,anyone alive can trip and fall; it happened to President Biden and Fidel Castro. Presidents are human beings and mortals,” he wrote on X. Earlier today, Tinubu slipped at the Eagles Square, venue of the 2024 Democracy Day celebration. Tinubu slipped while boarding the parade vehicle. Get instant and latest news updates via Our WhatsApp Community or Google…

Aggrieved citizens on Wednesday, in some parts of Nigeria, staged protests against the current state of the country. They took to the streets to protest against the hunger and economic hardship. In Lagos State, some protesters who gathered in Ikeja said it’s time for President Bola Tinubu’s administration to be removed from power. They stressed that “Nigerians can’t feed their families comfortably under Tinubu”. The protesters displayed placards bearing messages such as, ‘President Tinubu, let the poor breath’, and ‘Reverse all anti-people, Neoliberal policies of privatisation’. In a similar development, in Abuja, aggrieved Nigerians gathered under the Berger Bridge to…