The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Abuja chapter on Wednesday prevented Noble Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon Rtd and former Education Minister, Dr Oby Ezekwesili from speaking at an anti-corruption event.…
Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo has declared himself “an Urhobo man.” Obasanjo said he is “an adopted son of Oginibu,” an Urhobo Town in Ughelli South, Delta State. He said this while speaking at the 40th remembrance anniversary of His…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has pledged to give women a strong representation in his government, if elected in 2019. Abubakar made the pledge during an interactive session with Nigerian Women on Wednesday in Abuja. The…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday reiterated that he will not hold on to power if he is defeated at the 2019 presidential election. President Buhari made the assertion at the 3rd Coronation Anniversary of the Olu of Warri Kingdom, HRM.…
Following the detention of Doyin Okupe, former aide to immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, a group known as Patriotic Nigerians, has described his continuous detention as an allege attempt to silence the…
The Oyo State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has admonished the Federal Government to pay the new minimum wage before the 2019 elections. Waheed Olojede, the Chairman of NLC in Oyo, made the remark during the 2018 Pension…
The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has condemned the arrest of 51 suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, who held procession in Jewish regalia on some streets of Umuahia, the Abia…
The Enugu State government has declared its commitment towards the full implementation of the Child’s Right Act. This was disclosed by the State’s Commissioner for gender affairs, Mrs. Peace Nnaji, while speaking as a special guest during the closing ceremony…
Nigerian Elections Debate Group (NEDG) and the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) have named only five political parties, to participate in 2019 vice presidential and presidential debates. According to a statement signed by the Executive Secretary of the NEDG, Eddi…
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, has cried out over his exclusion from signing the Peace Accord agreement of presidential candidates ahead of 2019 election. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Tuesday alongside over 68 other…