The speakership crisis rocking the Lagos State House of Assembly might be resolved soon as the intervention of heavyweights in the All Progressives Congress may be leading to a headway. According to reports, the impeached Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa and the current Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, might be stepping aside for another lawmaker to lead the House….
Former Kaduna State Governor and a stalwart of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nasir el-Rufai yesterday responded to a plethora of issues, especially relating to his relationship with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, declaring that the president pointedly rejected him as a minister, and not the stage-managed National Assembly’s security report. Speaking with Arise Television, in…
Friedrich Merz’s conservatives have won Germany’s election, well ahead of rival parties but short of the 30% vote-share they had expected. “Let’s celebrate tonight and in the morning we’ll get to work,” he told cheering supporters. He said he was “aware of the responsibility that now lies ahead” of him. The other winner was the…
President of Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), Aliko Dangote, revealed at the weekend that his company, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, has over N600 billion worth of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol in storage, to sufficiently and conveniently meet the local needs of Nigeria.The position of Africa’s richest person, counters that of the Nigerian…
Volodymyr Zelensky said he would be willing to “give up” his presidency in exchange for peace ahead of the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. “If to achieve peace you really need me to give up my post – I’m ready. I can trade it for Nato membership, if there are such conditions,”…
Ademola Lookman has responded to Gian Piero Gasperini’s criticism of his penalty miss during Atalanta’s champions league defeat to Club Brugge, saying that being singled out by his coach “not only hurts but feels deeply disrespectful.” The Atalanta coach squarely blamed the Super Eagles forward for the team’s exit from the Champions League at the…
It was another day of mayhem in Benue State as gunmen reportedly killed 19 people in a renewed attack on communities in Kwande Local Government Area of the state. Eyewitness alleged that the attack began last Saturday with 16 farmers ambushed and killed on Kashimbila Road while returning to their community in Mbandwa ward, and…
The President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has climbed up the rich list. He is now the 86th richest man in the world after his wealth rose to $23.9bn. This is coming a year after the $20bn Dangote Petroleum Refinery commenced operations in Lagos. According to Forbes, which ranks the Nigerian entrepreneur as…
The coverage of activities at the Lagos State House of Assembly, has enraged the Department of State Services, which has threatened to take legal action against Africa Independent Television and Channels Television over their reports on the involvement of the service in the Lagos Assembly crisis. The DSS described the reportage by the broadcast stations…
The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS , has said the headline inflation rate fell by 10.32 percentage points to 24.48 percent in January 2025 from 34.8 percent in December 2024 after rebasing the Consumer Price Index (CPI). This implied that the general prices of goods and services in the country declined compared to 34.80 percent…
