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…
On Sunday, activist and lawyer, Dele Farotimi disclosed that he was still faced with four separate suits in different states filed by members of the Aare Afe Babalola law office. Farotimi’s disclosure comes after the Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), on January 27, agreed to withdraw the cases instituted against…
Pan Niger Delta Forum leader, Chief Edwin Clark, is dead. Aged 97, the former Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South leader’s death was confirmed in a statement by a representative of the family, Prof. C. C. Clark, on Tuesday. Clark’s death is coming on the heels of the passing of Afenifere leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo,…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on Sunday, called on President Bola Tinubu to warn the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, against unleashing mayhem in the state, starting from today (Monday). But in a swift response, Oyetola, in a press statement on Sunday, refuted Adeleke’s claim that he was plotting to destabilise Osun…
The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, has called for the creation of an “army of Europe” to guard against Russia as he suggested the US may no longer come to the continent’s aid. At the Munich Security Conference, he also said that Ukraine would “never accept deals made behind our backs without our involvement” after…
President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, to participate in the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union Heads of State and Government. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement he signed in the early hours of Friday titled…
The Canadian embassy seems to have ruffled the feathers of Nigeria’s security personnels, after denying Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, and other army chiefs visas. The National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, while Speaking at the maiden annual lecture of the National Association of the Institute for Security Studies (AANISS), in…
The National Assembly has jacked up the size of the proposed 2025 budget from N54.2 trillion presented by President Bola Tinubu to N54.990 trillion , representing an increase of N700 billion for the fiscal years. Presenting the budget , Chairman Senate Committee on Appropriations, Solomon Olamilekan explains that the increase is as a result of…
US President Donald Trump has said he had a “lengthy and highly productive” phone call with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday in which the leaders agreed to begin negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said he and the Russian president had “agreed to have our respective…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has affirmed Sunday Udeh-Okoye as its National Secretary, saying the party is bound by the appeal court judgement on the matter. National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Debo Ologunagba, said the NWC, at its meeting, considered a memo dated February 11, presented by the party’s acting National…
