According to the Federal Government, recent media reports regarding the migration of internally displaced persons (IDPs) seeking vocational training and skills acquisition from northern Nigeria to the southeast were a “misrepresentation of information” given to the media during the visit. Tijani Ahmed, the federal commissioner of the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and Internally Displaced…
Simon Ekpa, a Biafra activist, has stated that he gave up his Finnish political career to further Biafra activism. Ekpa, who is the Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government In-Exile, or BRGIE, made this announcement on Thursday via a statement posted on his official X account. He claims that he has been concentrating on…
Isaac Fayose, brother to former Ekiti State governor Ayo Fayose, has declared himself the new National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This announcement comes amidst a fresh crisis within the party, which has produced two factions. Isaac Fayose also announced the suspension of several prominent party members, including the PDP’s 2023 presidential candidate…
The Chancellor and Chairman of the Board of Regents of Covenant University, Dr. David Oyedepo, has disclosed that he studied nine world-class foreign universities before establishing the institution. Oyedepo stated this during the convocation and conferment of first and higher degrees, and the presentation of prizes in Ota, Ogun State, on Friday. Covenant University was…
President Bola Tinubu is expected to travel to Paris, France, from London, United Kingdom, soon for another “significant engagement,” according to his close political ally and former placeholder running mate, Ibrahim Kabir Masari. Tinubu had left for London on October 2, 2024, for a two-week vacation. In a statement by the President’s Special Adviser on…
The Federal Government, through the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, has signed an agreement to begin sales of gas to the methanol-manufacturing project of the $3.3bn Brass Fertilizer & Petrochemical Company Ltd. The gas sales-and-purchase agreement was signed with Shell, TotalEnergies and Agip on Friday in Abuja, nine years after the project was first announced….
The First Lady of Nigeria, Oluremi Tinubu, has urged Nigerian youths to be hard-working, saying, “There is no food for lazy man.” Mrs Tinubu said this during a courtesy visit to the palace of Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, in Ile-Ife, Osun State, on Thursday. She noted that while the Tinubu-led administration is working…
The government of Anambra State and federal taskforce, over the weekend, sealed an Illegal win manufacturing company in Nkpor, Idemili North Local Government Area of the State. According to a statement issued by the Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra (OCHA Brigade), the illegal company specialized in the mass production of different types of fake wines…
Deniz Undav scored twice as Germany beat Bosnia-Herzegovina in the Nations League. The Stuttgart striker gave Germany the lead with a fine first-time finish from Florian Wirtz’s lay-off. Moments later, debutant Tim Kleindienst had a goal ruled out for offside. Bosnia had a huge chance to level but Ermedin Demirovic crashed his shot off the…
Virgil van Dijk was shown a red card as the Netherlands picked up a Nations League point in Hungary. The hosts had led through Roland Sallai’s first-half volley. But Liverpool defender Van Dijk was dismissed following two yellow cards in the space of three minutes. His first was for dissent and the second was for…
