A former spokesman of the senate and National Chairman of the South West Agenda for Asiwaju Tinubu (SWAGA), Senator Dayo Adeyeye, has said the emergence of Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kashim Shettima as presidential candidate and running mate respectively of the APC for the 2023 polls is not an agenda to Islamise Nigeria. The choice […]
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Claim: President Muhammadu Buhari in a tweet on Friday last week said Nigeria is achieving food security as a result of investments his administration has made to ensure that the country produces what it consumes. The claim has so far generated thousands of reactions from Nigerians on different social media platforms, especially Twitter. Verdict: FALSE […]
Most central banks across the world have increased their benchmark interest rates within the last quarter in order to stifle inflationary momentum. This happens as the US dollar has already experienced significant appreciation in value this year in response to previous rate hikes. The dollar recently reached equal parity with the Euro for the first […]
Breaking the norm, Ademola Adeleke from the Osun West Senatorial District, precisely Ede, emerged as the governor-elect of the state after decades of marginalisation – the baton of governorship has often been exchanged between two main senatorial districts; Osun Central and Osun East. With 375, 027 votes, Governor Gboyega Oyetola of the ruling All Progressives […]
Thousands of imported used and new vehicles are currently trapped at the Five Star Logistics Ltd, operator of terminal D at the Tin Can Island Port Complex, Lagos after the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), removed the terminal operator from its portal over N97.3million indebtedness. LEADERSHIP reports that the Public Relations officer of the Tin-Can Island […]
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Nigeria: Commuters React to New BRT Fares
“We are not satisfied with the increment, it used to be N300 from Ikorodu to CMS or Costain, during the heat of COVID-19 but it was increased to N500 while observing the social distancing.” Some users of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) transport in Lagos on Sunday expressed their views over the N100 increase in transportation […]
Pan-Yoruba organisation, Afenifere, has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to back his several directives to the military to confront “terrorists and bandits and wipe them off the face of the earth and bring peace to our countries” in West Africa with actions. Afenifere, in a statement signed yesterday by its national publicity secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi, […]
World Bank Group financed States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) programme has witnessed the disbursement of N351.65 billion to different participating states of the federation from its inception in 2018 till date. The N351.65 billion is the total sum disbursed out of the $1.5 billion that was released in two tranches the World Bank […]
A Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has described the directive by President Muhammadu Buhari to the army to confront “terrorists and insurgents and wipe them off the face of the earth and bring peace to countries” in West Africa as a repetition of orders that had been given so often that it no longer evokes substance, […]
Elder statesman, Tanko Yakasai, has described himself as a lucky man to be alive after exposing President Muhammadu Buhari’s lack of capacity to govern, even before he was elected into office in 2015. Yakasai, who stated this in an interview with Vanguard in Abuja yesterday, explained that when he raised the alarm, those who were […]
Over 100 bandits, on Saturday, attended the turbaning ceremony of a bandit kingpin called Ada Aleru as the Sarkin Fulani by the Emir of Yandoto. Meanwhile, a large number of bandits from Zamfara forest have reportedly crossed to Tudunwada-Sabon Layi in the western part of Birnin-Gwari, Kaduna State, where they killed a local and injured […]
Although his doctors advised him to consider doing the surgical operation to correct a fracture on his right femur (thigh bone) abroad, the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo insisted on using a Nigerian hospital and medical experts for the procedure. According to sources close to Duchess International Hospital where the operation took place on Saturday, […]
The Social Democratic Party, SDP, standard flagbearer, Prince Adewole Adebayo, disclosed at the weekend that he brought in beneficial projects to the country at no cost, but that the current government’s officials turned it down because it was not serving the personal interest of the officials. Adebayo, a successful lawyer and businessman, said he wanted […]
The war against terrorism is never won with its sympathisers plodding the corridors of power; or government foot-dragging in taking decisive steps. As is the new normal, the might of the Nigerian state did not count when terrorists invaded the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje, Abuja, on July 5. The terrorists freed 879 inmates; among […]
The conferment has generated public outcry which led to the postponement of the ceremony for hours. The Zamfara State government has suspended the emir of Yandoton Daji, Aliyu Marafa, after he conferred a traditional title on a wanted terrorist, Ada Aleru, the leader of a gang of terrorists who is notorious for his ruthlessness, was […]
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo at the weekend insisted on using a Nigerian hospital and medical experts for the surgical operation to correct a fracture on his right femur despite the advice of his doctors for him to go abroad for the operation. According to sources close to Duchess International Hospital in Ikeja, Lagos, […]
The Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has maintained that determination of fuel prices would continue to be a decision by the federal government despite the firm’s transitioning to a commercial entity. But unlike his counterpart in Brazil state-run Petrobras oil company, Jose Mauro Coelho, […]
The federal government has so far disbursed a total of N351.65 billion grant to participating states in the last four years under the World Bank-assisted States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) Programme for Results (PforR). SFTAS’ National Programme Coordinator, Mr. Stephen Okon made the disclosure at the weekend in Abuja, on the sidelines of […]