President Bola Tinubu has urged the newly appointed ministers to join his team in rescuing Nigeria from its current challenges. Tinubu gave the charge after swearing in seven ministers in Abuja, following their swift review by the National Assembly. The President emphasised the importance of service, stating, “Service is...
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The Court of Appeal on Monday overturned the conviction of a former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, for false asset declaration by the Code of conduct tribunal. The court overturned Onnoghen ‘s conviction citing resolution of key issues surrounding his trial. Delivering judgment, Justice Abba Mohammed, adopted...
A presidential election unlike any other in U.S. history enters its last full day on Monday. This is as Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, and their campaigns scramble to get supporters to the polls in a contest each portrays as an existential moment for America. Even after the astonishing blur...
Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa has assured workers in the state that his administration has no plan to downsise. Aiyedatiwa made the promise on Monday in Akure during the Ondo State Public Service Week Celebration Lecture with the theme: “Creating and Managing a Future-Ready Public Service: A Pathway to...
Chad has threatened to withdraw the Central African country from a multinational security force, which he said had failed in its task of tackling insurgent groups in the Lake Chad region. Chad’s interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby made the statement on Sunday during a visit to the region, which...
Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has promised improved logistics and result management during the Nov. 16 governorship election in Ondo State. Yakubu stated this during an assessment tour of the INEC office in Ondo State on the preparation for the governorship election, on Monday...
More than 22 people died and another two dozen were injured when the bus they were traveling in fell into a deep gorge in India’s northern state of Uttarakhand on Monday. The local police officer said over phone. The mishap occurred in Marchula area of the state’s Almora district...
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has sworn in 17 newly elected Local Government (LG) Chairmen, with a charge to sustain the State Government’s rebuilding agenda at the grassroot level. Governor Otti, who gave the charge while speaking on Monday during the ceremony at Government House, Umuahia, urged the chairmen...
UK Foreign Secretary, David Lammy has launched a flagship soft power campaign ‘Jollof and Tea’, which celebrates the UK and Nigeria’s cultural and creative ties. In a statement on Monday, the British Deputy High Commission said Lammy unveiled the campaign at a reception in Lagos, on his first visit...
The National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) has taken further steps to address the over one billion dollars which the country lost due to importation of component parts of vehicles. The NADDC Director-General, Joseph Osanipin said this at the training of some Engineers on Midas NFX Software Automotive...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja- A trailblazing journalist, who had editorial stints with Champion Newspaper (1st female editor) and The Daily Times, Dr. Ngozi Anyaegbunam is dead. A statement signed signed by her son, Rocky C Agbese, said the deceased died after a brief illness. The statement reads in parts:...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto No fewer than 42 students of Sokoto indigenes, who are the first batch of the 100 beneficiaries of the Senator Ibrahim Lamido Education Trust Fund will depart Nigeria this week for India. Senator Lamido, who spoke in his Sokoto residence, when parents of the benefiting...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Police Command has denied supporting any political party in the just concluded Local Government election held on Saturday in the state. The command, however, said it is aware of a video circulating online, showing the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of ‘B’...
Former U.S. president Donald Trump said he regreted leaving the White House after he lost the 2020 presidential election, which he never conceded. “We had the safest border in the history of our country the day that I left. I shouldn’t have left. “I mean, honestly, because we did...
The Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Mrs Oluwatoyin Madein, has said that no directive was issued to workers to change their salary accounts. Madein gave the clarification in a statement by Bawa Mokwa, Director of Press and Public Relations, Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF). She...
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, issued an arrest warrant against the Managing Director (MD) of Dana Air, Mr Hathiramani Ranesh, over alleged refusal to appear in court to stand trial. Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a ruling, held that the arrest of Ranesh is necessary following his...
The One Rivers Initiative (ORI), a Pan Rivers Group, on Monday cautioned the Federal Government against withholding allocations to Rivers saying doing so would aggravate poverty in the state. The Coordinator of the Group, Chief Victor Gurubo, said this at a news conference in Abuja, in reaction to recent...
Edo election and PDP proxy agent masquerading as civil society activist By WASHINGTON OSA OSIFO, PhD
Edo election and PDP proxy agent masquerading as civil society activist By WASHINGTON OSA OSIFO, PhD
ARISETV regular morning show on November 2, 2024, featured one Martins Obono, Executive Director Tap Initiative for Citizens Development. Obono claims to be one of the the many civil society activists in Nigeria and indeed, there are a legion of them. We do know for a fact that dangerous...
The President of the Ijaw National Congress (INC), Prof. Benjamin Okaba, has urged his kinsmen to remain calm over the judgment which ordered that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to cease all monthly financial allocations to the Rivers. Okaba gave the advice at the 10th Anniversary of the...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State to stop accusing it for the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). NAN reports that Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State at an event in Ibadan blamed the APC for the turmoil in PDP and...