Vice President Kashim Shettima on Wednesday prayed for lasting healing for Nigeria and Nigerians, urging them to be united. “May Allah heal us from whatever afflicts us in our private lives and as a nation, and may this day bring forth enduring unity and progress to our beloved country”, he told journalists after observing the Eid prayers at the National …

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa has congratulated a former governor of Lagos State, Mr Babatunde Fashola, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, on his 60th birthday anniversary. In his congratulatory message in Lagos on Wednesday, Obasa said Fashola, the immediate past minister of works and housing, remained a gift from God to Lagos …

Former Governor of Oyo State, High Chief Rashidi Ladoja broke his silence on Wednesday on the elevation of 11 High Chiefs to the status of beaded crown Oba, saying he was not interested in any crown than that of Olubadan of Ibadanland. The state Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde approved the promotion of 11 Ibadan High Chiefs to beaded crown Obas, …

The Federal Commissioner representing Edo State in the National Population Commission, Dr. Tony Aiyejina said on Wednesday that the shift in the 2023 general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),was the major reason why the NPC had to postpone the 2023 population census. Aiyejina, who disclosed this at an interactive media chat organised by the commission in Benin …

The sitting arrangement at the Osogbo Eid praying ground on Wednesday led to a clash between some aides of Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, and an ex-spokesperson of the Senate, Dr. Ajibola Basiru. Basiru had arrived at the praying ground alongside some prominent Osogbo indigenes for the Eid-el Kabir prayers and while waiting for the prayers to commence, it …

On 19th April 2023, Breezy News published a story titled, “Ex-company secretary alleges N2.5b fraud in ASO Savings; directors say it’s blackmail”. The said story included a scanned copy of a letter dated 1st February 2023 with the title: “Re: Approved Compensation for the Shops/Buildings Demolished at Abule-Ado (Building Plumbing Materials Market) for Lagos-Badagry Road Expansion: Demand and Notice of Court Order That the Money Be …

A Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained Kano State Governor, Malam Abba Yusuf, and the state’s Attorney-General from re-arresting or detaining Hon. Alhassan Doguwa, lawmaker representing Doguwa/Tundun Wada federal constituency. Justice Donatus Okorowo restated the order following an oral application by Doguwa’s counsel, Afam Osigwe on Tuesday. On 28th February, Doguwa was arrested at the Mallam Aminu Kano International …

The World Bank has projected that the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS, better known as fuel or petrol) could push as many as 7.1 million Nigerians into poverty unless adequate palliatives are extended to poor and most vulnerable individuals. Even with the implementation of cash transfers to 10 million most vulnerable Nigerians, the bank said that the …

President Bola Tinubu arrived in Lagos from London on Tuesday evening, ahead of Wednesday’s Eid-el-Kabir celebrations. The President’s Gulfstream jet landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, at 05:05 pm local time where he was welcomed by a waiting crowd of supporters. In the last one week, President Tinubu had been in Paris, the French capital where he attended …

At least 51 Nigerian universities, led by Covenant University, Ota, have made impressive outing at the first Times Higher Education 2023 Sub-Saharan Africa rankings. At a colourful unveiling event in Accra on Monday, Times Higher Education announced the results of its 2023 Sub-Saharan university rankings. The event was attended by a delegation from Nigeria led by the Chairman of the …