The Speaker of Taraba State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Joseph Albasu Kunini has urged political office seekers to shun campaigns of calumny ahead of the 2023 general elections.  Making the clarion call on Monday in his welcome address at resumption of plenary after recess on Monday, Prof. Kunini appealed to all contestants to eschew politics of bitterness, which is …

The parish priest of St Jude Catholic Church, GRA Effurun, Delta State, Very Rev. Fr. Mark Ikeke has extolled the leadership virtues of the Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege. Senator Omo-Agege, who is also the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in next year’s election, joined other parishioners at Mass on Sunday. The cleric lauded the lawmaker for impacting …

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has congratulated the newly sworn-in Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, describing his assumption into office as a blessing for the people of the state. Sanwo-Olu also congratulated the new Deputy Governor, Chief (Mrs.) Monisade Afuye, and urged the people of Ekiti State to support both new leaders for continuous growth and development …

Former Imo State Governor, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha has lashed out at those he says are framing him with a purported letter to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice in which he allegedly advised the Minister to disregard the ruling of the Federal Court of Appeal which discharged the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi …

Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has said that Nigerians and the President to be elected in 2023 will have to make tough economic decisions to reset the country. While delivering a keynote speech on Saturday at the seventh KadInvest, an annual event organised by the Kaduna State Investment Promotion Agency, the former Emir of …

Government-owned universities are gearing up for resumption of classes following the suspension of the industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which last eight months. On Friday, the University of Port Harcourt released the reviewed academic calendar for 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 sessions, which indicated that the first semester 2021/22 examinations for full time students will run for …

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Saturday advised public office holders and political class to be deliberate in engaging the youths to foster development, peace and unity in the country. He urged Nigerian youths to be actively involved in the democratic process for a better future, adding that the citizens should join hands together to strengthen and grow the …

Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege has urged on the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, the National Emergency Management Agency, and the Delta State Emergency Management Agency, as well as other relevant agencies to provide urgent humanitarian assistance to affected flood victims in Delta State and other parts of the country. Senator Omo-Agege, who is also the …

The right of all Nigerians to live freely and peacefully in any part of the country has been described as statutory and sacred to emphasis the fact that Nigeria belongs to all Nigerians. In a goodwill message to the 2022 Igbo Day celebration recently held in Abuja, the National Secretary of Inter Tribal Traditional Leaders Association of Nigeria (ITTLAN), Ambassador …

Exactly eight months after it started, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its industrial action that has shut down federal universities and many of their state counterparts. ASUU is expected to make a formal pronouncement later on Friday about the “conditional” suspension of the action. The union’s National Executive Council took the decision at the end of …