Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has described the word “reconciliation”, used in media reports of Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi’s visit to his house in Abeokuta Ogun State at the weekend as “non-applicable”. He said the word was never raised, adding that its insertion in the reports was “most inappropriate” and a “diversionary invocation”. Soyinka noted that …

The Nigerian Press Organisation (NPO) has taken a bold step to kickstart the new Ombudsman mechanism with the announcement of a nine-man board of the National Media Complaints Commission (NMCC), otherwise known as the National Ombudsman. According to a statement by the President of the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN), who is also NPO President, Malam Kabiru Yusuf, the …

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has disowned a statement on social media linking him to the endorsement of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The social media post also purportedly indicated that the elder statesman described the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo in …

The newly-appointed acting Director of Defence Information (DDI) of the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), Brigadier General Tukur Ismaila Gusau, officially resumed office on Tuesday. After an official handover from the outgoing DDI, Major General Ohwonigho Jimmy Akpor, Brig. General Gusau charged all officers and soldiers of the Armed Forces of Nigeria to be prepared to work harder. Until his appointment, General …

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor has bagged an award of excellence as Man-of-the-Year 2022. The award was conferred on the CDS by the media platform, News Headquarters Publisher Services. In a statement by its Publisher, Gena Lubem, the company said that the award is in recognition of Irabor’s track record of selfless service, professionalism, and undiluted transparency …