Senate President Godswill Akpabio has called out the National Orientation Agency (NOA) for teaching Nigerians the wrong version of the newly adopted old National Anthem. Akpabio noted that what the agency was circulating was different from the new National Anthem approved by the Senate. After deliberations, the Senate went into executive sessions for over two hours, after which it adjourned …

A former Minister of Education, Mrs. Obiageli Ezekwesili has reaffirmed her stance against adopting the new National Anthem signed into law by President Bola Tinubu. Ezekwesili made this known while reacting to a video of Nigerian activist, Aisha Yesufu publicly rejecting the newly adopted National Anthem, choosing to sit during its recitation at a recent event. Joining Yesufu in protest, …

The former Minister of Education, Mrs Obiageli Ezekwesili has said that she would not revert to the old national anthem, now approved by President Bola Tinubu as the country’s new anthem. In a post on her X handle on Wednesday, the activist said that no one can suppress her right to dissent from what she described as an “obnoxious law repugnant …

Minister of Justice and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Prince Lateef Fagbemi has urged the National Assembly (NASS) not to pass the law on Nigeria reverting to the old National Anthem through legislative fiat. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria’s (SAN) position may have made the move by NASS to expeditiously pass a “Bill for an Act on National Anthem” …

Nigeria We Hail Thee was the national anthem of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from independence in 1960 until 1978, when “Arise, O Compatriots” was adopted. Nigeria we hail thee, Our own dear native land…’, goes the old anthem. But what are the words to the rest of the old national anthem? Who composed the old national anthem? The lyrics …

Details have emerged regarding how the House of Representatives passed a bill to revert to the old National Anthem on Thursday. The process was done in the green chamber amid opposition from lawmakers across party lines. The bill, sponsored by the House Leader, Hon. Julius Ihonvbere (APC, Owan) and titled: ‘Act to Provide for the National Anthem of Nigeria, and …

Senate President Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday prevented the President’s media aide, Mr. Dele Alake from reciting the second stanza of the National Anthem. Alake was asked by the Minority leader, Senator Simon Mwadkwom to recite the second stanza of the National Anthem after taking the nominee up on his old social media post. Mwadkwom said: “I read a statement where …