The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Wike has appointed the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem as Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) for the IBB International Golf and Country Club in Abuja. The minister inaugurated the board on Friday at his official residence in the Life Camp area of the nation’s …

With political calculations for the 2027 presidential election gaining traction, the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has hinted at a possible bid for Nigeria’s top office. Adesina, who served as Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development from 2010 to 2015, is in the final months of his second and last term as AfDB president. …

The removal of the embattled lawmaker, Mudasiru Obasa, as Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, has created cracks in President Bola Tinubu’s dynasty. Ismaeel Uthman writes There are indications that President Bola Tinubu’s decades-long political dynasty in Lagos is experiencing its first major crisis following the intrigues surrounding the removal of the embattled lawmaker, Mudasiru Obasa, as Speaker …

Former President Muhammadu Buhari has opened up about his health since leaving office on 29 May 2023. Buhari said his health has improved, adding that he looks better since leaving office in 2023. While in office as President, Buhari was plagued by illness which led to him being flown abroad for medical attention. He handed over to Bola Tinubu after …

Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra, says he is not desperate to become president of Nigeria. Obi spoke at the fourth convocation ceremony of Nexford University, the US-based online school. The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election decried the state of leadership in the country, describing it as “an imposition on the people”. Obi …

President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Luong Cuong on his election as President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Cuong, 67, a seasoned military officer with over 40 years of service and a member of the Politburo since 2021, was elected to lead the nation in a historic parliamentary vote. In a statement issued by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and …

President of the Libyan Football Federation, Abdelhakim Al-Shalmani, has resigned from his position. Al-Shalmani stepped down from his position during a regular meeting of the Federation’s General Assembly. The Libya Observer, an English and Arabic online newspaper based in Tripoli, Libya, said Al-Shalmani announced his resignation on Sunday. He was quoted as saying, “I do not want to be part …

Civil Society organizations under the auspices of one Voice development initiative,has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to extend tenure of the Nigerian custom service Management operations under the leadership of it controller General Mr Bashir Adewale Adeniyi . Addressing a Press conference in Kaduna,the National President of One Voice initiative, Comrade Abbas Abdullahi Yakasai, said we are calling on …

Northern coalition under the aegis of Coalition for Justice (ACJ) has called on President Bola Tinubu to reconsider the cancellation of road project in Kankara-Dutsinma-Mararaban Kankara in Katsina State. “We have gathered here today to express our deep concern and displeasure regarding the recent developments surrounding the award and subsequent cancellation of the contract for the Katsina-Kankara-Dutsinma-Maraba Kankara road project”, …

A bill for an Act seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution to change the educational qualification for elections into certain political offices, has been stepped down by the leave of the House of Representatives. Standing in the name of Hon. Adewunmi Onanuga, the proposed legislation aimed at pegging minimum qualification for elections into the governorship, presidential, and other key elective …