I’m sure you know the song by Kizz Daniel and Tekno, which is now a rave of the moment: Let me see you dey buga o (go low-low-low) Let me see you (go low-low-low) buga won Spanish  And you see people huffing and puffing as they dance to it, with their shoulders raised in pride, bordering on arrogance. That sent …

A frontline presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu said on Thursday at the Presidential Lodge in Abeokuta, Ogun State that without him an indigene of the state, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo would not have been Vice President in 2015. Campaigning for delegate votes, Tinubu said he contributed significantly to the emergence of Muhammadu Buhari as …

Full text of President’s address President Muhammadu Buhari has urged governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to allow him pick his successor. He told a meeting of the governors earlier today that this was expected because they had in torn decided who their successors would be in their respective states. President Buhari said: “The Party has successfully established …

An insurance coverage for 83 poor Nigerians who cannot afford to pay premium is a major highlight of the National Health Insurance Authority Bill 2022, which President Muhammadu Buhari signed into law on Thursday. The new law replaces the National Health Insurance Scheme Act, Cap N42, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004. While signing the law on Thursday, President …

Date was Friday, 13th May 2022, time 10 am, and venue was the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa. The event was valedictory session for appointees leaving the cabinet to pursue political ambitions at different levels. Some were aspiring to be President, others Governors, and others Senators. It was solemn and sombre. Yes, it had to be. Some of the …

President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to consider the plight of students and call off the ongoing strike. At the 19th National Productivity Day at the State House, Abuja on Thursday, the President also urged students of Nigeria’s public tertiary institutions to exercise patience as the government strived to address the nagging issues …

By Babatunde Obele Social trust is the underlying foundation of relationships among individuals, groups and other components of the society, including public institutions. Social trust also plays a strategic role in the evolution of nations. As observed by Aristotle, “human beings are by nature, social creatures’’, and societies are held together, in part, by their ability to come together around …

The Senator representing Ogun West Senatorial zone in the National Assembly Senator Tolu Odebiyi, who represents Ogun West District in the National Assembly, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the recent reopening of the land borders closed in 2019. He described the gesture was a good development which would go a long way in alleviating the economic hardship pf his …

President Muhammadu Buhari has tactically rejected the request of southeast leaders to pardon separatist agitator, Nnamdi Kanu. In response to the request on Friday at Umuahia as he concluded his two-day working visit to Ebonyi State, President Buhari said the court should be allowed to decide the fate of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). As they …

The Yoruba people of South-west Nigeria have a saying: when a child rejects instructions at home, it is outside that such child is trained. And that was exactly what happened on Tuesday and Wednesday, this week, when United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Gutteres visited Nigeria as part of a three nations African tour. He said it was “a visit of solidarity …