Hunger protest: APC chieftain raises fear over PWDs’ safety 

A member of the All Progressives Congress National Working Committee, Tolu Bankole, has expressed concerns over the safety of Persons With Disabilities ahead of the planned nationwide protest. Bankole, the…

Long queues return to Ibadan as fuel scarcity lingers [PHOTOS]

Long queues of commercial buses, private cars, motorcycles and tricycles have returned to petroleum stations in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Our correspondent reports that this is due to the…

Hunger protest: No bad governance in Nigeria, says Tinubu’s aide

The Senior Presidential Media Aide, Tunde Rahman, said on Tuesday that there is no bad governance in Nigeria. Rahman stated this at the Second Lateef Jakande Annual Memorial Lecture at…

Google unveils 10 startups for Africa accelerator programme

Google has announced the selection of 10 startups for its Africa Accelerator Programme, a three-month virtual program designed to support African startups in leveraging technology to solve some of the…

Russia captures another Ukraine village

Russian forces said Tuesday they had captured another village in their offensive in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region. The defence ministry said Russia had “liberated” the village of Pivdenne, on the…

Nationwide protest: Otti urges traditional rulers to discourage youths against unleashing mayhem

Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has again expressed the fears that the planned national protest may turn to violence, which may consume the poor, week and vulnerable people in the…

August 1 protest: NSCDC deploys 520 personnel across 14 LGs in Zamfara

The Zamfara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has deployed 5,000 personnel across the 14 local government areas of the state. The spokesman of the…

August 1: Order soldiers to remain in barracks – Adeyanju writes Chief of Army Staff

Activist lawyer, Deji Adeyanju on Tuesday, urged the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, to order soldiers to remain in their barracks during the August 1 nationwide protest.…

Tinubu approves creation of youth affairs secretariat in Abuja

The Federal Capital Territory, FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike said President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of a mandate secretariat for youth affairs in the nation’s capital. Wike made the…

New National Chairman Vows To Make Accord Party Formidable Political Force

New National Chairman Vows To Make Accord Party Formidable Political Force The newly elected national chairman of Accord Party Mgbuden Maxwell has promised to make the party a formidable force in Nigeria’s political landscape. He stated this in his inaugural speech following his election as chairman alongside other members of the new National Working Committee (NWC). The new officers were elected at the party’s national convention

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