Obasanjo writes PMB open letter Dear President and General Buhari, OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT, GENERAL MUHAMMADU BUHARI I am constrained to write to you this open letter. I decided to make it an open letter because the issue is very weighty and must be greatly worrisome to all concerned Nigerians …

Members- elect of the Edo House of Assembly have disowned a purported impeachment notice on Governor Godwin Obaseki. They stated the notice currently circulating did not emanate from them. In a statement issued by the 14 members in Abuja, the lawmakers said the document is fake and a calculated attempt …

The newly elected President of the Trade Union Congress, Quadri Olaleye, on Sunday said the union would issue an ultimatum for an industrial action if the Federal Government continued to delay the implementation of new N30, 000 minimum wage. In an interview with newsmen, Olaleye said that TUC had begun …

Equity investors in the Nigerian Stock Exchange lost a total of N366bn in the last three consecutive trading days. Last week, investors and other stakeholders welcomed the listing of Airtel Africa Plc’s shares on the NSE. The listing, which took place on Tuesday, added N1.36tn to the total market capitalisation …

Former Super Eagles captain and coach Christian Chukwu has thanked billionaire businessman Femi Otedola for helping foot his medical bills in a London hospital. Chukwu returned to the country on Friday, after nearly two months in London, where he underwent treatment and surgery at Wellington Hospital. Chukwu, first Nigerian to …

A diplomat and consultant with the African Union, Dr Babafemi Badejo, has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari lacks the political will to fight corruption, despite his touted anti-corruption posture. According to Badejo, under the Buhari administration, Nigeria’s main anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has been de-institutionalised. The …

The Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has taken a swipe at the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, saying the administration has failed Nigerians over its approach to the herders/farmers’ crisis and other security problems bedeviling the country. Soyinka said this on Sunday at his residence in Ijegba, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, the …

Pandemonium broke out in Adao community in Alabata area of Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State after two suspected herdsmen allegedly stabbed a 49-year-old farmer, identified as Rafiu Showemimo, to death. It was gathered that the heinous act was perpetrated on Sunday when the deceased was on his way …

Former Minister of Education, Dr Oby Ezekwesili saturday lamented that despite being ascribed as the Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, President Muhammadu Buhari had not proved to be in charge of the armed forces. Ezekwesili, who co-founded the #BringBackOurGirls Movement, also lamented that Nigeria had been this divided since …

Armed men on Saturday struck at Muchalla ward of Mubi North Local Government Area of Adamawa State, killing an uncle of embattled Senator Ishaku Abbo who was recently caught on CCTV camera assaulting a lady at a sex toy shop in Abuja. The suspected kidnappers also abducted Abbo’s nursing stepmother …