The Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has named the party’s former National Publicity Secretary, Kolawole Ologbondiyan, as his fourth campaign spokesperson. Ologbondiyan will join Charles Aniagwu, Daniel Bwala and Dino Melaye as campaign spokespersons for the former Vice President. Atiku’s Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, confirmed the appointment in a statement on Thursday in
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced a salary increment for workers in the state public office. Sanwo-Olu made this announcement on Tuesday during his courtesy visit to the Head, Office of Public Service in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos. Details later…
Former United States President, Donald Trump, has sued the Cable News Network on Monday, accusing the television news network of defamation and seeking $475 million in punitive damages. Trump, in the lawsuit filed in a US District Court in Florida, accused the CNN of waging a campaign of “libel and slander” against him because
The Federal Government will on Tuesday present a certificate of registration to the Congress of Nigerian University Academics, a separate body of academic unions. This was revealed in an invitation sent to reporters on Tuesday by the Deputy Director of Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Oshundun Olajide. The
Singer, Bukola Elemide, also known as Asa, has issued a copyright infringement notice to her colleague, Joseph Akinfenwa, aka Joeboy, over his recently-released song, “Contour”. The notice, which was shared by Joeboy on his Instagram story on Monday, revealed that Asa demanded the sum of N300 million and gave a 24-hour ultimatum for the
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has rolled out his governance agenda to Nigerians in Diaspora. Speaking on the theme, ‘Nigeria Diaspora and Capacity Building’, in Michigan, United States, on Monday, Obi stated that if elected president, his administration would drastically reduce the cost of governance. This was contained in a statement
The President, Major General Muhammadu (retd.), will present the N19.76 trillion 2023 budget to the joint National Assembly legislature on Friday. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, at the plenary on Tuesday, said that the presentation would take place at 10:00 am at the temporary chamber of the House of Representatives. Details later…
The immediate past chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Walid Jibrin, on Monday, opened up on why he resigned from his former position. He said he resigned as the BOT chairman for the unity and oneness of the party, saying that “I created unity for the party.”
Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane has claimed the club are treating Cristiano Ronaldo with “disrespect” after Sunday’s Manchester derby defeat. The Red Devils were thrashed 6-3 by their local rivals Manchester City following hat-tricks for both Erling Braut Haaland and Phil Foden. Ronaldo watched on from the bench as an unused substitute,
At least 125 people have died in a crush at an Indonesian football match that has become one of the world’s worst stadium disasters. Hundreds were also hurt in aftermath of home team Arema FC’s loss to bitter rivals at the overcrowded stadium late on Saturday in Malang, East Java. The crush took
