The Management of DAAR Communications Limited on Monday cleared the air surrounding death of its founder, Raymond Dokpesi. The PUNCH reports that the media mogul breathed his last on Monday in Abuja. While confirming his death in a statement, the DAAR Communications Group Managing Director, Tony Akiotu, said the late businessman had been ill prior […]

A member of the National Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, Timothy Osadolor, has taken a swipe at President Bola Tinubu over his decision to remove subsidy from the Petroleum Motor Spirit also known as fuel. This is just as Osadolor, who doubles as the Deputy National Youth Leader of the PDP, called on […]

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; Minority Caucus of House and Director-General of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, Prof Abubakar Sulaiman, have expressed grief over the death of Raymond Dokpesi. Lawan, in a statement issued on Monday by the Special Adviser (Media) to […]

A member of the presidential guard brigade caused a stir on Monday morning when she collapsed at the parade ground shortly before the commencement of the inauguration programme. The undisclosed female soldier, who was in her twenties, was quickly rushed to one of the makeshift clinics positioned for emergencies at Eagle Square, the venue for […]

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has congratulated President Bola Tinubu on his inauguration as the 16th President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Gbajabiamila, in a statement on Monday in Abuja hailed Tinubu for his sagacity, resilience, determination, and commitment to Nigeria’s democracy for over […]

A number of Western countries wrote on Monday to formally express their readiness to work with President Bola Tinubu. The letters were presented to the president by special envoys and heads of missions of the countries shortly after his inauguration as the 16th President of Nigeria. The countries included United Kingdom, United States, Saudi Arabia, […]

Not a few stakeholders in the nation’s oil and gas industry have commended President Bola Tinubu’s pronouncement on the removal of fuel subsidy. They made the commendations in Lagos on Monday after Tinubu’s inaugural speech as Nigeria’s President. Mr Mike Osatuyi, the National Operations Controller, lndependent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, said that the removal […]

The Governor of Kano State, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has vowed to take up the case of the journalist, Abubakar Dadiyata, who has been missing since 2019. Writing on his official Twitter handle, @Kyusufabba, Yusuf said he would not forget the case. He tweeted, “Earlier, in my inaugural address, I stated that we cannot forget the […]

A former Provost of the College of Agriculture, Akure, Dr. Samson Odedina has called on universities and other tertiary institutions in the country to put in place internal mechanisms that would prepare students for jobs and wealth creation in the agric sector after graduation. Odedina also emphasised the need for stakeholders in the agricultural sector […]

The President, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Monday mourned the death of Daar Communications founder and owner of African Independence Television, Raymond Dokpesi, saying he would be sorely missed. Dokpesi died on Monday at an undisclosed hospital in Abuja. Tinubu’s condolence message was contained in a statement issued in Abuja by his media officer, Abdulaziz Abdulaziz […]