The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has described the First Republic Minister of Aviation, Mbazulike Amaechi, as a patriot whose lifestyle is deserved emulation by leaders in Nigeria. Speaking at the Day of Tribute to honour the late Amaechi at the Shehu Yar’adua Centre, on Tuesday in Abuja, President Buhari, pointed out that the
A former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has adopted a two-week-old baby, reportedly abandoned on the street of Nasarawa State. The baby was said to have been picked up by a police patrol team, who proceeded to a social welfare centre. The senator, who represented Kaduna Central senatorial district in the 8th Assembly, on Tuesday, paid
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday in Abuja, urged Nigerians to regulate, discipline and hold their next set of leaders accountable at the ballot come February 25 and March 11. “It is through the instrumentality of the ballot, that citizens regulate and discipline their leaders and hold them accountable,” Osinbajo said at the National Delegates’
The Civil Societies Directorate, an arm of Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, on Tuesday commenced its mobilisation drive to garner votes for the party flag bearer, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The electioneering campaign is coming one month after the former Director of PCC Civil Societies, Naja’atu Mohammed, announced her resignation from the council. The activist, who later
Zoom set to fire 1,300 workers
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Video Conferencing app, Zoom, has announced plans to cut about 1,300 staff members, from the company’s total workforce. In a release published on Tuesday by Zoom’s Chief Executive Officer, Eric Yuan, it was stated that the move had become necessary due to the “uncertainty of the global economy” and its effects on the company’s customers.
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday, said his regime’s electoral, pension, tax and monetary policy reforms had received high commendations from African policy experts. This was as he called on African Union member states to imbibe the culture of peer review and peer-to-peer learning for proactive and strong leadership on the continent.
Elections: Igbo elders go spiritual
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With less than 17 days to the general election, the prayer arm of Igbo Elders Consultative Forum on Tuesday commenced 14 prayer points and fasting session for a peaceful exercise. According to them, although certain wicked agents of destabilisation and habitual enemies of peace and progress masquerading as ethnic and religious bigots would likely choose
Osimhen breaks Ronaldo’s Serie A record
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Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen on Sunday broke Cristiano Ronaldo’s four years record to become Serie A’s jump-king after a leapt of 2.58 metres during Napoli’s impressive 3-0 win away to Spezia. Osimhen achieved the incredible feat when netting his first goal – Napoli’s second of the day – against the Little Eagles at the
It has been a roller coaster of emotions this week following the magnitude 7.8 quake that killed over 5,000 people across Turkey and Syria on Monday. Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan has declared seven days of national mourning for the victims of the earthquakes. World Health Organization’s senior emergency officer for Europe, Catherine Smallwood, has said
Following the devastation and loss of lives caused by the earthquakes, the Turkish President, Recep Erdogan, has declared a three-month state of emergency in 10 provinces worst affected. Erdogan who has been the country’s leader for almost 20 years said the death toll in Turkey’s earthquakes has risen to 3,549 people while more than
Amaechi united Nigeria, Buhari pays tribute to ex-minister