The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State met in Abuja om Thursday to resolve some issues, Daily Trust gathered. Atiku and Wike, who have been having a running battle since the PDP presidential primary, met in the house of Professor Jerry Gana. Atiku defeated…
Nigerian customers of SpaceX’s Starlink service will pay only US$99 for their starter kit, only a sixth of the $599 that US customers have to pay. The Ecofin news agency in Africa says that Starlink will start services to Nigeria in August, but does not yet give a monthly subscription rate. Americans pay $110 a month for…
The day you elect me, you have defeated poverty by 50%. Nigerian current situation, is like a person pouring water into a basket expecting it to get full.Nigeria is loosing 75% of the income it’s supposed to have. If you defeat corruption, you have defeated extreme poverty in Nigeria.Because at every point in time, Nigeria…
Ahead of the 2023 general election, President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that there will be “no wuruwuru” to favour and political party or candidate contesting in whatever position. “In furtherance to this, the President has charged the military, the Police, the DSS and all other security agencies to synergize and effectively review operational strategies and…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it will challenge the outcome of the Osun governorship poll at the election petition tribunal. Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was declared winner of the Osun governorship election which held on July 16. Adeleke secured 403,371 votes to defeat his closest contender, Gboyega Oyetola of…
An environmental expert and Head, Climate Change Education and Action Programme, Elochukwu Ezenekwe, has said that Anambra State remains the worst hit by climate change in Africa. Ezenekwe also stated that Anambra had suffered the worst damage from climate change impacts in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa. The environmental expert, reputed as Africa’s foremost climate change…
Internet Users Roast Okowa After His attack On Peter Obi, Claiming That The Delta State Governor Is Insincere. Nigerians have continued to react to the Delta State Governor’s statement, accusing Peter Obi of missing the necessary expertise to become Nigeria’s president. Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta State and vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic…
The Nigerian Government has urged Google to shut down the YouTube channels belonging to the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, anchored its call on the fact that IPOB is a proscribed organization, NAN reports. Mohammed made the call while receiving a team of Google officials on Thursday…
Family sources confirmed the death of Balogun, who became IGP in March 2002, to Daily Trust on Thursday night, but did not go into details. Born on August 8, 1947 at Ila-Orangun in Osun State, Tafa Balogun, was the 21st Inspector-General of Police. He was a member of cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Course…
Nigerian governors have advised the federal government to offer federal civil servants who are older than 50 years a one-off retirement package to exit the service, as part of coordinated efforts to instill fiscal discipline and prevent the nation from imminent economic collapse. The governors made the proposal at a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari…