Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has told President Bola Tinubu to clarify the mystery surrounding his academic record, stressing that every attempt to do that has triggered more questions. It will be recalled that during the inauguration of the Renewed Hope Mechanisation Programme in Abuja on Monday, the President stated that Mr. Alex Zingman was his neighbour at Chicago State University (CSU). Atiku had in a press statement on Tuesday stated that rather than evoke...

…Describes Benue, Plateau killings As Barbaric The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has commended President Bola Tinubu over plans to establish state police in the country. Comrade Jare Ajayi, Afenifere’s National Publicity Secretary, in a press statement on Friday, noted that the organisation’s position is that Nigeria is long overdue to have state police. The organisation also condemned the killings in Benue and Plateau States, describing them as barbaric. The statement reads, “We’re aware that President...

The United Nations earmarked June 19th, 2025 as World Sickle Cell Day. In Anambra State, the Governorship candidate of the Young Progressive Party, YPP, in the November 8, 2025, Anambra State Governorship Election, called for collective action through awareness, to combat sickle cell anemia. Paul Chukwuma, who was represented by the YPP Deputy Governorship candidate, Uzu Okagbue, at the Sickle Cell Orphanage and Underprivileged Home, Agulu, to commemorate World Sickle Cell Day, observed that a...

Chief Bode George, former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has encouraged candidates of the party in the forthcoming local council poll in Lagos State, saying that the party is intact despite defections. George, who spoke on Wednesday at the flag off campaign ceremony of the PDP chairmanship and councillorship candidates for the July 12, 2025 council election. The Atona Oodua of Yorubaland used the opportunity to commend the chairman of the Lagos State...