12th June’s dawn was meant to rise, With voices strong, with clearer skies, Yet echoes of a silenced past Still haunt the halls where futures cast. Democracy, a sacred word, Yet who shall heed when truth is blurred? A nation sways, its spirit worn, By hands once pledged but now forlorn. Where is justice? Where is light? Not in shadows where wrong takes flight. Not in thrones of selfish greed, Nor in the wounds...
In just two years as President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has seen a growing number of major public landmarks in Nigeria’s capital city renamed in his honour. Since taking office in May 2023, at least six prominent institutions in the Federal Capital Territory have either been named or renamed after the President. From military barracks and tertiary institutions to research centres and roads, the capital is quickly filling up with structures that now bear the Tinubu...
…Confers National Honours on Soyinka, Onanuga, 64 Others During a joint sitting of the National Assembly on Thursday to mark this year’s Democracy Day, President Bola Tinubu paid glowing tribute to the heroes of Nigeria’s democratic struggle, including Chief MKO Abiola, GCFR, Kudirat Abiola, Chief Anthony Enahoro, CFR, among others. The President also dismissed speculations of a one-party agenda under his leadership and conferred national honours on several late and living icons who played defining...
Eminent Nigerians, Governors, political leaders, leaders of thought, in collaboration with June 12 Pro-Democracy Movement of Nigeria will at its annual agenda setting national dialogue, deliberate on the future of Nigeria, under the Theme: June 12: Democracy Without A Democratic Constitution: Which Way For Nigeria?, to commemorate the 32nd Democracy Day Anniversary. A press statement on Wednesday signed by Prof Anthony Kila, on behalf of the Conveners, Nigeria’s Democracy Day Dialogue, noted that the event...
The First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Her Excellency, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, CON, during a 2-day working visit to Enugu, officially commissioned the refurbished Technical and Vocational Education and Training College, GTC Enugu. GTC Enugu once dilapidated due to decades of neglect under the administration of Dr. Peter Mbah, Enugu State Governor, was totally refurbished and now boasts of 24 ultra-modern training centres; for ICT and digital innovation, renewable energy, welding and fabrication,...
President Bola Tinubu has extended an open invitation to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to join the All Progressives Congress (APC), even though the former Rivers State governor is currently not a card-carrying member of the ruling party. The President made the comment on Wednesday while inaugurating several road projects in Abuja, including the link between Arterial Road N16 and Arterial Road N20 in the Katampe District. Praising Wike’s performance...
Chess champion Tunde Onakoya, has responded to widespread criticism following his recent visit to President Bola Tinubu. In a statement shared on X, Onakoya said the meeting was not political but a moment of national recognition. The young chess prodigy, who recently earned a Guinness World Record and was celebrated by the City of New York, said meeting the President should not be seen as a betrayal or political move. “To be honoured and received...
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed two motions filed by Senate President Godswill Akpabio and ordered him to pay ₦100,000 to Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan as costs. A three-member panel of the court, led by Justice Hamman Barka, delivered the ruling on 21st May, striking out the motions after Akpabio’s legal team applied to withdraw them. In the court’s words: “Application seeking to withdraw the two motions dated and filed on 20/3/2025 and 25/3/2025...
Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections has expressed concern over the insecurity situation in the country, saying that the citizens have are refugees in their own country, even when Nigeria is not at war. Obi made the remarks during the presentation of the book titled, “Obi, the Political Change Agent” in Abuja on Tuesday. He said that Nigerians must rise and change the current political system, stressing that the...
Nigeria is experiencing an outbreak of diphtheria, with Kano state in the Northwestern region of the country at the epicenter. Given the highly contagious nature of the disease, it has spread to almost all the states of the federation, including Enugu state; this outbreak is a serious public health concern we must fight with knowledge, a change of attitude, and good practice of embracing vaccination. In Enugu, a 6-year-old girl was diagnosed with diphtheria, but,...
