Seun Kuti regains freedom after seven days in police custody

Nigerian musician Seun Kuti has been released on bail after being arrested and incarcerated for a week. The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, gave an order for the Lagos State Commissioner of Police to arrest the singer after a viral video showed him at the Third Mainland Bridge, in Lagos, shouting at, and hitting a police officer. Following the reactions that trailed the video, Kuti said that the policeman “tried to kill me and...

Nigeria launches Africa’s biggest oil refinery

Africa’s biggest oil refinery and the world’s biggest single-train facility has been launched in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State, amid expectations that Nigeria will cease importing refined petroleum products once the company starts operation. The refinery built by Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the President of Dangote Group and Africa’s richest man, was commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, May 22, 2023. The inauguration of the Dangote refinery was attended by many dignitaries in and outside Nigeria, including...

Group applaud Buhari for the Second Niger Bridge project

South East/Igbo APC Progressives Roundtable, SIAPRO, has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for the construction of the Second Niger Bridge, which was commissioned on Tuesday. SIAPRO, in a statement jointly signed by its Director General, Dr Uche Diala; National Secretary, Mr Emmanuel Molokwu; and the National Publicity Secretary, Mr Charles Kaye Okoye, described the Bridge as the “biggest and most significant singular infrastructural project in the Eastern region since after the civil war.” The group recalled...

President Buhari commissions Second Niger Bridge, seven other ‘legacy’ projects

…Second Niger Bridge is named after Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, commissioned eight projects completed by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing across the country. The projects which consist of three major bridges, three federal secretariats, a road and a new headquarters are part of the current “administration’s determination to upgrade and expand the nation’s stock of infrastructure”, according to Femi Adesina, the special adviser to the President on media and publicity. The federal...

Tension as S’Court decides Shettima’s eligibility to contest for vice presidency on Friday

Uncertainty over Bola Tinubu’s inauguration on Monday, May 29 looms as the Supreme Court has fixed Friday, May 26 to deliver its judgment in a suit seeking the nullification of the President-elect and the Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima’s candidature in the 2023 presidential election. The suit was filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on July 28, 2022. The party challenged the validity of the Tinubu/Shettima ticket for the February 25, 2023, presidential election because...

US President, Biden Names Delegates to Attend Tinubu’s Inauguration

United States President Joe Biden has released a list of officials to represent him at the upcoming inauguration of Bola Tinubu, the President-elect, on Monday, May 29. This is according to a press release by the White House on Monday. The nine-member presidential delegation are as follows: Honorable Marcia L. Fudge, secretary of the United States department of housing and urban development; Mr. David Greene, Chargé d’Affaires, a.i., U.S. Embassy, Abuja; The Honorable Sydney Kamlager-Dove,...

Nigerian Resident Doctors Suspends Strike

The five-day warning strike embarked upon by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has been suspended. Recall that the association had, on April 29, given the government a two-week ultimatum for failure for which it would proceed on strike. Orji Emeka Innocent, President, of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), who announced the suspension last night said members would resume work by 8 am today (Monday). The association embarked on the strike last...

Religious Leaders Urge Tinubu To Continue With Housing, Head Count

Cardinal John Onaiyekan, Archbishop of the Catholic Diocese of Abuja, and the Emir of Argungu, Alhaji Muhammad Samaila Mera, have urged the incoming government under Bola Ahmad Tinubu to continue with the Housing and Population Census. The religious leaders spoke during a round table engagement with traditional and interfaith leaders in Abuja on improving human capital development through girl-child education. According to Onaiyekan: “Census should be a regular thing and should be done properly. The...

Court rejects Obi, Atiku’s request for live broadcast of proceedings

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed the application for a live broadcast of the court proceedings. The Labour Party, LP, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, had requested for a live coverage of the court proceedings of their petitions against the president-elect, Bola Tinubu. Delivering the unanimous decision of the five-man panel on Monday, Justice Haruna Tsammani said the application by Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, presidential candidates of the PDP and LP lacked...

FG produces a documentary that highlights Buhari’s achievements

With the conclusion of the eight-year, two-term tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, the State House’s media department has produced a documentary highlighting the outgoing administration’s achievements. In a press release on Sunday, the State House said the 55-minute documentary titled, ‘Muhammadu Buhari Was Here’ will be aired between Sunday, May 21, 2023, and Tuesday, May 23, 2023. On Sunday, the documentary was aired on Channels Television at 6:00 p.m. Yesterday, it was aired on...

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