Nigerians travelling within the country this yuletide season will pay less for public transport as President Bola Tinubu will bear 50 per cent of the transportation cost, Minister of Solid Minerals, Dele Alake told the press on Wednesday. Alake said the bonanza would run from 21 December to 4 January 2024, and that inter-state travel via trains will be free. According to the Minister, “Nigerians willing to travel can board public transport via minibuses and...

The honorable member representing Awka South 1 constituency in Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon. Henry Mbachu, has called on elected public officials in Nigeria, and also well-to-do individuals, to collectively rise against poverty. Hon. Mbachu who made this call while distributing grants to petty business owners in the market, observed that the level of lack and deprivation in the society can no longer be ignored or even discussed in passing. According to the Labour...

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Monday affirmed the re-election of Governor Ahmadu Fintiri as the governor of Adamawa State. Senator Aisha Ahmed Dahiru Binani, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, had appealed against the judgment of the state governorship election petition tribunal which affirmed Fintiri’s re-election. Binani had approached the court on allegations of corrupt practices and non-compliance with the Electoral Act. The three-man panel of the appeal court led...

As the crisis in Rivers State deepens, the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has alleged a plot to validate defection of 27 House of Assembly members. According to CUPP, the plot is to use secret ex parte suits to legalise the sacked Rivers State lawmakers to pave the way for illegal impeachment of the governor, Siminalayi Fubara. It will be recalled that 27 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers recently decamped to the All Progressives...