Senior Pastor and founder, Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare has declared himself as the 16th President of Nigeria and successor of President Muhammadu Buhari.Bakare, during his sermon on Sunday, said that nothing could change it because he was born for that purpose to be president.According to him, while BuhariContinue Reading
The National President of the Nigeria Civil Service Union (NCSU) and member of the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council, Lawrence Amaechi, on Sunday confirmed the commencement of the minimum wage payment to junior workers on the federal payroll. Amaechi said officers on grade levels 01 to 06 got the newContinue Reading
The Presidency has described the 74th United Nations General Assembly, which begins fully on Monday, as Nigeria’s “day in the sun’’. Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, stated this shortly after President Muhammadu Buhari’s arrival in New York on Sunday for the weeklongContinue Reading
Aron Eisenberg, Star Trek Deep Space Nine actor has died at the age of 50, his wife Malissa Longo has announced. Aron played Nog, a Ferengi, on the Star Trek spin off between 1993 and 1999. Malissa who said she and the actor married last December posted a long tributeContinue Reading
Former Military Head of State, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) has charged the Igbos to work hard towards promoting the unity and indivisibility of Nigeria. He said that Nigerians, Igbos inclusive, should ensure they uphold the ideals of Nigeria’s founding fathers. Babangida stated this when he played host to theContinue Reading
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is in a fix on how to handle Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State who they believe is currently a threat to the party’s unity. Party sources cited the governor’s action which forced it to hold its National Convention last year inContinue Reading
A mild drama ensued Thursday indicating strong division within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) as the Chairman of the party’s BoT, Senator Walid Jubrin, and the BoT’s Secretary, Senator Adolphus Wabara, openly disagreed on the status of the report of the Senator Iyorchia Ayu-led committee thatContinue Reading
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the need to ensure that violence does not mar the November 16 governorship election in Kogi State. It called on the electoral umpire to issue a “direct warning” to Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello and theContinue Reading
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday presided over the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The vice president, by the provisions of Nigeria’s Constitution, is the chairman of NEC. This meeting is the second since the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet for the second term. The NEC meeting,Continue Reading
The Malawian Government announced on Wednesday that it had hired two buses to repatriate nationals, who were displaced, following xenophobic attacks on foreigners in South Africa. The buses left Johannesburg on Tuesday evening and the repatriated Malawians would be back home on Thursday, Secretary for the Department of Disaster ManagementContinue Reading
