Opinion

  The former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, has called on President Bola Tinubu to caution state governors over what he described as undemocratic restrictions on the constitutional rights of citizens.   Metuh made the call in a Facebook post on Sunday, reacting to the ...

    Political activist, Omoyele Sowore, speaks with ISMAEEL UTHMAN on the claim that the late former President Muhammadu Buhari left behind a legacy of integrity   The late former President Buhari was said to have left a legacy of integrity. Do you agree with that?   Absolutely not. The ...

  Former military Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd.), has said the Biafra civil war was never his choice.   Gowon was presiding over the affairs of Nigeria during the civil war from July 6, 1967 to January 15, 1970.   He described the civil war as the most ...

  The popular Ijebu age grade, Egbe Bobakeye Okunrin Akile Ijebu, on Saturday, lamented the wrong narrative being circulated on social media about the visit of the late Queen Elizabeth II of England to Nigeria, particularly, Ijebu land in 1956.   While addressing journalists at Ijebu Ode on Saturday, Abiodun ...

  Former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has criticised the current chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, alleging that the All Progressives Congress would not have been registered or won the 2015 general elections if Yakubu had been in charge at the time.   Speaking on Arise ...

  The Presidency on Tuesday refuted criticisms by a faction of the Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, which claimed that the administration’s policies have resulted in economic hardship, democratic decline, and social regression.   A statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, ...

  The Oluwo of Iwoland in Osun, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanni, has said that there is no he does not know any other title in Yorubaland that is superior to the Alaafin.   Oluwo, who described the Alaafin title as supreme to all other traditional titles in Yorubaland, said that the ...

  Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has called for the adoption of renewable energy sources to provide electricity across the six states of Nigeria’s South-West region.   Represented by his deputy, Mr Kola Adewusi, Adeleke made the remarks in Osogbo on Tuesday while officially opening the South-West Post-Conference Stakeholders’ Roundtable ...

  The National Youth Service Corps has advised members of the 2024 Batch B Stream I, who have just concluded their service year, to focus on wealth creation.   NYSC Coordinator in Rivers State, Mr Moses Oleghe, gave the charge on Tuesday during the passing-out ceremony of corps members held ...

  The Take It Back Movement has announced plans to hold a nationwide protest on June 12 to draw attention to the country’s worsening insecurity, shrinking civic space, and growing economic hardship.   In a statement on Monday by its National Coordinator, Juwon Sanyaolu, the movement condemned the rising wave ...