Politics

  President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to participate in the 17th Summit of Heads of State and Government for the Global South and Emerging Economic Bloc.   The block includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, also called the BRICS.   The President’s flight ...

The Social Democratic Party says it’s strengthening its grassroots base, just as it’s capitalising on growing dissatisfaction among Nigerians in the face of a biting economy. In this interview with EDWARD NNACHI, the Ebonyi State Chairman of SDP, Dr Kingsley Agbor, speaks on Nigeria’s 26 years of democracy, and his ...

  Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi, has declared that after God, his loyalty lies with President Bola Tinubu, saying that he takes instructions only from the duo.   Umahi made the declaration in Abakaliki while speaking with newsmen on the president’s recent commendation of him over some infrastructural feats. ...

  Former Anambra State Governor and 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi has defended his administration’s investment in the state’s brewery, insisting it remains a major economic asset despite criticisms.   In an interview on Monday with Arise News anchor Rufai Oseni, Obi recounted the challenges he faced attracting ...

  Residents of the Munga Dosso community in Karim- Lamido Local Government Area of Taraba have appealed to the state government to ensure strict enforcement of its anti-open grazing law to address herders and farmers’ clashes in the state.   The Youth Leader of the community, Robert Bukar, disclosed this ...

  The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has commended President Bola Tinubu’s newly proposed forest guard security structure.   Ogunwusi gave the commendation when he paid a courtesy visit to the President at his Ikoyi residence in Lagos on Sunday.   While speaking with journalists after the visit, the ...

  The Minister of Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy, Hanatu Musawa, on Sunday said that President Bola Tinubu is committed to making Nigeria the greatest black nation on earth with the export of the country’s rich cultural heritage to the outside world.   Musawa equally said that the Federal Government ...

  The Ondo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has accused the state governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, of deliberately abandoning all the uncompleted projects left by his immediate predecessor, late Rotimi Akeredolu.   The PDP accused the governor in a statement issued by its Director of Media and Publicity, ...

  President Bola Tinubu would on June 12 confer national honours on selected legislators in commemoration of Democracy Day.   This is contained in a statement by the House Spokesman, Akin Rotimi Jr., in Abuja on Sunday.   The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the leadership and members of ...

    Ukraine said on Sunday that a planned exchange of captured soldiers would start “next week”, after both sides accused each other of trying to thwart and delay the swap.   “The start of repatriation activities based on the results of the negotiations in Istanbul is scheduled for next ...