Nigeria

The new Maigari of Lokoja in Kogi State, Ibrahim Kabir, Maikarfi IV, has promised to work for the peace, stability and development of the emirate to promote the overall development of the state.

Traditional ruler of Jebba in Mooro Local Council of Kwara State, Abdulkadir Adebara, as well as his chiefs and subjects, has appealed to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to pay his salary arrears of over two decades.

As victims count their losses from Tuesday’s explosion that shattered the serenity of Ibadan metropolis, there has been renewed calls for the review of activities of illegal miners in the country to checkmate the menace, particularly preventing the recurrence of such explosion.

Nigeria, struggling to raise funding for its 2024 budget may borrow to finance electricity subsidy as the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Company (NERC) yesterday released a new tariff template, showing over N1.6 trillion shortfall.

President Bola Tinubu has said that he benefitted immensely from his close relationship with long-time confidant, Bisi Akande, and that he considered himself lucky to have him.

The International Centre for Yoruba Arts and Culture in Ibadan has decried lack of uniformity and standardisation in Yoruba orthography among various users and speakers.

A member of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Idowu Odebunmi, yesterday, gave the assurance that his colleagues would ensure holistic implementation of the 2024 budget to deliver landmark capital projects for the benefit of the citizens.

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has declared that “without the provision of security for life and property, the government has no other business.” 

Prominent Nigerians have continued to congratulate and extol the virtues of Publisher of The Point, Dr Lateefat Oyeyemi Kolapo, who was last weekend installed as the new Iyalode Musulumi of Egbaland at the Central Mosque, Kobiti, Abeokuta, Ogun State capital. The eminent personalities, including former President Olusegun Obasanjo; former governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun…

The Federal Government has warned against public crowd-funding to pay ransoms for kidnapped victims, saying it will only worsen the spate of abductions.

The Olu Owode-Egba in Obafemi Owode Local Council of Ogun State, Oba Kolawole Sowemimo, has tendered an apology to the Federal Government over his alleged abuse of naira.

The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, yesterday, strongly condemned having Yoruba traditional rulers in the diaspora.