By Yekeen Olawale Wakeel Oranmiyan is an important character in Yoruba and Benin mythology. Though, the youngest of Oduduwa grandchildren according to Ife oral tradition, eventually became the most powerful and famous of them all. According to Ife’s list of…
By Rafiu Ajakaye In 1867, a former US Secretary of State William Seward committed $7.2 million of taxpayers’ money to seal a deal that bought Alaska from Russia, triggering a flurry of reactions that culminated in the media historically dubbing…
The Borno House of Assembly on Thursday passed the 2024 budget presented to it by Gov. Babagana Zulum. The house jerked up the budget from the initial N340.6 billion presented by the governor to N358.7 billion. The budget was passed…
By Bassey Williams, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has commended his predecessor Senator Seriake Dickson for his exemplary character of his predecessor describing the former governor as an individual who does not act like a political godfather.…
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has signed the state’s 2024 appropriation bill of N489,443,632,374 into law. The figure represents an increase of N8.450 billion from the earlier N480,993,632,369 the governor presented to the House of Assembly for consideration on…
The Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 18th March, 2023 governorship election, Hon. Ladi Adebutu to accept the court summons served him. The…
The Governor of Plateau State, Caleb Muftwang has challenged security agencies in the state to be responsive and do away with excuses. Lamenting how the security forces are sluggish and unable to quell the attacks in the state, Muftwang in…
By Elvis Omoregie, Benin A Governorship aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the Edo 2024 gubernatorial election, Hon. Osaro Onaiwu, has described those calling themselves homegrown for the purpose of gaining cheap popularity in the name of election,…
For decades Nigeria has been besetted by importation of petroleum products, occasioned by non-functionality of our local refineries, thereby throwing the nation into untold hardship. The ordeal has been like that of rat race, where heaps of promises by the…
Geregu Power Plc has witnessed a robust trading period, according to its latest corporate disclosure on insider dealing. In a display of market confidence, the company revealed a majority shareholder has completed a series of share sales totaling 40 million…
