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Five Americans freed from Iranian detention on Monday are on their way back to the United States after initially stopping in Doha, Qatar, according to a US official and a source familiar with the matter. The five, all of whom had been designated as wrongfully detained, were freed as part of a wider deal that includes the US unfreezing $6 billion in Iranian funds. …

President Tinubu should urgently stimulate the economy for the creation of jobs and forget the recent National Bureau of Statistics’ reformulation of Nigeria’s unemployment figure at 4.4 per cent. President Bola Tinubu clocked 100 days in office on 6 September, while in India for the G20 summit. Its coincidence with the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal’s validation of his victory in the …

Following reactions that greeted the commands issued by former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo to traditional rulers in Oyo State last Friday, the former President on Monday said he stands by his action. Recall that some traditional rulers at an event in Iseyin, Oyo State, on Friday, were commanded by Obasanjo to stand up and sit down as a sign of …

…Celebrates Ojemudia’s philanthropic legacies Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said his government will continue to prioritise reforms and policies to ensure the welfare and well-being of the elderly, weak and other vulnerable persons in the State. Obaseki said this during a Thanksgiving service held for late Deaconess Victoria Omorogieva Ojemudia (Nee Chief Gaius Ikuobase Obaseki) at the New …

The governor said his administration’s policies in its first 100 days in office will tackle the challenges of out-of-school children in the state. According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), there are more than 20 million out-of-school children in Nigeria. Jigawa State in North-west Nigeria, has the fifth largest number of out-of-school children after Bauchi, Kebbi, Katsina …

Wife of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Taiwo, has waded into the controversy that has trailed the statement of the former Army general at Iseyin, Oyo state during Friday’s commissioning of projects executed by the state Governor, Seyi Makinde. Obasanjo who was special guest of honour had chastised some Yoruba traditional rulers at the event for not standing up to accord …

Former minister Olu Agunloye says former President Obasanjo lied by claiming his government did not award the $ 6 billion contract for the Mambilla power project A former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, has accused former President Olusegun Obasanjo of distortion of facts over the stalled multi-billion-dollar Mambilla Hydropower Project. The project, first awarded in 2003 to Sunrise Power …

* Sends their names to Senate for confirmation  President Bola Tinubu has approved the nomination of Dr. Jamila Bio Ibrahim as the Minister of Youth, pending her confirmation by the Senate in line with the provisions of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended). The president, according to a release issued on Sunday by his Media …

Governor Ademola Adeleke’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, has alleged sabotage over the averted air plane crash involving the Governor and some of his aides. Governor Adeleke was scheduled to fly from Lagos to Abuja on his elder brother, Dr Deji Adeleke’s private jet but the pilot had to call it off after discovering fault in the engine a minute just as …

…Calls for the disbandment of INEC Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has been described as an enemy of Nigerian masses following his recent outburst in South Africa, where he said Peter Obi, Labour Party (LP) standard bearer in Nigeria’s last presidential election and the party leadership knew they lost the election but were using “force of lies.” At an event …