Author: Tosin Ajayi

Britain’s new king will be formally known as Charles III, his Clarence House residence confirmed Thursday, after suggestions that queen Elizabeth II’s heir might have taken a different regnal name. Charles’s eldest son William inherits the duchy of Cornwall in addition to his current title of duke of Cambridge. Charles III is the longest-serving heir-apparent in British history. Aged 73, he has been heir to the throne since the age of just three, when his mother became Queen Elizabeth II.

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The National Executive Council of the Peoples Democratic Party has passed a vote-of-confidence in Senator Iyorchia Ayu, suggesting that the party chairman will not be stepping down any time soon. A motion for the vote of confidence in the PDP’s National Working Committee (NWC) was moved by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ndudi Elumelu at the BoT and NEC meeting which held in Abuja on Thursday. The vote was supported by a NEC member from Kwara State and presided over by the acting chairman of the PDP BoT, Adolphus Wabara. There have…

Former Donald Trump aide Steve Bannon has been indicted on state charges of money laundering, conspiracy and fraud related to an alleged online scheme to raise money for the construction of a wall along the southern US border, according to an indictment obtained by CNN. Bannon surrendered Thursday morning to authorities and is expected to plead not guilty Thursday when arraigned later Thursday, his attorney Robert Costello told CNN. The state charges are based on the same conduct Bannon was charged with by federal prosecutors in 2020 that alleged he and three others had defrauded donors in the border wall effort,…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to resolve the lingering Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, strike. This was disclosed in a press statement issued by the NANS’s factional President, Umar Faruk Lawal, at Abuja, on Thursday. Lawal said Nigerian students’ patience has been stretched beyond limits, following the effect of the industrial action by ASUU. He said, “Academic Staff Union (ASUU) has been on strike for almost eight months, the academic calendar cannot be used as a parameter for years of studies anymore, as students…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- About seven persons have sustained injuries when an uncompleted four-storey hotel building collapsed on Thursday in Ibadan. The collapsed hotel building is adjacent to one of the new generation banks at Awosika, Bodija area of Ibadan. An witness who spoke with NAN disclosed that the incident happened around 5:45 a.m. when Muslim faithful were returning from early morning prayers. The witness said that rescue teams including people in the neighbourhood and passers-by have been able to rescue seven people who are currently receiving medical attention at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. A combined team of…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE Of NAIJA)- Former President of the Senate of Nigeria, Adolphus Wabara, has emerged as the new chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party. His appointment followed the resignation of the former National PDP BoT Chairman, Walid Jibril, amid the crisis rocking the main opposition party in the country. Jibril’s resignation and Wabara’s appointment were announced on Thursday at the BoT and National Executive Committee meeting on Thursday in Abuja.

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE Of NAIJA)- The Chairman of its Board of Trustees (BoT), of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Walid Jubrin, has announced he is stepping down. He made the announcement at a well attended BoT meeting on Thursday in Abuja. Southern members of the PDP, with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers as arrowhead, had called on Ayu to resign as chairman so that a party member from the South could replace him for an equitable distribution of party offices and slots between the North and South. The PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, is from the Northeast, the national…

Buckingham Palace has said her doctors are “concerned” for Queen Elizabeth’s health and recommended that she remain under medical supervision. The 96-year-old monarch has been dogged by health problems since October last year that left her with difficulties walking and standing. On Wednesday, she pulled out of a planned meeting with her senior political advisors, after being told to rest. The previous day she held audiences at her Scottish Highlands retreat, Balmoral, with outgoing prime minister Boris Johnson and appointed his successor, Liz Truss. “Following further evaluation this morning, the Queen’s doctors are concerned for Her Majesty’s health and have…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE Of NAIJA)- The operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) in the early hours of Thursday arrested Tukur Mamu His residence also played host to operatives that came in about 20 vehicles. According to a Daily Trust report, “They ransacked the house and carted away documents, phones and laptops. Those in the house were ordered to sign a document, before the officers took it back.” The report has it that each time, the freed victims of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack converged on Mamu’s office before reuniting with their families. He is the Publisher of Desert Herald.…

IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi visited Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at the headquarters of World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland. According to a tweet by Obi, he visited Okonjo-Iweala, WTO director-general, to “discuss and gain some insight about Nigeria’s economic recovery”. The WTO director-general also shared a photo of the visit on Twitter.