Vice-President Kashim Shettima has expressed his heartfelt condolences over the passing of Pa Ayo Adebanjo, a renowned leader of the Afenifere group, who died on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, at the age of 96. In a condolence message issued on Monday in Abuja, Shettima described Pa Adebanjo as a...
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The Defence Headquarters has urged Nigerians to disregard “the malicious allegations” and support the efforts of the armed forces to enhance national security and promote the welfare of servicemen and women. The Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Tukur Gusau, in a statement on Monday, faulted the allegations regarding Nigerian...
The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, has faulted the recent comments by Dr Babachir Lawal, a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, regarding the 2027 Presidential ambitions of President Bola Tinubu This is contained in a statement issued by the Director of Information and...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (COCS), comprising over 200 civil society organizations committed to transparency, good governance, and economic integrity, has discredited and condemned the bribery allegations made by Head of Financial Crime Compliance of Binance, Tigran Gambaryan. Gambaryan, an American citizen, had...
By SIMBIAT BAKARE – “I miss her! I really miss her!” Olajumoke Falade, a resident of Kokumo Street, said as she counted the naira notes in her hands. She frowned at the boy she had sent to collect the N15,000 at a Point of Sale (POS) vendor. The vendor...
Elder statesman, Afe Babalola (SAN), has described the passing of Afenifere leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, at 96, as a great loss to Nigeria and the legal profession. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Babalola, also 96, said this in a statement in Ado-Ekiti on Sunday, titled: ‘Chief...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed claims that its Primary Election Guidelines were compromised by forgery. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, made the clarification in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Ologunagba explained that the party had been made aware of misleading media reports suggesting the Primary...
Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru has urged the Nigerian Army to strengthen its strategies to end the sit-at-home order in the South-East of the country. This is contained in a statement by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Monday Uzor, on Sunday in Abakaliki. The statement quoted the governor...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Osun Chapter, has instructed all members working in Local Government Areas (LGAs) to withdraw their services from Monday midnight. Osun NLC Chairman, Mr Christopher Arapasopo, issued the statement in response to the political tension following a Court of Appeal judgment in the state. He...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are defecting to align with President Bola Tinubu’s bold economic reform agenda. The APC’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja while responding to criticism from former...
Former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the 2023 Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, on Saturday visited the residence of the late Afenifere Leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, to commiserate with his family over the death of their patriarch. A former Commonwealth General-Secretary, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, who...
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the results of the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates, second series. A total of 2,577 candidates had their results withheld due to allegations of examination malpractice. This was disclosed in a statement on Sunday by...
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has approved 100 hectares of land for the expansion of Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology, Wudil. This is contained in a statement issued by the governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Dawakin-Tofa, in Kano on Sunday. The allocated land will accommodate a new Faculty of...
By OLA MODUPE, Akure – Commissioner of Police in Ondo State, Mr Wilfred Afolabi, has condemned the attack and arson on the divisional police station on Sunday in Ifon, Ose Local Government Area of the state. Afolabi also ordered a full-scale investigation to determine the circumstances that led to...
The Enugu State Government has said it did not demolish building with the occupants inside on the Penoks-Abakpa axis of Enugu metropolis as insinuated in a fake online video clip. The Senior Special Assistant to Gov. Peter Mbah on New Media, Mr Reuben Onyishi, made the clarification in a...
Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has asked President Bola Tinubu to caution the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola, over an alleged plot to create chaos and anarchy in the Southwest state. At a press briefing on Sunday, Adeleke alleged that his predecessor had instructed the police...
First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, has pledged her commitment to more investment in advocacy, resource mobilisation and fostering of partnerships to close the gender gap and boost women and youth empowerment in Nigeria. Tinubu made the pledge on Sunday while addressing the 29th General Assembly of the Organisation of...
The Police Command in Ekiti State has detained one Jimoh Abdulraman who brutally assaulted his wife, Mrs Taiwo Akintunde-Abdulraman in Ado-Ekiti in a viral social media video. This is contained in a by the command spokesman, Mr Sunday Abutu, on Sunday in Ado-Ekiti. Abutu said that the state’s Commissioner...
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has said that contrary to the interpretation in some quarters, the Court of Appeal has not reinstated the sacked local government chairmen and councillors in the state. Adeleke made the clarification while addressing a news conference on Sunday in Osogbo. The governor explained that...
Edo State Government has confirmed 13 deaths from outbreak of Lassa fever in the state. Director of Public Health at the State Ministry of Health, Dr Stephenson Ojeifo, gave the update during an interview with newsmen on Sunday in Benin. According to him, three cases of Mpox otherwise known...