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National Commissioner for INEC, Mrs May Agbamuche-Mbu for Rivers and Bayelsa State handing over Certificate of Return to Siminalayi Fubara Governor-Elect of Rivers State

INEC presents Certificates of Return to Governor-Elect Fubara, others in Rivers

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

The National Commissioner for INEC, for Rivers and Bayelsa, Mrs. May Agbamuche-Mbu presented the certificate of returns to the Governor…

Buhari swears in ex-IGP Arase as PSC chairman

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

Buhari had forwarded Arase's name to the Senate in January, asking the upper legislative chamber to confirm him in accordance…
Uncle

4 suspects remanded for allegedly purchasing N7.3m frozen fish with fake cheques

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

Police further alleged that trouble started for the defendants when the complainant presented the cheques at the bank for payment,…

Zimbabwe seeks technical assistance from Nigerian Air Force

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

Moyo said the identified areas for collaboration were of common and peculiar aviation interests to Zimbabwe and Nigeria, whose air…
Northern Christian Youth Professionals (NCYP) set agenda for President Elect Bola Tinubu, says he must hit the ground running from 29 May

‘Tinubu will build a new Nigeria’

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

He noted that Tinubu revolutionised governance, leadership, politics, and revenue generation in the most complex state in Nigeria, Lagos when…

Osun lawmakers-elect get date to receive Certificates of Return

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

The statement said that INEC, in compliance with Section 72 (1) of the Electoral Act 2022, is mandated to issue…
Former VP Yemi Osinbajo reacts to ruling of the tribunal affirming President Bola Tinubu as the winner of the 2023 presidential election

Osinbajo prays for good health, wisdom for Tinubu

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

Osinbajo, in the message he personally signed, prayed that God will grant Tinubu more wisdom and strength in the years…
PDP has in addition to winning the governorship election in the state, also clinched majority of the seats in the Bauchi House of Assembly.

PDP wins majority of seats in Bauchi Assembly

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

The PDP, according to details of the results of the March 18 governorship election and state houses of Assembly released…
Three repentant Boko Haram insurgents tell panel what they know about rights abuses by Nigerian military in North East as alleged by Reuters

Ex- Boko Haram members open up on right abuses by military

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

The ex-Boko Haram members reacted to claims by Reuters in the series of reports that troops of “Operation Hadin Kai’’…
Yahaya Bello

EFCC asks Court to dismiss Gov. Yahaya Bello’s application

Michael Adesina

3 years ago

EFCC, on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, urged Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos to…

Police rescue 10-year-old girl from kidnappers

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

The 10-year-old girl was rescued at Enugu-Ezike community on Monday after he abductors abandoned her, Enugu Police spokesman, DSP Daniel…
Gunmen abduct Islamic cleric, Alfa Fasasi Ola Mejabi, younger brother along Lokoja/ Obajana/ Kabba road of Kogi State

Gunmen attack Edo community, kill one, abduct others

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

The rate of killing by the Fulani herdsmen in Sobe community in Owan West Local Government has become too many,”…
Sen. Dayo Adeyeye, National Coordinator of SWAGA reacts to calls by some that President Buhari should hand over to an interim government

SWAGA’s Adeyeye blows hot over calls for interim government

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

Adeyeye said all lovers of democracy in the country will oppose constitution of any interim government ahead of the May…
Members of Imo State Working Committee (SWC) of Labour Party (LP) reject suspension by state's party's state Chairman, Callistus Ihejiagwa

Labour Party reduces cost of governorship from N25m to N15m

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

Mr Julius Abure, National Chairman of LP, made this known while addressing newsmen after a meeting with its elected Senators…
Rivers governor, Nyesom Wike, throws weight behind the calls for the national chairman of PDP, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu to vacate office

Wike mocks: Ayu’s calamitous reign has come to an end

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Speaking at Bellmouth Junction, Degema Krakrama bridge, venue of the inauguration of the phase one of the Trans-Kalabari Road, Wike…
Police Kill 4 bandits in shootout in Benue

Police in gun duel with kidnappers in Kogi: 13 victims rescued

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

The rescued victims made up of 11 males and two females were reportedly kidnapped at a Hotel in Eleite Area…
Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha dumps the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

How Ihedioha was pressured to step down from Imo PDP governorship primary

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

The former deputy speaker of the House of Representatives said that having been a member since formation in 1998, he…
Ex- SGF Boss Mustapha tells court ex-President Buhari's signature was forged to withdraw $6.2m from CBN purportedly to pay election observers

Atiku, Obi suits can’t stop transfer of power to Tinubu- SGF

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

The Federal Government on April 14 inaugurated a 22-man Presidential Transition Council ahead of the 2023 handover to the incoming…

151 stranded Nigerians evacuated from Libya 

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

According to Musa, the evacuees who included 71 female, 54 male, 14 children and 13 infants are expected to arrive…
Rally

Naira scarcity: NLC, TUC suspend proposed actions against CBN

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

The NLC had last Wednesday issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN to find solutions to…
Senate adopts the House of Representatives report on the establishment of the Nigeria Peace Corps (Establishment) Bill, 2023.

Senate extends implementation of 2022 budget

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

By Kingsley Okoye The Senate on Tuesday at plenary passed two bills seeking to extend the implementation of capital components…
Zulum dissolves state executive council

FG budgets N15bn to resettle 20,000 Nigerian refugees

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

This was disclosed by Nigeria's Presidential Committee on Repatriation, Return and Resettlement of refugees and management of repentant Boko Haram…
PENGASSAN

PENGASSAN declares support for removal of petrol subsidy

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

PENGASSAN has been insisting on making the local refineries functional before removal of subsidy not because it believes that the…
Gov. Samuel Ortom says he will not challenge the victory of his opponent, Titus Zam of APC in the Benue North-west Senatorial seat election

Ortom: Why I withdrew my petition against APC Senator-elect

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

Zam of APC defeated defeated Ortom who contested on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP WITH 143,151 to 106,882…
At 81, former President Buhari is looking very fresh, well rested. I know, because I was with him in his Daura, Katsina State home last week.

Buhari inaugurates oil exploration in Nasarawa

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

Buhari said the new oil discovery was in line with the ongoing campaigns for the exploration of crude oil and…
The GOC, of 1 Division, Kaduna, Maj. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja is among 75 top officers redeployed in a massive shake up by the Nigerian Army

Army redeploys Gen. Lagbaja, 74 other senior officers

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

As the GOC of Division 1, General Lagbaja has been led the successes recorded by the troops in the battle…
Ogedengbe

Tinubu is God’s anointed President – Ogedengbe

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Ogedengbe, who is the General Overseer of Overcomer Pentecostal Prayer Assembly, Abule-Egba, Lagos, said emphatically that no devil incarnate could…
Gov. Sanwo-Olu and Tinubu

At 71: Tinubu is an enigmatic master strategist – Sanwo-Olu

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

He described Asiwaju Tinubu, who turns 71 on Wednesday, March 29 as a “visionary, consistent, loyal and enigmatic master strategist”…
LAUTECH shuts its Iseyin Campus for two weeks after a 200 level student of the Department of Agricultural Economics was killed by a vehicle.

Makinde lauds LAUTECH on development strides

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

According to the governor, his administration was determined to pay more attention to challenges militating against the university from becoming…
Tit-for-tat: PDP hits officials who suspended Iyorchia Ayu

Iliya Damagum takes over as Ayu steps down as National Chairman of PDP

Michael Adesina

3 years ago

Iliya Umar Damagum is now the acting chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as Iyorchia Ayu has stepped aside…
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