The Presidency has again taken a swipe at the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah, for what it considers negative portrayals of President Muhammadu Buhari. administration. It claimed in a statement yesterday that Kukah and the opposition were responsible for the delayed delivery of 12 Super […]

A chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, Adegboyega Adegoke, who is aspiring to contest for Oyo South Senatorial seat in 2023, has begun grassroots mobilisation. A contact and mobilisation team to make his ambition a reality has just been formed.

The South West Agenda for Asiwaju 2023 (SWAGA’23) yesterday mourned the passage of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, who joined his ancestors at the age of 83.

The billionaire drug baron behind the N3billion Tramadol deal involving the embattled suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Abba Kyari-led Intelligence Response Team, IRT, Chief Afam Mallinson Emmanuel Ukatu has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.

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A Muslim rights advocacy group, the Muslim Rights Concern, has opposed the endorsement of Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to seek reelection for a second term of four years in 2023. The group maintained that the governor’s endorsement by All Progressives Congress leadership in the state was against […]

A former acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, will retire from the police on May 5, 2022, after attaining 60 years of age. He was enlisted into the Nigeria Police Force as Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police on March 3, 1990. He rose […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has condemned the Federal Government’s handling of the negotiation on its demands and nonchalant attitude towards the ongoing strike. The ASUU rollover strike is in its 10th week today and will end in two weeks.

The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has called for a meeting with all aspirants vying for different political offices in the upcoming 2023 general elections. The said meeting has been scheduled to hold on Monday, April 25, 2022 (today) by 11 am at the Government House, Agodi, […]

A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Ahmed Lawan, has condemned the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)’s request for an additional N3.557 trillion for fuel subsidy.

THE Council of State led by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved the pardon of 159 convicts including a former Governor of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye; and ex-Governor Jolly Nyame of Taraba State, who were both imprisoned for stealing N1.16bn and N1.6bn respectively.

The United States State Department has cleared the sale of 12 AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopters to Nigeria worth nearly $1bn, apparently after US lawmakers lifted objections over human rights concerns. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency on Thursday announced the sale of the helicopters and related defence systems to […]

Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba has approved the promotion of 21,039 junior officers. The officers were last elevated on or before 2017. Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi announced the approval in a statement on Thursday.

The National Council of State has okayed the national population census for April 2023 after the general elections. Director-General of National Population Commission (NPC), Nasir Isa-Kwarra, disclosed this to State House Correspondents after a meeting of the Council of State presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday.

The House of Representatives, on Thursday, has said nobody will be sanctioned for the supply of adulterated Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol, which caused a major crisis in Nigeria’s fuel chain and untold hardships on Nigerians.