Rivers Assembly orders arrest of PAMO varsity VC over N29bn scholarship funds

By Ade Oyeyemi The Rivers State House of Assembly has issued a warrant for the arrest of the Vice-Chancellor of PAMO University of Medical Sciences, Port Harcourt, over his failure to appear before a committee investigating scholarship funds running into more than N29bn released to the institution by the state government. The Assembly took the […]

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Lagos Police identify inspector in viral anti-Obi, Igbo remarks

By Ade Oyeyemi The Lagos State Police Command has identified an inspector captured in a viral video making controversial political and ethnic remarks about the Nigeria Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Peter Obi. The officer was identified as Osumah Frank, following the circulation of the video in which he was heard commenting on Obi’s 2027 presidential […]

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2027: OK Movement denies Obi, NDC funding amid campaign council row

By Ade Oyeyemi The Obi-Kwankwaso Movement, popularly known as the OK Movement, has denied receiving financial support from the Nigeria Democratic Congress or its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to run its organisational activities. The group’s Director-General, John Ughulu, made the clarification in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday amid an escalating disagreement between the […]

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2027: Ex-PDP gov aspirant, supporters dump party for APC in Ondo

By Ade Oyeyemi A former governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State, Bosun Arebuwa, has defected to the All Progressives Congress with a group of his supporters. Arebuwa, who contested the PDP governorship primary ahead of the 2024 Ondo State governorship election, formally joined the APC on Friday at the International Culture […]

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Adelami stresses practical skills learning in Nigeria’s education curricula

Ondo State Deputy Governor, Dr Olajide Adelami has stressed the need to integrate practical skills leaning into the curricula of study of all the strata of Nigeria’s education system. He praised the federal government for integrating mandatory technical, vocational and entrepreneurship courses into the curriculum of tertiary institutions to equip graduates with practical skills required […]

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Hunger, anger, UNGA: A prelude before hanger-on of 2027 elections – which way Nigeria?

By: Ven. Amb. Nelson Fadoju If you want to know the true state of Nigeria today, don’t go to the air-conditioned halls of UNGA in New York. Come to Oja Oba in Akure,Ondo State, Ado-Ekiti in Ekiti State, to Bodija Market in Ibadan,Oyo State, to Mile 12 in Lagos and other markets in Portharcourt, Onitsha […]

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Are we becoming like the machines we created?

By Olusola Adeyegbe We hear increasingly grave warnings about Artificial Intelligence, sometimes from the very experts who understand it best. We should not dismiss their apprehension. But perhaps we should look deeper. What if the greatest danger is not simply that machines are becoming more intelligent? What if the deeper danger is that human beings […]

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Osun assembly dares APC to challenge park management bill in court

By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State House of Assembly has challenged the All Progressives Congress (APC) to seek judicial interpretation if the party believes that the recently passed Osun State Integrated Transport, Traffic and Park Management System Bill, 2026, is unconstitutional. The Assembly’s position followed a criticism by the Osun State chapter of the APC, […]

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2027: Zamfara gov tells Wike to join APC or leave Rainbow Coalition

By Ade Oyeyemi Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has asked the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to clarify his political allegiance ahead of the 2027 general elections. Lawal said Wike could not simultaneously support President Bola Tinubu’s re-election and back candidates of other political parties in governorship and legislative contests. The governor […]

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Uzodinma halts Imo council election, moves to appoint interim committees

The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has cancelled the local government elections scheduled for Saturday, September 26, across the state’s 27 local government areas. The cancellation comes days before the expiration of the tenure of the current elected council officials, with the state government expected to constitute interim management committees to oversee the affairs of […]

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