By Niran Adedokun On Monday, his first day in office, Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State shook his body vigorously to Kizz Daniel’s popular song ‘Buga’ to the delight of the people of the state. That couldn’t have surprised anyone. As an ordinary citizen and later a senator of the Federal Republic, Adeleke earned a […]
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The Ondo State Governor’s son, Babajide Akeredolu, on Friday, dispelled rumours that he plans to take over from his father, Rotimi Akeredolu, after the expiration of the latter’s tenure. He said despite the allure of office, he had several sectors where he could venture into and become extremely successful than being in government. Babajide, who […]
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A former Board of Trustees Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Walid Jibrin, has accused the All Progressives Congress of planning to disunite Nigerians with its Muslim/Muslim Ticket ahead of the 2023 general elections. Jibrin who is the Chairman of the PDP presidential and governorship campaign council in Nasarawa State made the accusation in […]
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The family of Anthony Isabor has lamented his disappearance after his cousin, Doris Usiagwu, took him to Belgium to get a job after he graduated in 2014. It was gathered that when Anthony got to Belgium, he remained incommunicado and efforts by his parents and siblings to get in touch with him proved abortive. The […]
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as Jega blames reckless politicians for attacks Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu and his immediate predecessor, Prof. Attahiru Jega, have dismissed suggestions by some Nigerians that the electoral body should hire high-profile private security guards or agents to protect the commission’s facilities. While Yakubu maintained that Nigeria’s security agencies […]
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Over 250 women organisations in Nigeria under the aegis of ‘Feminist Womanifesto’ have described as “unacceptable in a civilian regime”, the arrest, assault and continued detention of two citizens who were said to have criticised the First Lady, Aisha Buhari. The two victims currently being held by government agencies were a 23-year-old final-year student of […]
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The Office of the First Lady in Nigeria is yet again in public glare for ill, following reports of alleged abuse of power currently peddled against Mrs. Aisha Buhari. The scandalous nature of the action appears to have been underscored by the official silence that reigned for several days on the allegation. Although the silence […]
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as Sylva, Nabena lament the backwardness of Bayelsa state The Minister of State for Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva insist that the presidential candidate of the ruling All progressive congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu remains the best among the array of those angling for the exalted seat of the presidency in the 2023 poll. Speaking […]
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Oyo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman, Dayo Ogungbenro (left); Deputy Governor of the state, Bayo Lawal; Governor Seyi Makinde; PDP National Deputy Chairman (South), Taofeek Arapaja and former Speaker of Oyo State, Monsurat Sunmonu, during a town-hall meeting with party’s stakeholders in Ogbomoso geo-political zone, held at Soun Ogunlola Hall, Ogbomoso… yesterday Restates Soun’s […]
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Pledges to act on NIPSS report Wike berates Agba over comments on governors fueling poverty We’re coming after your thugs, NSA warns governors obstructing opposition campaign President Muhammadu Buhari again came down hard on governors over what he said was their unbridled ill-treatment of the administration of resources at the local government levels, causing what […]
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