It was an anticlimax on Friday as the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja stopped Nigeria’s major opposition party the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from going ahead with its National Convention to pick its new national officers. Scheduled to hold in Ibadan the Oyo State capital between Saturday November 15 and Sunday November 16, 2025, […]
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Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, is abuzz with last-minute preparations for the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party amid a potential showdown between factional camps in the opposition party. Billed to take place on Saturday and Sunday, the convention is perhaps the most controversial in the PDP’s history, as a faction of the […]
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By Abimbola Adelakun In a bid to alleviate the uncertainties and tensions that prevail at the moment, the Federal Government recently announced a notable success rate in its fight against terrorism. They declared that they had recorded an 81 per cent reduction in terror-related deaths since 2015. The figures, said to be based on updates […]
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By Abraham Ogbodo It is not right to say that Nyesom Wike is in the news again. He is, always. The big deal is when the Minister, who was also Governor of Rivers State for eight years, manages to stop boiling over and strike a comportment that does not attract news hunters. Last Tuesday, Wike […]
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By Sola Adeyegbe Birth is one of the most extraordinary mysteries of existence. It is the quiet entry of a soul into a new chapter of its long journey. An act not of randomness, but of divine grace. And today, as I mark another year of my own earthly journey, my heart is drawn not […]
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recommits to infrastructural renewal assures completion of Ijoka road dualisation, other ongoing projects Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has flagged off the Akure–Imafon Road project, described as another clear demonstration of his administration’s commitment to infrastructure renewal and service delivery. At the ceremony held at the NNPC–Imafon Junction, Igbatoro Road, Akure, he said the project […]
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By Abdu Rafiu Each day, each major burning issue, raising tension in the polity! Each time, it is hot potato! Otherwise, how do we place the unfortunate public spat between the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Nyesom Wike, and a young Naval Officer, Lt. A. M. Yerima? Alarmed high ranking retired officers of the […]
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Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has described Tuesday’s confrontation between the Federal Capital Territory minister, Nyesom Wike, and a naval officer, Lieutenant A. Yerima, over an alleged land dispute, as unnecessary and avoidable. The standoff arose from a disagreement over the ownership of a piece of land in Gaduwa District in Abuja guarded […]
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Ondo State Government has debunked the allegation that it sent N531 billion supplementary budget to the state’s House of Assembly for approval. Following is its statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Communication & Strategy, Comrade Allen Sowore, Esq. It was titled “Ondo State’s PDP and Its Imaginary Supplementary Budget Hoopla” “With a […]
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The federal government has revoked the national policy that required schools to use indigenous languages as a medium of instruction. Minister of Education Dr Tunji Alausa stated this yesterday in Abuja at the 2025 Language in Education International Conference. The government had approved a National Language Policy (NLP) in 2022, which stipulates that from Early […]
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