Author: Olabanji Ayoola

Prisons renamed Nigerian Correctional Service Criminals awaiting execution may have received a lifeline following President Muhammadu Buhari’s assent to a new law yesterday. The approval came three months after the dissolution of the Eighth National Assembly, which passed the bill. The new legislation, known as Nigerian Correctional Service Act (2019), repeals the Prisons Act and […]

Facebook, in partnership with Africa Check, has added new local language support for several African languages Social media platform Facebook, in partnership with Africa Check, has added new local language support for several African languages to fortify its third-party fact-checking programme. The initiative helps to assess the accuracy of news on the platform, thereby reducing […]

Barely one month after he was inaugurated for a second term in office and days to the inauguration of the 9th session of the National Assembly, President Muhammadu Buhari, gave assent to a bill that allows states’ judiciary to directly access funds to their credit, and no longer through the state governors. Prior to that […]

South West PDP lauds governor’s strides, slams Ajimobi over comment on missing vehicles Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has promised that his government will not marginalise any zone in the state. Speaking in Ogbomoso during his Sallah visit to Oyo North senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election, Mulikat […]

• ‘He shouldn’t expect he can fool anybody anymore’• Allegations mundane, unnecessary, says APC chieftain The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has accused former Lagos State Governor and National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of double-speaking on the unity of the country. The group was reacting to a […]

The hiccups surrounding the inauguration of Bauchi and Edo States’ Houses of Assembly have, more than any other political development in the 36 states of the federation, demonstrated how state governors impede the evolvement of state legislatures. In Edo, the wrangling between the immediate past governor and national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress […]

Kwara State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ilorin has fixed September 20th to deliver its judgment. Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate Rasak Atunwa are challenging the election of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq at the tribunal. PDP and Atunwa accused the governor of allegedly presenting a forged secondary school certificate and was therefore not […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday promised victims and Internally Displaced Persons from activities of the armed bandits that his government will flush out and eliminate perpetrators of the heinous crimes. He spoke when he carried out a sympathy visit to victims of the bandits attacks from the eight front line local government areas of Katsina […]

Borno State government has donated some part of Sambisa forest for the controversial Rural Grazing Area (RUGA) programme. The governor, Prof Babagana Umara, made the donation public when he hosted the Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Garbai El-Kanemi at his home. According to the Governor, the donation is to “encourage farming and herding activities across the […]