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By John Dike, Osogbo The Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has condemned the recent attack on schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, describing the abduction of students and teachers as disturbing, heartbreaking and unacceptable. The monarch, who is the Permanent Chairman of the Southern Nigerian Traditional Rulers Council (SNTRC) and Co-Chairman […]

Goodluck Jonathan The faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by Kabiru Turaki will screen former President Goodluck Jonathan as its sole presidential aspirant on Tuesday. The PDP faction, in a statement on Sunday, said the screening of all hopefuls would hold tomorrow by 10am ahead of its forthcoming primaries. According to the statement, […]

Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday granted bail to former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, in the sum of N100m over charges bordering on alleged breach of national security. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, while ruling on the bail application, imposed stringent conditions for the former governor’s release. […]

The All Progressives Congress has released the names of 47 senatorial aspirants who were not cleared to participate in its Senate primary elections ahead of the 2027 general elections. The list was made public on Monday in a press statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka. According to the statement, “The screening exercise […]

Michael Oyedokun. Credit: Screenshot from video shared by The Message/Telegram With Agency Report One of the kidnapped teachers of Community High School, Ahoro-Esinele in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, Michael Oyedokun, has been killed. Oyedokun was beheaded in a new video allegedly released by bandits on Sunday. The video obtained by our correspondent […]

Former Governor of Ogun State and the senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Gbenga Daniel, yesterday, said that Governor Dapo Abiodun allegedly forced party leaders of the All Progressives Congress to endorse him as a candidate to contest for the seat in the 2027 elections. Daniel, while speaking on the development on a TVC programme, […]

Alarmed by last Friday’s terrorist attacks on some schools in Oyo State during which about 45 persons, mainly schoolchildren and their teachers were abducted, the pan Yoruba organisation Afenifere has called for coordinated actions by South West governors to protect Yorubaland from further attacks. It was disturbed by the attacks on three schools in Oriire […]

* Osoba’s son, Ibori’s daughter, Obasa, Faleke, GNI, others win tickets * Wike’s loyalists sweep Rivers *Aiyedatiwa’s allies disqualified * Why we disqualified 4 Fubara’s loyalists, 10 others — Morka The All Progressives Congress, APC, House of Representatives primaries, held across the country, yesterday, were characterized by high-wire intrigues, drama, and protests. While some aspirants […]

Julius Ihonvbere Julius Ihonvbere, the majority leader of the house of representatives, has lost the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election for Owan federal constituency in Edo state. On Saturday, APC organised the primary election for the Owan federal constituency. The result of the primary election was announced by Kelvin Muhammed, the presiding officer, at […]

As soaring cattle prices push up the cost of beef across Nigeria amid deepening poverty, low-income families are increasingly forced to remove meat from their meals. Many can no longer afford not only beef, but also fish, chicken, turkey, and other sources of animal protein. In this report, Idowu Abdullahi examines how shrinking purchasing power […]