President Bola Tinubu has appointed his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, as the chairman of the Presidential Working Group on the National Policing Bill. The committee, which was inaugurated on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, is tasked with the responsibility of preparing the legal framework for implementing state police across the country. Tinubu, […]
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President Bola Tinubu Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress who are serving their first term have unanimously endorsed President Bola Tinubu for a second term in office, declaring their support for the continuation of the Renewed Hope agenda beyond the 2027 general elections. The endorsement was contained in a communiqué issued […]
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Acclaimed Director General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council/Presidential Economic Advisory Council, Adeniyi Adeyemi: The acclaimed Director-General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, Adeniyi Adeyemi, has said he is ready to cooperate with the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission in its investigation into the fictitious agency. He stated this on […]
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The Federal Government has postponed the fourth evacuation flight for stranded Nigerians in South Africa after a fault was detected on the aircraft scheduled for the operation. The development was announced on Wednesday by the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Ebienfa, who said the flight could not depart Johannesburg after engineers discovered […]
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Mega City By Babatope Okeowo The Olokola Free Trade Zone (OKFTZ) is a joint initiative of the Federal, Ondo, and Ogun state governments, conceived in 2005. However, the baby was then abandoned for over 20 years by successive administrations. Now there is hope of its coming alive as the efforts of the richest man in […]
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President Tinubu orders ICPC to investigate Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to conduct a thorough investigation into the activities of a “Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council” (PFIPC) and all related matters. The President directed that the investigation be concluded […]
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Ayedatiwa and Yilwatda By Hakeem Gbadamosi Hakeem Gbadamosi writes on how the consensus arrangement by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State backfired, leading to the resolve by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party to change the list which initially emanated from the state. Ondo state APC’s consensus arrangement and the party […]
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moves to reconcile substituted aspirants The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has defended its substitution of the 2027 election candidates’ list following the recommendations of the primary election appeals committee. It confirmed that it replaced at least 26 candidates to correct irregularities and urged aggrieved members in states like Ondo, Benue, Kwara, Kogi to shelve […]
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The Ondo State Police Command has confirmed the killing of two suspected kidnappers during a gun battle with operatives at Ilu-Abo along the Akure–Owo Expressway. A statement by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Abayomi Jimoh, said the incident occurred after officers attached to the Federal Highway Patrol Unit, Ilu-Abo, responded to a distress call over the […]
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APC’s primary elections and Morka’s sound arguments By Sẹhinde Ilẹgbusi The controversy surrounding the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee’s (NWC) review of certain primary election results has generated considerable debate. Critics have described the exercise as an unlawful substitution of candidates after the primaries. However, a closer examination of the Electoral Act 2022, […]
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