By Ade Oyeyemi The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has denied allegations that he manipulated the 2023 presidential election in the South-South to favour President Bola Tinubu over the Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi. Wike, who spoke with journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, described the allegation as a “baseless narrative” driven largely […]
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By Ade Oyeyemi The Osun State Police Command has commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the reported abduction of Shakiru Babatunde, a media aide to Governor Ademola Adeleke. The state government disclosed this on Wednesday through the governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, amid reports alleging that the aide may have staged his own kidnapping in […]
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By Ade Oyeyemi Development advocate and Ondo State stakeholder, Dr Femi Akinkuebi, has urged the Ondo State Government to begin preparations for a technology-driven policing system as the constitutional process for the establishment of State Police Services gathers momentum. Akinkuebi said Ondo should look beyond merely supporting the proposed constitutional amendment and start developing a […]
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By Ade Oyeyemi The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko branch, has said it will not suspend its ongoing strike until the Ondo State Government begins full implementation of an agreement reached with the university unions. The branch chairman, Prof Boluwaji Oshodi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of […]
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By Ade Oyeyemi Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has approved N400m for the 2026 bursary, scholarship and financial assistance scheme benefiting 13,360 indigenes of the state studying in tertiary institutions across Nigeria. The governor launched the programme on Tuesday at the Cocoa Conference Centre within the Governor’s Office in Akure, the state capital. The beneficiaries […]
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The Nigeria Police Force may face pressure to investigate an unidentified police officer captured in a viral video making disparaging remarks about Nigeria Democratic Congress presidential candidate Peter Obi and people of Igbo origin. In the footage circulating on social media, the officer is heard allegedly questioning Obi’s eligibility to become President of Nigeria because […]
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The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has launched efforts to identify and locate a man seen violently flogging a toddler in a video circulating on social media. The footage, which surfaced on X on Wednesday, shows the shirtless man repeatedly striking the child on the head and body with what appears […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo Commercial minibus drivers, popularly known as Korope operators, on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, over the rising cost of petrol, demanding an upward review of transport fares and urgent government intervention to cushion the impact of rising operating costs. The drivers gathered at the popular […]
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President Bola Tinubu Tinubu can rule Nigeria from anywhere, Presidency replies President Bola Tinubu has been chided for not handing over power to Vice President Kashim Shettima after spending more than 21 days abroad on working leave. Oyo State Governor and presidential candidate of the Allied People’s Movement (APM), Seyi Makinde, stated this yesterday at […]
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President Bola Tinubu, and Vice President Kashim Shettima By Terhemba Daka President Bola Tinubu’s extended working vacation in France and Vice President Kashim Shettima’s assignment at the BRICS summit in India, and now at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, have raised questions about who exercises executive authority when Nigeria’s two highest-ranking […]
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