Ebonyi governor sacks commissioner, monarchs over killings

Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru, has sacked the traditional rulers in the Amasiri clan of Afikpo Local Government Area and directed the withdrawal of their staff of office. He also sacked the Commissioner for Tertiary Education from the area, Prof. Amari Omaka, and dissolved the entire political and traditional leadership […]

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Ondo at 50: Aiyedatiwa leads health walk

Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Saturday stressed the importance of physical fitness and spiritual renewal as essential pillars for healthy living and effective service. He spoke at the Akure Township Stadium after leading workers and the people of the state on a walk from the Government House, Alagbaka, as part of activities lined up […]

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Osun LG Accounts: Court issues arrest warrants against bank

A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, has issued arrest warrants against the United Bank for Africa Plc and four of its senior officials over the alleged illegal operation and maintenance of bank accounts in the name of the 30 local government councils in the state. The case, marked MOS/601c/2025 and […]

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Annulled PDP convention: Turaki fumes, Wike’s camp celebrates

The Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has appealed the Federal High Court ruling that voided the party’s November 2025 convention and recognised a caretaker committee backed by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. Addressing journalists on Friday, Turaki said, despite the court verdict, the party remained legally […]

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Onitsha Market closure: IPOB declares sit-at-home in South-east, tackles Soludo

The outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has declared a one-day sit-at-home on Monday 2 February across Nigeria’s South-east. Emma Powerful, the IPOB spokesperson, in a statement on Friday, said the sit-at-home directive was in protest against the closure of the Onitsha Main Market by Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State. Governor Soludo ordered the […]

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Rivers denies blocking Wike-led pro-Tinubu rally, says stadium under construction

Rivers State Government has denied blocking the use of the Yakubu Gowon Stadium, Elekahia, Port Harcourt, for a rally organised by a support group for President Bola Tinubu on Friday. Recall that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and the Chairman of the Renewed Hope Agenda in Rivers State, Amb. Desmond Akawor, […]

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Sunday Igboho lauds Tinubu, governors, obas over return from exile

Yoruba nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has commended President Bola Tinubu, South-West governors and traditional rulers in Yorubaland for his freedom and return to Nigeria after nearly five years in exile. Igboho, who was declared wanted during the administration of the departed President Muhammadu Buhari over allegations of stockpiling arms […]

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