Zamfara Governor suspends Emir for turbaning bandit as Sarkin Fulani Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has suspended the Emir of Birnin ‘Yandoto of Tsafe Local Government Area, Alhaji Aliyu Marafa, for conferring a chieftaincy title on a banditry kingpin, Ado Alero. Alero was turbaned as the Sarkin Fulani by the Emir on Saturday. The … [Read more…]
BREAKING NEWS: INEC declares Adeleke winner of Osun guber poll The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Sen Nurudeen Ademola Adeleke, the winner of the 2022 Osun State gubernatorial election. Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), polled 403,371 votes to defeat his closest rival and the incumbent governor of the state, Adegboyega Isiaka … [Read more…]
Osun State Guber 2023: Full Results from 30 LGAs The Osun State governorship election was held in 30 local government areas, comprising 332 wards and 3,763 polling units in the state on Saturday. Here are the results of the election submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) portal from 30 local government areas of … [Read more…]
Osun: PDP’s Adeleke leads The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP’s) governorship candidate in yesterday’s election in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, was in the lead as results of the polls began to trickle in last night. He was ahead of his closest rival and incumbent governor, Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Olorunda … [Read more…]
Nigerian airlines have warned that there would be more flight delays in the coming weeks due to aviation fuel scarcity and the closure of the Murtala Muhammed Airport runway 18L. Ibom Air today announced that passengers would experience flight delays due to the closure of the runway for the next 90 days and the scarcity … [Read more…]
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Friday, dashed the hopes of several Nigerians wishing that he would reconsider his stance on the contentious Muslim-Muslim ticket by replacing former Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, with a northern Christian, as his running mate. A source within Tinubu’s camp revealed hours … [Read more…]
The National Industrial Court (NIC), sitting in Abuja, on Friday reviewed and increased salaries of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CNJ), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola and other judicial officers in the country. Justice Osatohanmwen Obaseki-Osagie who delivered the judgment lamented that salaries of judges and justices have been stagnated for over 14 years, despite the increased … [Read more…]
Osun State election in numbers LGAs – 30 Polling units – 3,763 The frontline contestants in the election are Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress; Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party; Lasun Yusuff of Labour Party; Akin Ogunbiyi of Accord Party; and Goke Omigbodun of Social Democratic Party among others. Meanwhile, In … [Read more…]
The Federal Government and the British High Commission in Abuja were mum Thursday on the warning issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) asking the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing to halt planned travels in the South East warning that such trips could be “suicidal”. In a statement issued by its spokesman, … [Read more…]
Funke Akindele, an award-winning actress and deputy governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos, has boasted that her followers on social media, numbering over 20 million, will come out en masse to vote for the party in 2023. Ms Akindele was convicted and sentenced in 2020 for violating Lagos COVID-19 protocols but was … [Read more…]
The Nigerian Correctional Service has recaptured 421 inmates who fled the its facility in Kuje Abuja, while 454 others are still at large, according to the House of Representatives’ Committee on Correctional Service. This is just as the committee said it had summoned the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola; and Comptroller-General of the NCoS, Haliru … [Read more…]
The military got fresh marching orders yesterday from President Muhammadu Buhari: wipe out terrorists. He said the last 12 years have been the most challenging due to insecurity. The North has been reeling under serious terrorism and bandit attacks which have taken a turn for the worse. There have been attacks on communities, kidnapping for … [Read more…]