Thieves Raid Ogun Palace, Police Recovers Stolen Crown Still Searching For Staff Of Office
The palace of Oba James Sodiya, the Olu of Ogunmakin town in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, is said to have been raided by suspected thieves who stole his staff of office and crown. It was learnt that on Thursday, the thieves broke into the late monarch’s palace. The monarch passed away […]
INEC To Upload Governorship Result Of Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi Guber Polls On IReV
The results for the governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi will be uploaded on INEC’s Result Viewing Portal (IReV), according to Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC’s chairman. This was said by Yakubu on Saturday while speaking with newsmen at Ward 009, LEA School, Ganaja Village, Ajaokuta LGA, Kogi. Ahead of the Nov. 11 governorship election, […]
Corruption Is Not An African Issue – AfDB President
Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has said that corruption is not just an African issue but a global crisis affecting Europe. He pointed out that while Europe’s financial and commercial sectors experience high levels of corruption, countries like Eritrea in East Africa experience absolutely no corruption. However, according to Adesina, […]
Sacked NIPOST Boss Adepoju Celebrates In Public, Claims Tinubu Has Reinstated Him
On Saturday, the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) announced that President Bola Tinubu had reinstated Adeyemi Adepoju as the agency’s postmaster general. The announcement comes a few days after Ajuri Ngelale, the presidential spokesperson, announced in a statement on Wednesday that Adepoju had been sacked and had been replaced by Tola Odeyemi at the President’s directive. […]
Former Senate President Lawan Loses Mother At Age 86
The mother of former Senate President Senator Ahmad Lawan, Hajiya Halima Baba Ibrahim, passed away at the age of 86. Senator Lawan’s mother passed away on Saturday at her residence in Gashua town, Bade Local Government Area, Yobe State. According to a statement made by Dr. Ezrel Tabiowo, the former Senate President’s media adviser, Hajiya […]
Trump-backed Jim Jordan Chosen As Speaker Nominee
Conservative firebrand Jim Jordan has been chosen as Republican nominee to become Speaker of the House. The Ohio congressman won 124 votes from party members in the secret ballot held on Friday afternoon, with 81 against. But Mr Jordan, who has the backing of former president Donald Trump, is already facing mounting opposition from the […]
France Is Deploying 7,000 Troops After A Deadly School Stabbing By A Suspected Islamic Radical
France will mobilize up to 7,000 soldiers to increase security around the country after a teacher was fatally stabbed and three other people wounded in a school attack by a former student suspected of Islamic radicalization, the president’s office said Saturday. Some schoolchildren, parents and personnel returned to the Gambetta-Carnot school in the northern city of Arras […]
Palestinians Stream South In Gaza As Israel Urges Mass Evacuation And Stages Brief Ground Incursions
Palestinians scrambled to flee northern Gaza on Saturday after the Israeli military ordered nearly half the population to evacuate south and carried out limited ground forays ahead of an expected land offensive a week after Hamas’ bloody, wide-ranging attack into Israel. Israel renewed calls on social media and in leaflets dropped from the air for some 1 million Gaza […]
Tinubu Appoints New Board and Management Team For FERMA
President Tinubu also approved the appointment of the Governing Board and management team of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA). According to a statement by presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, the appointment is for a renewable term of four years in accordance with Section 2(3) of the FERMA Amendment Act, 2007. A statement by the president’s […]
Why I Accepted Tinubu’s Ministerial Appointment – Wike
Former Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike in a press conference yesterday in Abuja revealed that he accepted to serve as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), under President Bola Tinubu because of the latter’s capacity and political will. He said that leadership is one of Nigeria’s biggest problems and that many people are […]
