Governor Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State imposed a 24-hour curfew on Lamurde Local Government Area with immediate effect on Sunday. The decision came in response to renewed violent attacks and breaches of peace in the communities of Tshobo and Bwatiye. Background of the Violence Tensions escalated in the affected communities prior to the governor’s announcement….
Rivers State House of Assembly rejected four of the nine commissioner-nominees submitted by Governor Siminalayi Fubara for screening and confirmation on Monday. The lawmakers cleared five nominees as commissioners-designate following a rigorous screening exercise that lasted over two hours. The Screening Process Speaker Martin Amaewhule presided over the plenary session where the nine nominees faced…
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, has asked President Bola Tinubu to end what he described as the persecution of political opponents disguised as criminal prosecution. In a post on X on Monday, the former Anambra governor and chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) warned that undermining…
Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State says his former principal, the late Rotimi Akeredolu, had on several occasions endorsed him as his successor but when Akeredolu became very sick, some vested interests saw an opportunity to stop him from becoming the Governor. Speaking during a media chat with select journalists on Friday, Aiyedatiwa disclosed that President…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has criticised the African Democratic Congress (ADC), accusing the party of hypocrisy over its demand for electronic transmission of election results. Shettima spoke on Wednesday in Abuja. He addressed an interfaith breaking of fast for Ramadan and Lent at the State House. The vice-president mocked the party’s online membership registration. He…
Monday Okpebholo, the Edo state governor, has invited Reuben Abati and Rufai Oseni, anchors on Arise TV, to visit Edo state and inspect projects executed by his administration. Okpebholo said the journalists would likely support Bola Ahmed Tinubu after seeing the projects on ground. The governor spoke on Wednesday in Benin City during a defection…
Vice-President Kashim Shettima says critics of the federal government’s tax reforms are “far from the truth”. Shettima spoke on Wednesday in Abuja at an interfaith breaking of fast for Ramadan and Lent held at the State House. He represented President Bola Tinubu at the event. The vice-president said the government designed the tax reforms to…
Olatunji Disu, inspector-general of police (IGP), has inaugurated a committee to develop a framework for implementing state policing in Nigeria. Disu performed the inauguration on Wednesday at the Force Headquarters in Abuja. Speaking at the event, the IGP said the committee’s work is critical to strengthening Nigeria’s internal security architecture. He said the initiative aims…
Dele Momodu, publisher of Ovation magazine and a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has criticised the All Progressives Congress (APC), accusing some of its supporters of spreading propaganda to defend the government. Momodu spoke on Wednesday during an appearance on Sunrise Daily, a breakfast programme on Channels Television. He said some defenders of…
President Bola Tinubu has nominated Taiwo Oyedele as minister of state for finance. The president forwarded Oyedele’s nomination to the Senate on Tuesday in a letter addressed to the president of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, seeking confirmation. Oyedele will replace Doris Uzoka-Anite, who now moves to the Ministry of Budget and National Planning as minister…
