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The Oyo State Government has begun moves to settle a long-standing boundary dispute involving 12 Local Government Areas of the State. The peace meeting involving representatives from the 12 local governments was convened by the State Government, took place at the Mediation Centre, Ministry of Justice, Secretariat, Ibadan. The Deputy Governor, Barrister Bayo Lawal,…
The Presidency has denied reports alleging that Vice President Kashim Shettima was barred from the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The statement titled ‘Re: Mischievous Report On Access To The Presidential Villa By Vice President Kashim Shettima, GCON’ was signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications (Office of the…
A former governor of Ekiti state, Ayo Fayose, has disclosed that the 2023 presidential candidate under the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, will not receive his support if he decides to run in 2027. ”I publicly worked against Atiku, and I am saying for the second time, if Atiku comes again, I will work…
Amid the crisis rocking Rivers State, FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike has given a condition for him to forgive Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his estranged political godson and successor. Wike, the immediate past Rivers governor, said he would let go of the wrongs Fubara has caused if he genuinely seeks forgiveness. He stated this during a…
A coalition of 35 civil society organizations in Rivers State has jointly petitioned the House of Representatives, decrying what they termed “severe and brazen acts of lawlessness and impunity” being perpetrated by the state’s administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (Rtd.). In a strongly worded letter titled “Severe and Brazen Acts of Lawlessness and…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Director-General of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Ladan Salihu, has described the current posture of the PDP Governors’ Forum as ‘unconstitutional’ and a potential threat to the party’s internal democracy. Speaking on Channels Television’s Thursday edition of The Morning Brief, Salihu criticised…
The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has declared the removal of the re-instated Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, as illegal, unconstitutional, null and void. In a judgment delivered on Wednesday, the court also nullified the proceedings and resolutions of the House held on January 13, 2025, during which Obasa…
Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has called on President Bola Tinubu to suspend his France trip and urgently return to Nigeria to address the deteriorating security situation, particularly in Plateau and Benue states. In a post shared via his official X handle on Wednesday, the 63-year-old criticised the President’s absence amid worsening…
The Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Monday adjourned the hearing in a suit seeking to halt statutory allocations to the 44 local government councils in Kano State until May 26, 2025. The suit, filed by Abdullahi Abbas, Aminu Aliyu-Tiga, and the All Progressives Congress (APC), challenges the legality of the current local…
Amidst ongoing controversy trailing talks of mergers and coalitions ahead of the 2027 general elections, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum says the party is not prepared to join any coalition or merger. The resolution was made in a communique issued at the end of the Forum’s meeting held in Ibadan, the Oyo…