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Elders and leaders of Orimerunmu town in Obafemi Owode Local Govt of Ogun State have suspended a week long planned peaceful protest in support of their demand from dredging companies mining sand from Ogun river behind the community to either perform their corporate social responsibilities or vacate the Orimerunmu road. The suspension was at the intervention of the Divisional Police Officer of Mowe, Folake Afeniforo, who met with the community elders in Orimerunmu during the protest. Although, Afeniforo, a Chief Superintendent of Police, frowned at the decision of the community…

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday, allowed the Federal Government to withdraw its “illegal possession of firearm and possession” charge against Godwin Emefiele, the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The presiding judge, Justice Nicholas Oweibo held that the application filed by the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), seeking the withdrawal of the case is found in Section 108 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, (ACJA) which empowers him to withdraw the charge and there was no requirement for the application to be in…

The ruling All Progressives Congress has stated that the persistent attacks on the legacy of the party’s National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, in Kano State may have cost the presidential candidate of New Nigerian People’s Party, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, a position in the cabinet of President Bola Tinubu. Prior to the unveiling of Tinubu’s ministerial nominees, there were suggestions that Kwankwaso might get a position in Tinubu’s government, given the fraternity between the duo after the presidential election. However, Kwankwaso did not make the list of Tinubu’s ministerial nominees, while…

The President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appealed to the organised labour to give him more time to look into their grievances rather than embark on an industrial action. This was disclosed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas after he led the House leadership to brief the President on the outcome of their engagement with the National Association of Resident Doctors, which has declared a nationwide strike action. Abbas, after the meeting, told State House correspondents that Tinubu said he was new in office and needed…

To say that the profile of Dr. Betta Edu, the National Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is on the rise is like stating the obvious. It is also an incontrovertible fact that the adorable woman has endeared herself to stakeholders and the leaders of APC on account of the way she executed her assignment in ensuring that women trooped out to vote for President Bola Tinubu at the last presidential election. The vivacious woman is not your run-of-the-mill politician, she abhors laziness and strictly adheres to details,…

The President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has urged Nigerians to commit to making sacrifices for the progress and stability of the country. Tinubu said this during an interview on Wednesday at the Dodan Barracks prayer ground Lagos after the Eld-el-Kabir prayers. He called upon both leaders and followers to adopt attitudes that would propel the nation to greater heights. Tinubu stressed the need for deliberate commitment from both leadership and citizens alike. “May our sacrifices turn to prosperity. We’ve to make sacrifices and that is clear. “But Allah will not…

The Department of State Services has reportedly confiscated the passport of the suspended Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele and may search the embattled ex-CBN boss home and office this week. Following his suspension last Friday by the President as a result of the ongoing investigation of his office and the planned reforms in the financial sector, the service arrested Emefiele in Lagos and flew him to Abuja in a private jet on Saturday. The spokesperson for the service, Peter Afunanya, in a statement said Emefiele had been taken into custody…

The new Governor of Kano state, Abba Yusuf, has vowed to probe the immediate past governor of the state, Abdullahi Ganduje over the N241bn debt inherited from his successor, . Yusuf also lamented that the handover notes he obtained from the immediate past administration were not enough and very scanty. According to him, Ganduje departed from established democratic practice by leaving the state without personally handing it over to him. He said, “The handover notes are not enough for us. It is a very scanty note. The transition committee report…

Garba Shehu, a media Presidential aide, said out-going President Muhammadu Buhari was only throwing banter when he made the comment about relocating to Niger Republic. Buhari recently said that the Niger Republic is a safe haven for him if Nigerians give him problems after he steps down from office next week. The president’s comments drew widespread criticism from Nigerians who question the president’s loyalty to the country. Buhari’s spokesman, however, dismissed the criticism during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Thursday, noting that Nigerians should get used to…

Barely four days to their assumption of office, President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Vice President-elect, Kashim Shettima, have been bestowed with the two highest National Honours in the country by out-going President Muhammadu Buhari. Tinubu was awarded the highest national award of Grand Commander of the Order of Federal Republic (GCFR) reserved for Presidents, while Shettima was awarded the second highest national honour of Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) at an investiture ceremony on Thursday morning at the State House, Abuja. In his acceptance, speech…

Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Security said it had identified some key political players pushing to foist an Interim National Government on the country in an attempt to destabilise civil rule. According to a statement by DSS spokesperson, Dr. Peter Afunanya, “The service considers the plot, being pursued by these entrenched interests, as not only an aberration but a mischievous way to set aside the constitution and undermine civil rule as well as plunge the country into an avoidable crisis. The illegality is totally unacceptable in a democracy…

Funke Akindele, celebrated Nollywood actress and Deputy Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, has spoken on her experience in her first attempt at an electoral in the March 18 elections, saying she has no regret running for office. Akindele and her principal, Abdul-Azeez Adediran aka Jandor, were defeated by the incumbent governor and All Progressives Congress candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. On her Instagram page on Monday, she wrote, “It has been an amazing and insightful experience on my journey to the ballot, and I must say, it…

Governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Dr. Alex Otti, has been declared winner of the state governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Professor Nnenna Oti, INEC returning officer for the state announced Dr. Otti winner on Wednesday afternoon. The suspended collation of the Abia State governorship election resumed by 4pm Wednesday at the collation centre located inside the premises of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Umuahia. Head of Voter Education and Publicity in the state, Mrs. Rebecca Jim, confirmed had earlier confirmed in a…

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday apologized to Adams Oshiomhole, former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for working for the re-election of Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State in September 2020. Wike tendered the apology to Oshiomhole at the inauguration of the Rumuepirikom Flyover in the Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of the state which the ex-APC chairman commissioned. According to Wike, he has learnt and the past should remain in the past. “I use this opportunity to apologise to you. I came to Edo State to…