By Prince Adeyemi Aseperi-Shonibare History is a master storyteller. On 25 September 1944, Ibadan welcomed a son. Eighty-one years later, in 2025, that son—Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja—ascended the throne as the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland. Born in 1944, crowned the 44th. Destiny had been whispering this symmetry from the very beginning. An engineer of precision, trained…
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is fully repositioned and prepared for the 2027 general elections. Speaking with journalists on the sidelines of the party’s state congress in Yola, Fintiri said the exercise reflected transparency, fairness, and renewed public confidence in the PDP. “We are trying to give birth…
The $20bn Dangote Petroleum Refinery is locked in a major labour crisis after the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) ordered its members across seven oil and gas firms to halt all crude oil and gas supplies to the facility. The union’s directive, issued by General Secretary Lumumba Okugbawa, followed the…
The National Convention Organising Committee (NCOC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has extended indefinitely the deadline for the submission of expression of interest and nomination forms by aspirants. In a statement issued in Abuja, the Secretary of the Publicity Sub-Committee, Debo Ologunagba, said the initial deadline of Friday, September 26, had been put on…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has accused the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in the state of partisanship, describing it as “shameful and unethical” for the labour movement. In a statement on Friday, the APC’s Director of Media and Information, Kola Olabisi, warned the state NLC Chairman, Dr. Christopher Arapasopo,…
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has forwarded the names of two nominees to the State House of Assembly for confirmation as Commissioners. The nominees are Abdulkarim Maude, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN)-designate, and Dr. Aliyu Isa-Aliyu, an Associate Professor of Allied Mathematics. According to a statement issued on Sunday by the governor’s…
The Edo State Government has announced plans to rebuild the demolished T. Latifa Hotel, owned by All Progressives Congress (APC) Youth Leader Tony Adun, in compliance with a Court of Appeal judgment that upheld earlier rulings ordering the restoration of the facility. The hotel was demolished in February 2020 under the administration of former governor…
Rivers State politics has entered a new chapter following the reconciliation between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his estranged predecessor, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. The truce, brokered after months of political hostilities, ended the emergency rule imposed on the state. President Bola Tinubu lifted the suspension on September 17, reinstating Fubara and…
The death of Dr. Oluwafemi Rotifa, a Resident Doctor at the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital (RSUTH), has once again thrown Nigeria’s troubled healthcare sector into sharp focus. Rotifa reportedly died in early September 2025 after collapsing in the call room following a 72-hour continuous shift. Colleagues said he never woke up. His death has…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Bola Tinubu to make public the process for appointing a successor to Professor Mahmood Yakubu, whose tenure as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ends in November 2025. In a letter dated September 27, 2025, and signed by its Deputy Director, Kolawole…
