Suspended Edo Lawmakers Hired Herbalist To Place Charms In The Assembly – Speaker

The Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Blessing Agbebaku, has said the three lawmakers suspended during plenary on Monday engaged in diabolical means. The speaker announced the suspension of Donald Okogbe (PDP Akoko-Edo II), Bright Iyamu (PDP Orihonmwon South), and Adeh Isibor (PDP Esan North-east I) on Monday. Speaking during the plenary, Agbebaku accused the…

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Judicial commission on political violence, missing persons commences sitting in Kano

The Judicial Commission of Inquiry on Political Violence and Missing Persons, chaired by Justice Zuwaira Yusuf, commenced its proceedings on Monday. Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State inaugurated the commission to investigate cases of political violence and missing persons spanning from 2015 to 2023. Justice Zuwaira, during the inaugural sitting, said the commission’s mandate…

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US, France military bases: We are sure of fact, I pity Minister of Information – Siddique

Professor Abubakar Siddique, Director, Centre for Democratic Development Research, and Training, Zaria, has insisted there were moves to site the United States and France millitary bases in Nigeria. Although the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, in a statement on Monday, described as “false” the claim that the Nigerian government was considering establishing…

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It’s fake’ – JAMB reacts as lady claims she got UTME score without writing exam

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has debunked a viral report alleging that an unidentified lady allegedly got a Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME score without participating in the exercise. An online platform had reported how a Facebook user, Gozie, raised an alarm, alleging that a lady who did not sit for the UTME…

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Resist temptations to interfer in Kogi tribunal judgement – Group begs Tinubu

A civil society group, Nigeria Youth Advocacy for Good Governance Initiative (NYAGGI) in collaboration with Coalition of Civil Society Organizations, has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu should steadfastly refrain from interfering with the judgment of the Kogi State governorship election tribunal and uphold the principles of democracy. In a statement titled “Exposing Attempts to…

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