Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has dissolved the State Executive Council, effective immediately. This was stated in a statement released on Wednesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Prince Ebenezer Adeniyan. In the statement, Adeniyan further stated that Aiyedatiwa had removed all Senior Special Assistants and Special Assistants of their jobs effective immediately. He stated: The…
Nigeria is in a condition of confusion. Governments exist for two major reasons: to safeguard people’s lives and property, and to provide for their wellbeing. Any extra justification is accidental, rather than important. This indicates that any country with a government that cannot ensure the protection of its citizens and property is failing to meet…
Mr Antony Blinken, the US Secretary of State, met with Nigerian President Bola Tinubu in Abuja on Tuesday as part of his tour to four African nations. Nigeria is the third nation he has visited during his Africa tour. When he arrived in Abuja, he was met by the Secretary to the Government of the…
Former Anambra Governor Willie Obiano has been granted bail after being brought before a Federal High Court in Abuja on a nine-count allegation of laundering over N4 billion. Obiano reportedly transferred the funds from security votes to various accounts. According to the EFCC, the offenses were committed between March 2014 and March 2022. Meanwhile, when…
Ogun State Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun has termed the state’s election case, which concluded in the Supreme Court on Friday, as unneeded diversions. The governor also committed to spend the remaining three and a half years of his administration to promoting the welfare and well-being of the state’s citizens. Governor Abiodun made this statement during…
Following the long-held rumours that former president Muhammadu Buhari became the “Jibrin of Sudan” after his health battle and lengthy medical treatment in the United Kingdom in 2017, Bayo Omoboriowo, the ex-official photographer of the immediate past president dismissed the rumour. Omoboriowo in an interview with Channels Television’s morning programme said there was no mark…
Senator Ireti Kingibe, representing the FCT, has requested FCT Minister Nyesom Wike to reveal his strategy for combating kidnapping and murders in Abuja. Kingibe stated this during a Channels TV broadcast on Sunday, discussing the security situation raging in the capital city. She stated that when the Senate resumes plenary, the Minister would be asked…
A Federal High Court in Abuja, the federal capital territory (FCT), has overturned Rivers State’s 2024 budget, which Governor Siminalayi Fubara signed into law. According to TheNewsGuru.com (TNG), the court ruled null and illegal the approval of the 2024 Rivers State Appropriation Bill by the four-member Rivers House of Assembly, led by former House Leader…
The Deputy National Chairman(North) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Ali Dalori, has lauded the peaceful conduct of Saturday’s local government election in Borno. The APC leader made the commendation in an interview with journalists in Maiduguri on Sunday. Dalori, who was in Borno for the election, urged candidates and parties that participated in…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says it has concluded arrangements to conduct re-run elections in four state assembly constituencies in Bauchi State. The state INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr Mohammed Nura said this in an interview on Sunday in Bauchi. “The Commission is conducting re-run elections for the 2023 general election, as directed by…
