The incumbent Governor of Osun State, Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke, was born on May 13, 1960 in Enugu to Pa Raji Adedeji Adeleke and Mama Nnenna Esther Adeleke. Being the last child of the family, he has three older siblings namely; Late Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke, Dr Deji Adeleke and Yeye Dupe Adeleke-Sanni. Governor Adeleke attended…
The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, on Thursday, visited the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, at the Office of the National Security Adviser in Abuja. The meeting, which lasted for more than an hour, was prompted by the recent happenings in Kano following the dissolution of five emirates by the Kano State House of Assembly…
Two haulage drivers , Abdullahi Yahaya and Abduljabar Jubril, were on Thursday arraigned in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, over alleged diversion of N54 million worth of spaghetti. Yahaya, 48 and Jubril, 39, whose addresses were not mentioned, are facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing. The prosecutor, Insp John Iberedem told…
The Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt has issued an interlocutory injunction, barring Speaker Martin Amaewhule and associated lawmakers from further sitting and parading themselves as members of the state House of Assembly. Justice C.N. Wali’s court issued the order in response to a lawsuit filed by lawmakers loyal to Governor Siminilayi Fubara, led…
Three black men have filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against American Airlines, with claims that they were removed from a flight after a complaint from an unidentified passenger about body odour. The men, Alvin Jackson, Emmanuel Jean Joseph, and Xavier Veal, alleged that they later realised it wasn’t about body odour but racial discrimination as…
A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has vowed never to sing the newly adopted national anthem, ‘Nigeria, we hail thee’. Ezekwesili said she would continue singing the previous national anthem, ‘Arise, O compatriots’. Her remark was in response to President Bola Tinubu’s confirmation of ‘Nigeria, we hail thee’ as the latest national anthem. Posting…
… Pledge Solidarity for Governor Adeleke, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Residents of Inisa in Odo-Otin Local Government have distanced themselves from rumors that they followed Alhaji Shuaib Oyedokun to the opposition APC just as they declared their resolve to stick to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party PDP. The people of Inisa who converged on Olonda…
By Faith Berewa Dear Nigerian Youth, Some moments in history are indelible, I remember where I was on the 29th of May 1999, during the handover of power to civilian democratic rule after decades of military dictatorial rule. I was with my brother. The youngest of my siblings, I took him to an eatery to…
Amid the Emirate tussle in Kano State, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has summoned the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, and the Chief Judge of Kano State High Court over conflicting interim injunctions. Justice S.A. Amobeda of the Federal High Court in Kano had issued an order to evict…
President Bola Tinubu has signed the National Anthem Bill despite the opposition from Nigerians. The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio announced this on Wednesday during a joint session of the National Assembly. He also announced that the president will not address the House but only flag off the new anthem. Speaker Tajudeen Abbas said the president…
