The Osun State House of Assembly has revealed that it will make public the names of the nominees for the cabinet of Governor Ademola Adeleke. The Director of Information and Public Relations of the Assembly, Laide Lawal, made the declaration in a statement issued on Thursday. Lawal said the list would be unveiled to the…

The Independent NationBREAKING: INEC Files Six-count Charge Against Suspended Adamawa RECal Electoral Commission (INEC) has filed a six-count charge against the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Adamawa state, Hudu Yunusa-Ari. The charges were filed at the high court in Yola, the state capital on Thursday, July 6. INEC disclosed that its action came after…

The attention of the Osun state government has been drawn to a press conference by a pressure group within the Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP) and fake news about plans to sack workers. We affirm that there is neither a plan to sack workers nor any re-introduction of half salary. This was old fake news…

Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, says the Nigerian Army under his watch is making efforts to make every region in the country safe and secure. Lagbaja said it was his desire that Nigeria will experience peace in which the citizens can do business even during odd hours. The army chief said this…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed four Executive Orders aimed at curbing arbitrary taxation policies in the country. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the announcement was made by Dele Alake, the Special Adviser to the President, during an interactive session with State House Correspondents. One of the Orders, the Finance Act (Effective Date Variation) Order, defers…

Nigeria has been exempted from the list of 12 African countries that are set to receive the 18 million doses of the first-ever malaria vaccine. The Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the World Health Organisation, and the United Nations Children’s Fund disclosed this in a joint press statement on Wednesdays 66. “Malaria remains one of Africa’s…

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has issued a fresh two-week ultimatum to the Federal Government over the implementation of a 200% increment in the salary structure of its members, amongst other demands. The resident doctors reached the resolution on Wednesday at a virtual Extraordinary National Executive Council Meeting (E-NEC) to appraise the level…

… Says the girl may have been manipulated by an adult. The House of Representatives has waded into the allegation of result forgery levelled by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) against a 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidate, Mmesoma Ejikeme. The lawmakers expressed concerns that the exam body acted in an unprofessional…

The National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) has raised an alarm over the proliferation of illegal private security outs allegedly parading themselves as authorised small arms and light weapons control organisations, especially in the North Central. The North Central Coordinator of the Centre, Major General Hamza Bature (rtd.), made…

The Zone 2 Police Command in Lagos State has confirmed the arrest of two members of a syndicate linked to the hacking of no fewer than 1000 bank accounts in Nigeria. The spokesperson for the command, SP Hauwa Idris-Adamu, in a statement on Tuesday, said the suspects, who specialised in hacking local banks, were nabbed…