Governor Umaru Bago of Niger State has announced a revision of the curfew hours imposed on the movement of motorcycles and tricycles within the Minna metropolis. In a statement signed and released by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Ibrahim BologiIn Minna on Monday, Bago said the new curfew hours will be from 8…
Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has extended his heartfelt condolences to the people of Danbatta Local Government Area following a tragic motor accident that claimed the lives of five individuals on Sunday. The condolence message was contained in a statement on Monday by the governor’s Spokesperson, Sunusi Dawakin-Tofa. The fatal accident occurred around Shantake,…
A 20-year-old man, Muhammad Salisu, had allegedly killed his father, Salisu Abubakar, with a machete in the Gwaram Local Government Area of Jigawa State. Confirming the incident in a statement made available to journalists in Dutse, the state capital on Monday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Shi’isu Adam, said the incident occurred around 10…
Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Obokun Local Government, Hon. Adelani Owoeye has reiterated that “Hon. Wole Oke did not leave the PDP for any noble reason, He left because his personal ambitions could no longer thrive within a democratic system that rewards merit, loyalty, and service.” While reacting in a statement signed by him to…
Appointees of the Osun State Governor, elected officers, and key stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from Ijesa North Federal Constituency have taken strong exception to recent comments made by Hon. Wole Oke following his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement signed by the stakeholders stated that “Wole Oke, who…
It has seemingly become a pastime for Hon. Wole Oke to amuse his followers with comic relief, especially after presiding over a failing political congress. However, his recent claim that members of the PDP in Ife North will defect to join him is not only false but also deliberately misleading. We wish to make it…
The Coalition of Civil Society Organizations for Good Governance (CCSOGG) vehemently condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the reckless and treasonable statement credited to Mr. Timothy Owoeye, a former Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, wherein he described the sitting Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Nurudeen Adeleke, as a mere “caretaker Governor”…
The statement credited to former House Speaker, Timothy Owoeye that Governor Ademola Adeleke is a caretaker chairman is both condemnable and reprehensible, Spokesperson to the Governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed has declared. Responding to an interview granted by the controversial former speaker in a statement, Mallam Rasheed questioned the logic and rationale for Owoeye’s statement, calling…
An estimated 1,796 people have lost their lives in boundary and communal disputes across Nigeria between January 2018 and August 2025. The figures were from media reports and findings from the Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta. Between 2018 and 2022 alone, no fewer than 676 individuals were killed in such conflicts. The…
Out of the 40,247 underage candidates who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), only 467 — which is 1.16 per cent —scored high enough to be classified under the exceptional ability category, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has revealed. This from a total of 1,955,069 processed results for the year, PUNCH…
