EXACTLY 16 days after he assumed office, Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan, SAN, is set for the first acidic main test for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) under his leadership tomorrow as voters in Anambra State go to the poll in a governorship election. In his speech at the INEC headquarters in Abuja during his…
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company has commenced a sweeping retrenchment exercise affecting about 800 employees, even as Nigerians continue to reel under rising inflation, soaring living costs, and erratic power supply. The mass layoff, which began on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, follows months of internal restructuring at the utility firm, which serves the Federal Capital…
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator (Dr.) Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke, has reiterated his administration’s firm commitment to inclusive governance and grassroots empowerment during the official flag-off of the Imole Osun Cash Grant/Empowerment Scheme 2.0, where over 2,000 beneficiaries, mostly women and youths, received direct cash support to boost their enterprises and livelihoods. The…
The Spokesperson to Osun State Governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, has debunked reports claiming that Governor Ademola Adeleke is planning to join the African Democratic Congress (ADC). In a statement issued on Thursday, Olawale described the report credited to the Osun State APC chairman as false, baseless, and a fabrication of the opposition. “Our attention has…
Governor Ademola Adeleke has commiserated with victims of the fire incident at Iwo even as he directed the emergency agency team to visit the site. The Governor who was represented by his Senior Special Assistant, Hon Taifeek Amobi described the fire incident as unfortunate and prayed to God to comfort the victims. Amobi further informed…
Even if all commitments are fully enacted, global warming is still projected to reach 2.5°C by the end of the century. Volunteers pose outside the Hangar Convention and Exhibition Center of the COP30, the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Belem, Para State, Brazil, on November 5, 2025. The Convention and Exhibition Centre is the…
The United States military is reportedly preparing contingency plans for potential airstrikes in Nigeria, following a directive from President Donald Trump instructing the Pentagon to “prepare to intervene” to protect Christians from terrorist attacks, according to The New York Times. The report, released Wednesday, indicates that U.S. Africa Command submitted a series of operational options…
Adamawa State government has disclosed that no fewer than 13 people have died as a result of a cholera outbreak in Mubi North and Mubi South Local Government Areas of the state. State Commissioner for Health, Chief Felix Tangwami, confirmed the incident during a press briefing on Wednesday. Tangwami said the outbreak was traced to…
Legal counsel to human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has said that the police acted outside the law by declaring his client wanted Speaking on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Thursday, the counsel, Tope Temokun, stated that “there is no law in Nigeria that empowers the police to declare anybody wanted.”…
