The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Thursday, 21st August 2025, for the supplementary by-elections at Kaura Namoda South in Zamfara state. Speaking on Tuesday during a stakeholders meeting on supplementary elections held at INEC headquarters in Gusau, Zamfara state, the resident electoral commissioner in charge of Zamfara, Dr Mahamud Isah, disclosed that INEC…
Traditional rulers across Osun State, under the aegis of Osun Council of Obas have called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, to as a matter of public importance intervene and resolve all matters obstructing the prompt payment of Local Government allocations across Osun State. The situation they said have paralyzed activities across the state. Speaking…
Former Chief Corporate Communications Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), Mr. Femi Soneye, has called on the Federal Government to support the Nigerian media with targeted incentives, including tax reliefs and import duty waivers on essential media tools. Soneye made the appeal in Abuja on Tuesday after receiving the NUJ FCT…
The Osun State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) has raised alarm over an alleged plot by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) to transfer a case on local government allocations in the state to an Abuja vacation court. It would be recalled that the Osun State Attorney General, Oluwole…
By Muhammad Suwidi Yusha’u In a region where poverty, insecurity, and underdevelopment remain daily realities, the choices of Arewa’s state governors tell a painful story. Each budget cycle is filled with grand announcements, multi-billion naira flyovers, new government houses, convoys of exotic cars, and endless ceremonies. Yet, step outside these prestige projects, and one finds…
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) and the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have decided to improve their cooperation to support the One-Stop-Shop framework of the Federal Government across all Free Trade Zones. The agreement was reached during a phone call between Dr. Olufemi Ogunyemi, MD/CEO of NEPZA, and Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd.),…
…set for coronation rites Olubadan-designate, Oba Rasidi Ladoja, has arrived his family house at Isale-Osi in Ibadan South-West local government area on Monday. Oba Ladoja, who came into town at 1:20pm headed straight to his family house where he was received by family members and friends. His family members has organized a special prayers both…
The United States has warned that Nigerians applying for visas risk denial if they fail to disclose their social media history. In a notice issued by the U.S. Mission in Nigeria on its X handle, applicants filling out the DS-160 form for non-immigrant visas are now required to provide all usernames or handles they have…
Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga has mocked opposition figures, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party’s Peter Obi, following the poor performance of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the recently concluded by-elections. In a post on X on Monday morning, Onanuga shared a picture of Atiku, Obi, and former Kaduna State Governor Nasir…
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state has urged Osun indigenes and residents to participate actively in the continuous voters’ registration exercise that commences nationwide today, calling it “a critical civic responsibility”. In a statement issued on Monday in Osogbo, the Governor who noted the importance of registration for those that recently entered voting age said…
