Politics

Mr Adeniyi Sanni, a senior aide to the senator representing Ogun West in the National Assembly, Solomon Adeola, has been shot dead. The spokesperson for the senator, Kayode Odunaro, in a statement in Abuja said the incident happened on Saturday morning. He said the lifeless body of Sanni was found …

Bosun Tijani Co-founder of the CcHub, Dr Bosun Tijani, who was screened by the Senate on Saturday as one of the ministerial nominees submitted by President Bola Tinubu, has said his desire is to contribute his quota in achieving a prosperous Nigeria. Tijani, who was knocked by Nigerians for tweeting …

•Ask President, ECOWAS to tread with care The Senate and the Jama’atu Nasril Islam, JNI, led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, have asked the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, and President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, and other leaders of the region to …

  Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has hinted his administration would soon establish a Commission on the Ease of Doing Business. The Governor who disclosed this when he received in the audience a team from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), led by the Abia State Branch Controller, Mr …

•As Osinbajo sends apologies ahead of caucus meeting A wave of apprehension, yesterday, enveloped the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress, APC, following concerns about the possible dissolution of the party’s National Working Committee, NWC, at today’s meeting of its National Executive Committee NEC. As the NWC led by …

The Presidential Election Petition Court on Tuesday reserved judgment in a petition filed by Mr Peter Obi and Labour Party (LP) challenging the election of President Bola Tinubu into power. Obi and LP are petitioners in the petition marked CA/PEPC/03/2023 are challenging the election which brought president Bola Tinubu into …

AS different reactions continue to trail the conduct of the February 25 presidential election, the Catholic Church and Society Department, has said the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to upload results of the 2023 presidential election to the IReV portal in real-time from polling units, was a …

By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South; Dayo Johnson, Regional Editor, South-West;Sam Oyadonagha; Jimitota Onoyume; Egufe Yafugborhi; Steve Oko; Marie-Therese Nanlong; Rotimi Ojomoyela; Peter Duru; Emma Una; Shina Abubakar; Emem Idio and Chioma Onuegbu CITIZENS, including lawyers, human rights activists, academics, and artisans have faulted the palliative measures put in place …

The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi has denied taking a picture with self-acclaimed Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa. Peter Obi issued the denial in response to a viral ‘photoshopped image with Ekpa’. Speaking through the Head of Obi-Datti Media Office, Diran Onifade, Obi said those determined to cast his image in bad light were …

President Bola Tinubu has said the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, would not tolerate actions that incapacitate democratically-elected government in the sub-region, a direct message to soldiers who have held Niger Republic’s President, Mohamed Bazoum, hostage at the palace. President Tinubu gave the warning in his capacity a the …