Author: Vincent Osuwo

Oba AbdulFatai Oyegbemi, the Ojora of Ijora and Iganmu Kingdom, has dethroned six chiefs for attending the Labour Party’s campaign launch in Apapa, Lagos State. The Lagos monarch claimed that the chiefs had attended the political gathering without his permission and had broken palace custom by impersonating him there. The affected chiefs are Lateef Ojora (Bale Alaba Oro), Saliu Biliamin (Bale Alafia Dodoro), and Taiwo Hassan. Others include Chief Idris Ojora (Bale Abule Kere), Chief Hakeem Oseni (Bale Mosafejo Amukoko), and Chief Sule Balogun (Balogun Abule Kere). The development occurred following a royal meeting on Monday, during which Oba Oyegbemi…

Senator Agom Jarigbe, the member representing the Cross River North Senatorial District in the Senate, has announced his temporary withdrawal from parliamentary and constituency engagements due to severe health concerns. In a statement made on Monday, the senator stated that he is now undergoing medical treatment and would be absent from active duty for a short length of time, as advised by doctors. As a result, a highly anticipated endorsement rally set to take place in the next days has been postponed. The politician stated that the decision is in the best interests of his health and effective representation of…

Youths in Lafiagi, Edu Local Government Area, Kwara State, set fire to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency’s office and the palace of the Emir of Lafiagi in protest at what they characterised as increased insecurity and unchecked kidnappings. Tension erupted in the neighbourhood on Monday following the kidnapping of a major agrochemical trader, widely known as Alhaji Chemical, who was reportedly abducted from his home in the Taiwo district of town at 1:00 a.m. on Sunday. According to an unsubstantiated allegation, the gunmen, believed to be robbers, arrived on motorbikes and overpowered local vigilantes with heavy gunfire before taking…

The Rivers State’s Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (Rtd), has been given 48 hours by the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on the state to provide a detailed breakdown of allocations in the proposed 2025 budget, including a contentious N24 billion for CCTV installation at the Government House. Rep. Julius Ihonvbere, chairman of the committee and House Majority Leader, made the command during a budget defence session in Abuja. Ihonvbere expressed worry about numerous items in the ₦1.48 trillion budget. He questioned the N24 billion CCTV allocation, N30 billion for gunboats, and N23 billion set aside as contingency funds.…

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has asked the Federal Government to release the remaining two months’ withheld salaries of its members who participated in the 2022 strike. SSANU also decried the delay in salary payments to federal universities, often weeks after other federal workers have been paid. These were some of the topics covered at the 51st National Executive Council meeting of SSANU, which was held at Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology in Wudil, Kano State. In a communique issued at the conclusion of its NEC meeting and signed by SSANU’s National President, Mohammed Ibrahim,…

Aremu Adegboyega, a Nigerian convicted by a Circuit Court in Accra, Ghana, of smuggling counterfeit CFA francs worth more than $100,000 into the country via an unapproved border crossing, will be deported to Nigeria. Justice Christiana Cann, who ruled over the case, ordered his immediate deportation by the Ghana Immigration Service. According to ASP Isaac Anquandah, as reported by Ghanaian news site The Chronicle on Monday, Adegboyega was detained in 2023 by customs officers stationed at the Aflao border while riding a motorbike. The 55-year-old was charged with two counts of holding fake notes, a violation of Section 18(2) of…

President Bola Tinubu has praised Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, for implementing his administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda in the nation’s capital. This comes as the president emphasised his administration’s readiness to see more of these achievements duplicated around the country. The president stated that Wike had not only localised the agenda but also made his administration’s influence obvious to Nigerians living in the FCT. Speaking on Monday during the opening of newly constructed access roads in Abuja’s Giri District, he extended “a deep and heartfelt appreciation” to the FCT minister. The President, represented by Tajudeen Abbas,…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced a ₦20 million fee for aspirants seeking to contest senatorial seats in the upcoming 2025 bye-elections, while the cost for House of Representatives aspirants has been set at ₦10 million. This was stated in the official calendar and programme of events issued by the party’s national secretariat in Abuja on Monday and signed by Sulaiman Argungu, the National Organising Secretary. According to the APC, the senatorial contest’s fees include ₦3 million for the Expression of Interest Form and ₦17 million for the Nomination Form. For the House of Representatives, the Expression of Interest…

Former deputy national chairman (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, has condemned the denial of access to his party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) members at the national secretariat in Abuja. The PDP chieftain claimed the measure was a tactic to undermine internal democracy in response to members being barred from attending the National Executive Committee meeting at the party’s headquarters on Monday. The situation compelled the BoT to relocate the meeting to the Yar’Adua Centre in the Central Business District. George said, “They said we will not hold our meetings in our office? What is going…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has issued a special announcement confirming the relocation of its Board of Trustees (BoT) Meeting scheduled for today. The statement, released by party management, posted on its official Facebook account is titled, “Special Announcement! Change of Venue for the PDP Board of Trustees (BoT) Meeting. It was gathered that the post was made around noon, hours after the meeting scheduled for the Wadata Plaza. The notice goes on to confirm that: “The Meeting of the Board of Trustees (BoT) Meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), earlier scheduled to hold by 10Am at the Party’s…