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Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, and his former Deputy, Agboola Ajajy, are currently embroiled in a battle over government vehicles that the former number two man in the state has refused to surrender. Akeredolu has threatened to embarrass Ajayi if he continues to hold on to vehicles that he used when he served as the […]

Minister of Communications and Digital Economy,  Dr. Isa Pantami has said he was set to sue a national daily for publishing a report that he has been placed on the watch-list by the United States government. Michael Jonathan Numa, counsel to the minister and Senior Partner of the Karina Tunyan and Company, made the declaration on […]

The recommendation by the Summit on Emerging Trends in the Role of the First Lady in National Development, that the office of the wife of the president and her counterparts at state levels be institutionalized, ostensibly because of their achievements, is an extra-constitutional and ego-massaging aberration and insult to the Nigerian people. At a time […]

The social messaging and networking platform, Twitter, has said that it chose Ghana over Nigeria as its Africa office because of the former’s democratic ideals. According to Twitter, Ghana’s “support for free speech and online freedoms” made the country its candidate of choice as its operational base in Africa. The choice of Ghana as the […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday arrested former Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha in Abuja over allegations of asset diversion made against him. Recently, the commission alleged that the former governor misappropriated as much as N7.9 billion, being funds belonging to the state. Mr Wilson Uwujaren, the Spokesman for the EFCC, confirmed […]

Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, has refuted reports in social media suggesting that he has links with the Islamist group, Boko Haram and that he has placed the United States “terror watch list”. Pantami, in tweets, denied having any links with Mohammed Yusuf, founder of Boko Haram, declaring rather that […]

A yet-to-be-determined number of people believed to have been killed at Damasak, the headquarters of Mobar Local Government in Borno State, when suspected members of the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP), attacked the town.  ISWAP is another faction of Boko Haram operating in the northern part of Borno State. It launched the attack […]

Boko Haram insurgents and unidentified gunmen have gone on a killing and kidnapping spree in various parts of Nigeria this weekend, killing at least five persons and abducting no less than 40 men and women. Boko Haram fighters killed five persons and abducted at least 30 women when they attacked Kwapre, a village in Hong […]

  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested an intending air passenger, Okonkwo Chimezie Henry, who wraps of cocaine worth N423 million.   NDLEA arrested Okonkwo at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos on Easter Day, Sunday, 4th April, 2021, where he was headed for Madrid, Spain.   Following his arrest, he […]

Northerners living in Imo State have been assured of their safety and stay in the state by the governor, Hope Uzodinma.  The governor gave the assurance when he met with the leaders of the Northern community who paid him a solidarity visit in Owerri, and also to ask for the governor’s support in view of […]