The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, will visit Ekiti today to resolve the crisis between Governor Kayode Fayemi and some aggrieved monarchs, The Nation can authoritatively report.
A source said Fayemi and the aggrieved monarchs had visited the Ooni at separate times to brief him on the crisis and...
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, has warned the Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, against treating the traditional institution in Yorubaland with levity.
Alaafin said unlike in some tribes, where there was nothing attached to their traditional institutions, the Yoruba traditional institution was “ancestral and spiritual.”
The monarch...
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has said he decided to reshuffle his cabinet reshuffle and delay releasing grant following questionable actions in one of the ministries.
Makinde said this when a delegation of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Oyo State chapter, led by Samson Adedoyin visited in him on Friday.
He...
Lamido Sanusi says his dethronement as Emir of Kano is unjustifiable but won’t take legal action against the Kano State Government.
The former Central Bank Governor, who has had a frosty relationship with Governor Umar Ganduje since 2017, was sent packing by the state government on Monday for “total disrespect...
Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Friday signed into law the state’s Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps Establishment Bill, saying the bill signified the declaration of war on criminals in the state.
Presenting the bill to the governor at the event held inside the Executive Council Lounge, Government Secretariat,...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday ordered the release of the dethroned Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, who was banished to Awe, a town in Nasarawa State.
He was dethroned on Monday.
Justice Anwuli Chikere granted the interim order following an ex parte application moved by his lead counsel,...
Labour leaders say Gov won’t be liable if LGs default
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday said he was hesitant to ink the minimum wage deal with labour because he was not convinced that the local government councils can afford the table that the negotiation panel has proposed.
AbdulRazaq...
The Federal Government is not contemplating imposition of a travel ban on travellers over the spread of the deadly coronavirus, the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has said.
The minister pointed out that the country has not reached the point of banning large gatherings.
Addressing member of the diplomatic corps during...
The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Bayero, says the wishes of his late father, Ado Bayero, have materialised with his appointment and that of his brother as first-class Emirs.
He said this while reacting to Governor Umar Ganduje’s comment on Wednesday that he had made history by appointing two blood...
The Senate, on Thursday, passed for second reading, a constitution amendment bill which prescribes Higher National Diploma or its equivalent as the educational qualification required for anyone seeking to contest the office of the Nigerian President or state governors.
The bill sponsored by a member of the Peoples Democratic Party...
