The Ogun State Government has approved the proposal for the creation of the Western Nigeria Security Network, Amotekun, in the state.
The approval for the region’s security outfit codenamed ‘Operation Amotekun’ was given at the State Executive Council meeting held at the Executive Chamber of the Governor’s office, Oke Mosan,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has noted Nigeria and Ethiopia relations would give concrete effect to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
He also declared that robust cooperation between Nigeria and Ethiopia would provide a strong pillar for African integration.
Recall that the 55 member states of the Africa Union (AU) established...
Suspended council chairmen laud Gov’s tolerance
Our door is open to all Kwarans
Top leaders of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State on Tuesday pledged their loyalty to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq whose leadership style, humility and attachment to the poor they described as a breath of...
The leadership of the rich men in Africa is not about to change hand. The king remains Dangote Group President Alhaji Aliko Dangote. Forbes magazine, in its annual ranking of the world’s billionaires released yesterday, showed that Dangote is retaining the slot for the ninth consecutive year, with an...
Former Zamfara Governor Abdulaziz Yari has been indicted for alleged diversion of N90bn by the Zamfara State Project Verification Committee set up by Governor Bello Matawalle.
Chairman of the committee, Alhaji Ahmad Zabarma, led members to submit its report on Wednesday.
He described the way and manner Yari and his clique...
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday fined the Federal Government the sum of N200,000 for causing an adjournment of the trial of Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, on frivolous grounds.
Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu who described the prosecution’s request for the adjournment as frivolous and uncalled for, postponed the...
The Senate held its plenary briefly on Tuesday and then adjourned.
After about 10 minutes’ plenary, the lawmakers adjourned their sitting to Wednesday. This was done in honour of a deceased senator, Ignatius Longjan.
Mr Longjan died at a Turkish hospital in Abuja on Sunday, after a brief illness.
Until his death,...
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, affirmed the Bayelsa State governor-elect, David Lyon, as the valid candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the last governorship election in the state.
A five-man panel of the court led by Justice Mary Peter-Odili unanimously dismissed the appeal filed by Heineken Lokpobiri, who had...
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party and some party members in the National Assembly, on Tuesday, peacefully protested at the embassy of the European Union.
The PDP National Secretary, Senator Ibrahim Tsauri, who led the protest presented the party’s protest letter to the embassy officials.
The protesters later proceeded to...
