Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun to continue to deliver good governance after winning his re-election on Saturday. This is contained in a statement issued by the governor’s spokesperson, Malam Olawale Rasheed, on Monday in Osogbo. According to the statement, Obasanjo made the call during
A former two-term member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Jude Idimogu, has called for an immediate stop to attacks on the residence of APC chieftain, Mr Joe Igbokwe, in Nnewi, Anambra. Idimogu, who represented Oshodi-Isolo Constituency II between 2015 and 2023, made the call in a statement
Nigeria has deployed its first standardised justice sector platform for tracking cases of violence against women aimed at closing long-standing gaps in Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) data and accountability. The platform was unveiled during a five-day national validation and capacity-building workshop to review and validate the reporting tools, strengthening
Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo has charged the new leadership of the state House of Assembly to embrace humility, unity, transparency and teamwork, urging lawmakers to put aside personal differences and focus on serving the people. The governor gave the charge when he received the newly elected speaker, Prince
. ‘We’ll continue to dismantle drug cartels and their financial spine,’ Marwa vows The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has publicly destroyed 329,865.585 kilograms of assorted illicit drugs with an estimated street value of Three Hundred and One Billion, Fifty-Eight Million and Seventy-Six Thousand Naira (N301,058,076,000) only in a
Nigerian music star David Adeleke, better known as Davido, has shared his wish to avoid Nigerian politics, labeling the political environment in the country as ‘evil.’ In a recent post on social media, Davido responded to criticism he received for backing his family during the recent Osun State governorship election.
Nigerians from different sectors of the economy have expressed divergent views over the Federal government’s plan to revive the state-owned refineries. They expressed their views in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. NAN reports that President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, assured Nigerians that
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has signed 26,272 Certificates of Occupancy (C of Os) in the first three years of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Mr Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant to the minister on Public Communications and Social Media, disclosed this in a statement
Afrobeats star David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has celebrated his uncle, Ademola Adeleke, on his re-election as Governor of Osun. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ademola Adeleke, the incumbent governor and Accord Party candidate, was declared winner of the Aug. 15 Osun governorship election by the
The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi has congratulated Gov. Ademola Adeleke on his re-election, describing this historic victory as a highly important democratic achievement for Nigeria. Obi, in a statement on Sunday in Enugu, titled: “Osun: When the People Stand, Democracy Wins”, explicitly said that