* Says we didn’t vote for Garba Shehu or Femi Adesina * Asks Buhari to resign for lack of capacity to run Nigeria * Knocks National Assembly, says Assembly is a department of the villa Former Kogi West Senator Dino Melaye has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to speak directly to Nigerians over the worrisome
The Supreme Court has declared the dissolution of local government administrations in Oyo and Katsina States and their replacement with caretaker committees as illegal. In the judgment delivered on Friday by Justice Adamu Jauro, the apex court in a unanimous decision condemned the Oyo and Katsina state governments for the unlawful dissolution of the state
To say that Senator Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke has been missing in action is simply stating the obvious. The Ede in Osun State-born ex-lawmaker was one of the comical figures of the 8th national assembly. A bubbly personality who attained fame through his dancing skills would go down in history as Nigeria’s most entertaining politician.
Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan aka Mama Taraba is dead, The Nation has learnt. She was 61. She resigned as the Minister of Women Affairs on July 27, 2018 to contest the governorship election in Taraba. She was said to have died on Friday in Cairo, Egypt. Details shortly…
Popular comedian and Instagram sensation, Abimbola Olasunbo popularly known as Sir Koro has alleged that Comedienne Princess and Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo deliberately set up embattled Yoruba actor, Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha. The Nation reports the embattled actor will face a five-count charge following an alleged rape and sexual assault on a
The Ondo State office of the Independent National Electoral Commission on Friday said it had created more polling units across the 18 local government areas of the state ahead of the 2023 general election. The commission specifically said it had created additional 924 polling units which had increased the polling units in the states to
The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has warned traditional rulers against allowing cultists in their various domains. The governor gave the warning following the violent clashes among youths of Ikare Akoko town in the Akoko North East Local Government and Owo, the headquarters of the Owo LGA in the past few days, during which about
* Begins immediate recruitment of ex-servicemen and able-bodied young men The Benue State Government, on Thursday, approved the establishment of vigilante groups to combat the high rate of insecurity in the state. Governor Samuel Ortom disclosed this when he briefed journalists on the outcome of the expanded stakeholders’ meeting held at the new banquet hall
The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed that a policeman was shot dead by suspected kidnappers at Ibara-Orile, in Abeokuta Local Government Area of the state. Speaking with the Nigerian Tribune in a telephone chat, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said that the team was ambushed by the kidnappers with the connivance
