Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has praised Nigeria’s security agencies for their recent successes in the fight against terrorism, following the arrest of two senior commanders of the Ansaru terrorist group. The arrests were disclosed last Saturday by the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, who described the operation as a “high-risk, intelligence-led, counter-terrorism…
Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, has taken a subtle swipe at opposition parties, declaring that there are no ballot boxes on social media. The Governor, who spoke at a stakeholders’ meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna, shortly after the party’s victory in Saturday’s by-election, cautioned party members against being carried away…
Olubadan-elect, Oba Rasidi Ladoja, has said he never expected to ascend the throne so soon, admitting he thought the late Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, would reign for at least five to ten years. Speaking on Monday at his Bodija residence in Ibadan, where he was received by family members, Baales, associates, and well-wishers,…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the father of Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, Alhaji Ahmed Ododo, is dead. His death was confirmed in a statement issued on Monday by the Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Kingsley Fanwo. Fanwo described the 83-year-old Momohsani as a devout Muslim who would be buried in line with Islamic…
Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Femi Falana, has asked the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party to demonstrate that they are not terrorist organisations, following a ruling by a Canadian Federal Court which described both parties as entities engaging in conduct amounting to terrorism under Canadian law. In a…
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Akeem Owoade I, has faulted the conferment of the Chieftaincy title of ‘Okanlomo of Yorubaland’ on a business tycoon, Dotun Sanusi, a.k.a Ilaji, by the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II. Oba Owoade said conferment of chieftaincy title which bothers on the entirety of Yorubaland by…
Dele Farotimi, a frontline lawyer has said that some politicians are trying hard to rebrand former President, Goodluck Jonathan, who was voted out of office by Nigerians in 2015 for valid reasons. He questioned the rationale behind the move, insisting that those expecting the former Bayelsa State Governor to come and do a miracle would…
Bayo Onanuga, the presidential spokesperson, has criticised opposition figures following the African Democratic Congress’ (ADC) poor performance in the recently concluded by-elections. Onanuga, in a post on his X page on Monday, posted a photo of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Labour Party’s Peter Obi, former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi, and former Kaduna State…
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, says the results of Saturday’s by-elections in the South-East state show that the Labour Party (LP) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) are “dead” and “non-existent” in the state. The governor stated this on Sunday during an event in the Nanka area of the state to celebrate the victory of…
Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has lost his mother, Mama Lydia Yilwatda. She passed away Sunday morning at the Jos University Teaching Hospital at the age of 83. The sad news was confirmed in a statement released in Jos by the party’s State Publicity Secretary, Shittu Bamaiyi, who…