Amnesty International has accused the Sokoto State Government of unlawfully influencing the arrest of a social media user, Shafi’ u Umar Tureta. According to the human rights group, heavily armed police officers arrested Tureta after he posted a viral video online that showed the lavish birthday celebration of the governor’ s wife. In a public…
Emeka Beke, the reinstated Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, has confirmed that 27 lawmakers who left the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to join APC in December 2023 are still members of the party. Beke made this statement while speaking to journalists after a court judgment in his favour on Monday….
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 Says: “Two are better than one because they have a good return for their hard work. If either should fall, one can pick up the other. But how miserable are those who fall and don’t have a companion to help them up! Also, if two lie down together, they can stay warm. But…
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has arrived the Force Headquarters at the Federal Capital Territory to honour a police invitation. Ajaero was accompanied by human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), human rights activist and lawyer, Deji Adeyanju and a group of workers. The police had invited the NLC leader over…
In a new skit, Kazim Adeoti, Mercy Aigbe’s husband, has arrested popular skitmaker, Kiekie and her apprentice for allegedly making his now trending outfit. On Tuesday, mixed reactions trailed Mr Adeoti’s outfit at the premiere of his wife’s movie, ‘Thin Line’. The premiere featured notable Nollywood stars such as Faithia Williams, Nkechi Blessing Sunday, Iyabo…
A bill for an Act to alter the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, to provide for the office of the Prime Minister as head of government and the office of President as head of state and to provide for a framework for the mode of election to the said…
A former Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council in Osun State, Adewale Adebayo, has demanded an account of excess revenue made by the Osun State Government in the outgoing year 2024. Adebayo, who currently serves as the state chairman of the Allied Peoples Movement, in a statement obtained in Osogbo, the state capital on Saturday,…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has claimed he was the “most demonised” public figure during the final years of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration. Shettima, a former Borno State governor, stated this in Abuja on Thursday during the public presentation of OPL 245: Inside Story of the $1.3bn Nigeria Oil Block, a book written by former…
On July 31, 2025, history was made as a batch of egusi seeds sourced from Oyo State was launched into orbit aboard the SpaceX Crew-11 mission. Behind the historic feat is Dr. Temidayo Oniosun, a globally recognised space policy expert and proud son of Oyo. The mission, part of the Seeds in Space project, is…
The former Governor of Ekiti state, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has disclosed that at no point in time that Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan accused him of sexual harassment. In a press release by the former Governor media aide, Mallam Ahmad Sajoh, he disclosed that a report by a certain media house that Senator Cyril Fasuyi said Natasha…