The House of Representatives is set to deliberate on a range of critical legislative matters including a bill seeking to create three additional states: Oke-Ogun, Ijebu and Ife-Ijesa. The private member bill sponsored by Hon. Oluwole Oke, seeks to alter relevant sections of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). As outlined on Thursday’s Order Paper, the…
President Bola Tinubu has appointed 36 individuals to fill vacancies on the governing councils of various Federal Universities, Polytechnics, and Colleges of Education. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this in a statement signed and released on Wednesday titled, ‘President Tinubu announces more appointments for federal institutions.’ The…
The Police said they have launched an investigation into alleged confinement of one Chogbo, popularly called Agudo, in chains for five years by his father for travelling abroad without his permission in Igboukwu, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the spokesperson of Anambra Police Command disclosed this in a statement issued…
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the suit by Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara seeking to remove 27 members of the State House of Assembly on ground of their alleged defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Uwani Aba-Aji delivered the judgment following the dramatic withdrawal of the…
Pharmacists under the platform of the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) have raised the alarm that no fewer than 50% of drugs currently in circulation across the country are fake or substandard. The ACPN National Chairman, Pharmacist Ambrose Igwekamma Ezeh, made this known in a statement issued ahead of the association’s 44th Annual…
The Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum (PDP-GF) and former governors have named former Senate President Bukola Saraki as the head of a seven-member reconciliation committee. The PDP-GF Chairman, Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, announced this while briefing newsmen after the forum’s crucial meeting with former governors on Sunday night in Abuja. Mohammed said that…
The Sultanate Council Sokoto says, Friday 28th February, 2025, marks the start of the search for the new Moon of Ramadan 1446AH. This is contained in a statement signed by Wazirin Sokoto and Chairman, Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, Sultanate Council, Sokoto Prof. Sambo Wali Junaidu. It calls on Muslims to look out for the…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has commenced probe into the alleged sexual harassment case involving the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Abayomi Fasina, a professor. The development followed a petition from a coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs) to ICPC. The anti-graft agency received the petition on…
Hundreds of transgender federal prisoners face uncertainty and fear after President Donald Trump’s executive order mandating transfers to facilities based on biological sex rather than gender identity. The move has sparked concerns, particularly from legal advocates who warn of the dangers these inmates may face in male prisons. “It’s going to be incredibly dangerous,” said…
The Yoruba Nation Youths, both within Nigeria and in the diaspora, have strongly opposed plans to introduce Sharia law or establish Sharia courts in the South-West region of Nigeria. This stance was expressed in a joint statement by the Yoruba National Youth Leader (Diaspora), Prophet Ayodele Ologunloluwa, and the Homebase Leader, Comrade Oyegunle Oluwamayowa Omotoyole….