The e Egba people gathered in Abeokuta for the annual Lisabi Festival to honor their legendary hero, Lisabi Agbongbo Akala, a fearless liberator whose legacy continues to unite Egba sons and daughters from around the world. This year’s celebration, themed Ègbáliganza 2025, merged cultural pride with modern flair. The grand finale dazzled with glamorous fashion…
Former Presidential Adviser, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, has faulted Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s sexual harassment claim, saying once women become senators, they can’t be sexually harassed. Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan had recently claimed on a live television programme that the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, frustrated her moves to raise motions about Ajaokuta Steel Company in Kogi State because she…
As I reflect on the current state of affairs in Nigeria, I am compelled to express my deepest sympathy for the millions of citizens struggling to make ends meet. The recent removal of the petrol subsidy and the weakening naira have unleashed a tsunami of price increases, with rice being one of the hardest-hit commodities….
The Nasarawa State Judicial Commission has demoted Emmanuel Jatau, a chief magistrate, over misconduct in the case involving Chioma Okoli and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). The judicial commission demoted Jatau from chief magistrate II to senior magistrate. The decision of the commission was contained in a letter dated January 6, 2025, and addressed to…
A Finland district court in Lahti on Thursday, ordered the imprisonment of Simon Ekpa, the self-proclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on probable cause for public incitement to commit a crime with terrorist intent in Nigeria. Ekpa was accused of using social media platforms to spread separatist propaganda linked to IPOB, a…
Suspected members of the Lakurawa terror group have killed five people in a series of attacks on Gueza, a village in the Dosso region of Niger Republic. Zagazola Makama, a counterinsurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, reports that the attacks occurred in two phases, with five villagers “strangled to death” in the first…
Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress have endorsed President Bola Tinubu’s “sweeping re-engineering of Nigeria’s security architecture.” Tinubu in October made changes in the hierarchy of the Service Chiefs. While denying that the military shake-up was connected to a rumored coup plot, the Presidency said it was a move to “inject…
Nigerian Army has renamed theIkeja Military Cantonment in honour of the late Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja. The Cantonment is renamed ‘T. A. Lagbaja Cantonment’. Present at the event is the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen. Christopher Musa and other service chiefs. Born…
In a significant event, the National Speaker of the Youth Assembly of Nigeria (YAN), Rt. Hon. Famuyibo Oluwasegun, officially inaugurated the 4th Assembly of YAN Katsina State at the Bello Kofar Bai Hall, Katsina State Secretariat. This coincided with the relocation of the organization’s National Secretariat to Katsina State. The move is part of YAN’s…
Maybe not totally strange, but Ibadan has further validated the state as a ‘pace setter’ in recent times, in terms of little twist to ascension to the first-class stool of Olubadan. In this article, we’ll explore 6 things you should know about the Obaship system in Ibadan. 1.Olubadan Ascension Ladders There are two lines of…