The Rivers State House of Assembly has issued a notice accusing the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and his deputy, Ngozi Odu, of alleged misconduct. Twenty-six members of the assembly made the misconduct allegation against Fubara in a notice sent to the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, on Monday. According to the lawmakers, their action follows “Section 188…
Tension has intensified in the Ajegunle-Powerline community, Akure North Local Government Area, Ondo State, after Fulani herdsmen launched an attack, leaving five farmers dead. According to Roving Reporters, the victims, laborers from Plateau and Kaduna States, were reportedly shot on Tuesday afternoon around 3 p.m. as the herders entered the farmland and began firing at…
Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, Speaker of the Lagos House of Assembly, has declared that the 2027 election will be a “walkover” for President Bola Tinubu. Obasa made the comment at the weekend during the launch of ‘Tinubu 2027’ in Ojokoro LCDA, Lagos, where residents reaffirmed support for the president’s re-election bid. The event, held at…
Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his Ogun State counterpart, Dapo Abiodun, alongside the President of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote have arrived in Katsina. Others who arrived at the Musa Yar’Adua Airport alongside the trio, ahead of the burial of former President Muhammadu Buhari, were the former Minister of Information, Lai Muhammed, among others….
Myanmar authorities have arrested 16 people including a six-year-old girl over the assassination of a retired general shot dead in Yangon last month, state media said. Cho Tun Aung, a former ambassador to Cambodia, was gunned down outside his home on May 22 in an attack claimed by an anti-junta group calling itself the “Golden…
Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo state, has asked Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), not to “put fire” in his state. In August, Wike warned governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against interfering in the affairs of the party in Rivers state. Wike and Siminalayi Fubara, governor…
The OBIdient Movement has denied reports that its principal, Peter Obi, has been offered a running mate position to Atiku Abubakar in the 2027 coalition. According to the movement, these reports are baseless and speculative, and they emphasise that Obi’s objective in any coalition would be to tackle issues like bad governance, corruption, poverty, and…
Chief Segun Sowunmi, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has declared that the biggest challenge the party currently faces is Nyesom Wike, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Wike, the immediate past governor of Rivers state is a PDP chieftain but serves in the Bola Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration….
President Bola Tinubu and French President Emmanuel Macron signed two agreements on Thursday in Paris, France, that will ensure a partnership on the development of critical infrastructure and the long-term sustenance of agriculture and food security. Earlier, President Tinubu and President Macron witnessed the signing of the agreement by the United Bank for Africa (UBA)…
A 32-year-old man, Goni Umbadu, has been killed during a fight over suspected grass theft in Saleri Village, Yunusari Local Government Area of Yobe state. According to a counter insurgency reporter, Zagazola Makama, the said development occurred on June 20, 2025. According to the sources, the deceased had confronted a herder simply identified as Haruna…