The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, and the Deputy Speaker, Ahmed Wase, clashed in the chamber during the plenary on Wednesday.  Gbajabiamila had reportedly recommended Tajudeen Abbas and Benjamin Kalu for Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the coming 10th House, leading to their endorsement by the ruling All Progressives Congress.  Wase, who […]

… says Police can’t be complainant, prosecutor The Yaba Magistrate’s Court of Mrs Adeola Olatunbosun on Wednesday ruled that the police cannot be the complainant and also the prosecutor at the same time. The magistrate stated this on Wednesday morning, as she sat in her filled-to-capacity court where the Police prosecuting team demanded to arraign […]

The immediate-past Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has described as lies, the allegation levelled against him by his successor, Dapo Abiodun over the relocation of the $19bn Dangote refinery from Ogun to Lagos State. Amosun on Wednesday, spoke through his media aide, Bola Adeyemi, while reacting to the statement issued by Abiodun on […]

The Osemawe of Ondo Kingdom, Oba Victor Kiladejo, on Tuesday, disclosed that insecurity has drastically reduced in his domain. The monarch said the kingdom was able to checkmate the activities of criminals through a creative intelligence-gathering strategy put in place for the safety of the people. Oba Kiladejo said this while hosting a delegation of […]

A student of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State, Samuel Adegoke has reportedly killed himself by drinking some chemical substance after losing his fees and that of his friend to an online betting. Our correspondent gathered that the deceased reportedly used his school fee to play an online betting on Friday but lost. Adegoke, who […]

The Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, on Wednesday, dismissed the petitions filed by the Allied Peoples’ Movement and the Action Peoples Party against the victory of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Obafemi Hamzat, in the March 18 governorship election. The Independent National Electoral Commission and the All Progressives Congress are other respondents to […]

The Nasarawa State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of 26 suspects linked to a series of crimes including kidnapping and cultism in the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel, who made the statement in the Lafia area of the state, said two victims recently abducted by suspected kidnappers were also […]

Ahead of the June 13, 2023 inauguration of the tenth National Assembly, kinsmen of the consensus candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the position of senate presidency, Godswill Akpabio, have thrown their weight behind his candidacy. The group under the auspices of Ntipe Ibibio Unity Mission also called on the ruling APC not to […]

The Senate on Wednesday passed for second reading, a bill seeking to compensate victims of the EndSARS protest. The bill titled, “A Bill for an Act to Amend the National Emergency  Management  Agency Act” was sponsored by Senator Gershom Bassey a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, Cross River State Massey, in his lead debate, […]

The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri, has expressed her displeasure with the broadcasters and presenters of Arise Television over the comment made on Emdee Tiamiyu’s interview with British Broadcasting Corporation that saw to the ban of Nigerian students bringing their dependants to the United Kingdom. An Arise TV anchor, Ayo Mairo-Ese, had berated […]