Politics

Fresh tension enveloped Osun State yesterday ahead of the Local Government elections scheduled for today with  Police Inspector General Kayode Egbetokun urging  Governor Ademola Adeleke to shelve the election to prevent bloodshed. Egbetokun said there was credible intelligence suggesting a high likelihood of violence and significant security threats should the government proceed…

A mild drama erupted in the Senate on Thursday as Senate President Godswill Akpabio ordered the Sergeant-at-Arms to remove Senator Natasha Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, from the chamber. The drama started after a report by Senate Chief Whip Mohammed Monguno, who informed the Senate that Senator Natasha had refused to…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Dr. Danjuma Adamu Ismaila as the Rector and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) in Zaria, Kaduna State. A statement yesterday in Abuja by Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, announced the appointment. Dr. Ismaila,…

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Princess Mojisola Meranda, has said that she remains the Speaker of the House of Assembly. The Speaker who denied rumours suggesting that she has resigned said, she is presently in her office doing her job as the Speaker of the House.…

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Osun State has alerted Nigerians that the Inspector General of Police’s deployment of special forces over the state-local government crisis was aimed at assassinating Governor Ademola Adeleke. Addressing newsmen at the party’s Secretariat in Osogbo on Wednesday, the party Chairman, Sunday Bisi, added that…

As of 10 a.m. on Wednesday, chairmen and councillors elected in the October 15, 2022, local government election in Osun State had resumed in about 14 LGA secretariats in the state. Checks by The PUNCH revealed that the chairmen and councillors, accompanied by many APC members, have resumed at Ila, Ede…

By Emma Amaize, South-South Regional Editor, Sam Oyadongha, Ozioruva Aliu, Dan Abia, Ochuko Akuopha Farmers and other stakeholders of the South-South region have called on President Bola Tinubu and governors of the oil states to stop herders from invading their farms and destroying their crops this year as they did in…

The former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has filed a suit against the Assembly and the new Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, before the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, challenging the legality of his sack. Obasa, in the suit which is yet to be assigned to…

Vice President Kashim Shettima has reaffirmed the Nigerian government’s dedication to the welfare of members of organised labour, inclusive economic policies, and wage reforms. Shettima said President Bola Tinubu is committed to a thriving workforce and an efficient labour ecosystem. Speaking on Thursday during a meeting with a delegation led…