Phrank Shaibu, media aide to the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Atiku Abubakar, has rejected the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu’s assertion that there will be no vacancy in Aso Rock in the next four or five years. Shaibu said the decision on who would occupy the Nigerian presidency in 2027 belonged…
The Social Democratic Party in Oyo State has replaced its governorship candidate for the 2027 election, with Mogaji Agboola emerging as the party’s new standard-bearer. The change was ratified on Tuesday at the party’s substitution plenary in Ibadan, where members formally approved the replacement of Michael Okunlade with Agboola. The party also declared that its…
President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss a suit filed by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) over an alleged forged National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) discharge certificate. Atiku and the ADC, in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1888/2026, are challenging…
The Nigeria Automobile Technicians Association (NATA) and the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) in Oyo State have declared their support for the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) governorship candidate, Hon. Bimbo Adekanmbi, ahead of the 2027 governorship election. The two associations announced their position on Thursday at an endorsement event held at the NATA…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the incumbent Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, winner of the 2026 Osun State governorship election. Adeleke, who contested the election on the platform of the Accord Party, defeated his closest challenger, Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress, to secure a second term in office. The returning…
Voting has ended in several polling units across Osun State following Saturday’s governorship election, with electoral officials moving into the sorting, counting and collation of ballots. The conclusion of voting has shifted attention to the announcement of results at polling units and their subsequent collation at ward and local government levels. In several locations, presiding…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Lagos Operations Office, in collaboration with the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), has received 178 Nigerian returnees from Tripoli, Libya. The returnees arrived at about 4 p.m. on Monday, August 10, aboard an Air Buraq Airlines flight that landed at the Cargo Terminal of…
The Nigeria Police Force has declined to release Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, the purported Director-General of the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC), to a House of Representatives ad hoc committee without a court order authorising his release. Inspector-General of Police Olatunji Disu made the position known on Wednesday during a resumed hearing by the…
ABUJA – President Bola Tinubu on Thursday drew laughter at the Presidential Press Corps Dinner after jokingly referring to First Lady Oluremi Tinubu as “Iya Alakara” (Mother of Akara Seller), a playful remark widely seen as a response to the recent public debate sparked by her comments encouraging women to embrace small-scale businesses. The President…
The Oyo State Government has officially fixed July 1, 2026, as the commencement date for the implementation of its Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), alongside the approval of a 12 percent employer contribution aimed at strengthening retirement benefits for civil and public servants in the state. This was disclosed by the Chairman of the Oyo State…
