…As CLOs Demand Her Immediate, Unconditional Release The Federal High Court sitting at Ikoyi, Lagos State, on Monday, March 16, 2026, granted bail to a UK-based journalist, Maureen Omorinola Badejo, in the sum of N50 million, with two sureties. Badejo, a UK-based Nigerian journalist and publisher of GIOTV, is being tried for defamation. Speaking to journalists, the Legal Counsel to Badejo, Dr. Yinka Owoeye, stated that aside the N50 million and two sureties, his client...

The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Lagos State has demanded justice for Ms. Maureen Omorinola Badejo, a United Kingdom-based Nigerian blogger and activist, and is also seeking an end to judicial persecution. The coalition, in a statement on Sunday, signed by Comrade Wale Ojo, Chairman, CDHR, Lagos Branch, and Comrade Ola Agboola Jnr., Chairman media, noted that on Monday, March 16, 2026, Ms. Badejo will appear before Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has mocked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying that the main opposition party appears to be actively counting down to its expiration. The ruling party, in a statement on Thursday, titled “Endgame: PDP’s Long Walk to Oblivion”, signed by its Lagos State Publicity Secretary, Mogaji (Hon) Seye Oladejo, noted that what remains of the party is a political structure struggling to stay relevant while visibly edging toward institutional exhaustion. The statement...

Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, has decried the invasion of South-Western Nigeria by terrorists in recent times and urges governments and security agencies to do more in tackling the menace of banditry. Comrade Jare Ajayi, National Publicity Secretary of the socio-political organisation, in a statement on Saturday, predicated the Yoruba people’s concern on the near daily occurrences of the devaluation of human life in some states in the region, going by the barbaric manner in...

…As Sanwo-Olu Charges Newly Elected Executives On Inclusivity, Fairness The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has re-elected Hon. Cornelius Ojelabi  as the state chairman of the ruling party for a second term. Ojelabi, who was returned unopposed via a consensus arrangement at the party’s state congress, which took place on Tuesday at the Onikan Stadium in Lagos, described his re-election as a reflection of unity and collective resolve within the party’s structure...

The Enugu State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has elected Dr. Martin Chukwunweike as chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to lead a 37-man new executive of the party. Chukwunweike and 36 others emerged unanimously on Tuesday at a well-attended state congress of the party held at Okpara Square, Enugu, which the APC national panel for the Enugu State Congress described as free, fair, and credible. In the same vein, 15 zonal...