We’ve no other state, join hands with me build Osun, Adeleke tells Oyetola

NewsNigeriaPoliticsWe’ve no other state, join hands with me build Osun, Adeleke tells Oyetola

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)March 28, 2023

Former Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun state has been called upon by Senator Ademola Adeleke of Osun State to join hands with him to build Osun State, noting that they have no other state. Adeleke who spoke on Arise TV on Monday said that he called Oyetola after the Appeal Court judgment and up till now he has not responded. He however, said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has every right to go to...

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Armed Men Gun Down 2 Police Operatives In Enugu

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaArmed Men Gun Down 2 Police Operatives In Enugu

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)March 28, 2023

…Vehicles Used By Perpetrators Recovered The Commissioner of Police Enugu State Command, CP Ahmed Ammani has confirmed the attack and death of two police operatives serving in Uwani Police Division of the Command. In the command’s official bulletin signed by the Police Public Relations Officer DSP Daniel Ndukwe, the two dead operatives were on routine stop and search duty at Osadebe Street, along Campus Gate Road, by Kenyatta Market Enugu on Sunday 26/03/2023 at about...

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Dino Melaye declares interest in Kogi governorship poll

NewsNigeriaPoliticsDino Melaye declares interest in Kogi governorship poll

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 28, 2023

Former senator and a spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP presidential campaign council, Dino Melaye has declared his interest to contest in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Kogi state. Melaye disclosed this on his Twitter page on Sunday, calling on Nigerians to support his governorship ambition. Lets do it together. We shall recover Kogi State. pic.twitter.com/3hI8RMClGm — Senator Dino Melaye. (SDM) (@_dinomelaye) March 26, 2023 Melaye, who represented Kogi West senatorial district in the...

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Scrutinizing Obi’s Bizarre Entry at Soludo’s One-Year-in-Office Celebration

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionPoliticsScrutinizing Obi’s Bizarre Entry at Soludo’s One-Year-in-Office Celebration

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)March 28, 2023

“As a former governor himself, Obi knows and understands protocols and he knows that it was wrong for him to walk into a hall where the governor who is the host, was already speaking,” —Ebuka Onyekwelu On Saturday, the governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo formally celebrated his one year in office at the international convention centre. The programme which was well attended by so many public figures and leaders of industries, left many...

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AY breaks silence on 17-year-old rift with Basketmouth

LifestyleNewsNigeriaAY breaks silence on 17-year-old rift with Basketmouth

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 28, 2023

Ayodeji Makun, alias AY, says his long-running fallout with his colleague Bright Okpocha, also known as Basketmouth, is because the latter refused to pay him N30,000 for an event he stood in for him. AY made the revelation in an interview with Chude Jideonwo, on the latest episode of his podcast, #WithChude. He narrated how he had represented Basketmouth on an occasion because he had other engagements and when his payment was not forthcoming, he...

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Abuja protest was not for Atiku, Obi to congratulate Tinubu – Co-ordinator

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAbuja protest was not for Atiku, Obi to congratulate Tinubu – Co-ordinator

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 28, 2023

Supporters of Bola Tinubu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the last presidential election, staged a peaceful protest in Abuja, the nation’s capital on Monday to defend the mandate of the president-elect. The declaration of Tinubu as the winner of the election held on February 25 has continued to spark controversies with the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Labour Party, LP, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, respectively, discrediting the...

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“IPOB is a pro-Biafra secessionist movement, not a terrorist group”, IEP clarifies

NewsNigeriaPolitics“IPOB is a pro-Biafra secessionist movement, not a terrorist group”, IEP clarifies

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 28, 2023

The Institute for Economics and Peace, IEP, says the Indigenous People Of Biafra, IPOB, is a pro-Biafra secessionist movement, not a terrorist group. The clarification is coming about a week after the institute ranked IPOB as the tenth deadliest terrorist group in the world in its Global Terrorism Index, GTI, report. IEP, in a statement published yesterday, described IPOB as a secessionist movement that aims to establish an independent state of Biafra and absolved the...

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Will the court, not the electorate, determine the winner of the presidential poll?

NigeriaOpinionPoliticsWill the court, not the electorate, determine the winner of the presidential poll?

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 27, 2023

“None of Nigeria’s presidential election results has ever been overturned by the courts” No election in Nigeria’s recent history has faced many protests and rejections by those who lost. So controversial was the 2023 general election that aggrieved candidates have headed to court to challenge the outcome of last month’s presidential election. Nigerians demonstrated their dedication to democracy on February 25, but there are many angry and frustrated Nigerians who believe that the president-elect, Bola...

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Obasanjo Warns Against Igbo-phobia

NewsNigeriaPoliticsObasanjo Warns Against Igbo-phobia

PilotnewsMarch 26, 2023

Former President of Nigeria Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has warned against the dangers of the conspiracy against the Igbos of the South East which he described as ‘Igbophobia’ contending that it would not mean well for the unity and development of the country. Obasanjo who spoke at the one year anniversary celebration of the regime of Gov Charles Soludo in Awka further described the duo as most outstanding of all the appointments he made while in...

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Ex -Chief of General Staff, General Oladipo Oyeyinka Diya is dead

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEx -Chief of General Staff, General Oladipo Oyeyinka Diya is dead

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)March 26, 2023

The former Chief of General Staff under the late military head of state, General Sani Abacha, General Oladipo Oyeyinka Diya has died this morning a few days before his 79th birthday. According to a message confirmed by Olawale Adekoya, Special Adviser, Media and Strategy to the late General, Diya died at the early hour of Sunday. The message, which was signed on behalf of the family by Barrister Prince Oyesinmilola Diya stated that further announcement...

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