Two top lawmakers of the Ondo State House of Assembly have stepped down from their leadership positions. Deputy Speaker, Abayomi Akinruntan, and Majority Leader, Oluwole Ogunmolasuyi, both members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), announced their resignations during Tuesday’s plenary session. Akinruntan, who represents Ilaje Constituency 1, told the House that his decision was informed by ongoing discussions around political power-sharing in the state. “This resignation is based on political arrangements within the state,”...

Governor Mohammed Bago of Niger State has granted full pardon to 11 inmates who had been sentenced to death for their roles in a deadly communal clash. The announcement was made in Minna on Tuesday by the state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Nasiru Mu’azu. He said the inmates were convicted in connection with a violent conflict between the Gaba and Anfani communities in Lavun Local Government Area, a dispute that tragically claimed lives...

The Catholic Bishop of Yola Diocese, Bishop Stephen Dami Mamza, has charged Nigerian Journalists to be objective in their reportage and desist from reporting on issues that will bring chaos in society. Bishop Mamza gave the reminder while addressing Journalists at his residence in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, to commemorate the 2025 World Communication Week. He noted that reporting will bring positive development in all strata of life, and people would support them in...

A group of lawyers and members of civil society organisation (CSO), under the aegies of Concerned Nigerian Youths Forum, on Monday stormed the office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, with a petition, demanding the suspension of Engr. Farouk Ahmed, the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). In the petition signed by Barrister Aquila Kendo, the group claimed that Ahmed’s...