Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State has revived farm settlements initiative in the state with the commissioning of three of the six Renewed Hope Farm Dormitories built for young farmers in different farm clusters in the state. Oyebanji, who hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his initiative that encourages farming, promised to tackle head on, those he described as unscrupulous elements and criminally minded individuals, who were determined to sabotage his efforts and make farming...

…As Bode George Condemns Judgement The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) expressed disappointment on Friday with the judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which halted its national convention. The court, presided over by Justice James Kolawole Omotosho, today issued an order requiring it to comply with the requirements of the Independent National Electoral Commission. The main opposition party described the development as “an assault on Nigeria’s democratic process.” A statement released by Debo Ologunagba,...

As post-election protests spread across Cameroon, the traditional ruler of Bamendjou, Foo Sokoudjou Mpoda, has urged humility and restraint in the face of growing public anger. The outspoken monarch, who reflected on the ongoing unrest, said the Anglophone crisis should have taught leaders the cost of arrogance, deceit, and condescension, cautioning that the country “cannot afford to open another front. “There is no honor in claiming victory over one’s own people through force, repression, and...

Tinubu executed the relevant instruments of release to complete the process of formally exercising his constitutional power of prerogative of mercy to grant pardon and clemency to specific individuals who were earlier convicted for various offences, revokes the pardon granted to Maryam Sanda, who was sentenced to death in 2020 for the killing of her husband, Bilyaminu Bello. Following consultations with the Council of State and public opinion on the matter, the President directed a...

Former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, who failed to purchase a form to contest for the National Chairman position of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has threatened court action. Lamido, who was unable to secure the form at the PDP National Headquarters on Monday morning, expressed dissatisfaction with the development. Addressing journalists in front of his supporters, Lamido declared that he was prepared to contest for the chairmanship of the party at the November...