Kano by-election: APC sweeps assembly seats
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the Saturday state Assembly by-election in two constituencies in Kano. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted the by-election in Kano Municipal…
It’s time to save Judicial appointments from corruption
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu For nearly five years, Abia State has been the site of a bewildering contest over the crisis of corruption that now bedevils Nigeria’s judicial appointment process.…
APC secures Rivers Assembly seats, ADC, others boycotts Kano Bye-Elections
Candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have won the House of Assembly bye-elections in Rivers State, securing the two contested seats. In Khana State Constituency II, APC candidate Henrietta…
Sad tales of underage offenders jailed with adult criminals in juvenile prisons
•Inmates during a training section at Kaduna Borstal Institute Borstal juvenile correctional centres in Nigeria, intended to rehabilitate, often fail to reform inmates; instead, they make them worse than they…
Wike lacks constitutional power to declare public holiday, says Falana
Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has faulted the public holiday declared by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, ahead of Saturday’s area…
New Awujale yet to be selected – Chieftaincy Affairs
The Ogun State Government has said it is yet to select any candidate to fill the vacant stool of Awujale of Ijebuland. The government, in a statement signed on Saturday…
Stemming the tide of Staged Kidnappings
By Oludare Richards Across Nigeria, a disturbing trend is emerging where the lines between victim and villain are increasingly blurred: It is the practice of self-kidnapping. A phenomenon where individuals…
Tinubu, Aiyedatiwa meets over deadly Ondo APC ward congress.
President Bola Tinubu has summoned the Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, to an emergency meeting following the violent disruptions that marred the All Progressives Congress (APC) ward congress in…
Ondo aims for economic growth with refinery, seaport, others
The Ondo State government has disclosed that arrangements have been concluded to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the proposed development of the Ondo deep seaport. While disclosing the…
Aiyedatiwa dismisses crisis, impeachment against deputy
Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has dismissed the rumour making the rounds in the state over the alleged plot to impeach his deputy, Dr Olayide Adelami. While emphasising that…