Oyo Governor, Abiola Ajimobi has expressed regret that he was not able to do all he wanted to do as governor. The outgoing governor stated this on Friday when met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja. Ajimobi who hoped that the people had been more patient and showed more understanding revealed that

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos Governor-elect who spoke at an interview yesterday, disclosed that the long list of promises on social media purportedly from him is fake. He further disclosed that he expects to have a working government running very quickly, in the first quarter of his tenure. Talking about the list of promises on social media

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the election of Kayode Fayemi as Ekiti State governor. A five-member panel of the apex court,  in a unanimous judgment, dismissed the appeal brought before it by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the last governorship election in Ekiti, Kolapo Olusola Eleka. In the lead judgment

The Governor-elect of Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday hinted on the kind of personalities that will make his cabinet. In a chat with newsmen in Lagos, he promised to hit the ground running, promising to run an inclusive government. Sanwo-Olu said: “There are so many intelligent people in Lagos. It’s just for us to identify

The Supreme Court has invalidated the participation of the  All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last Governorship, National Assembly and State Assembly election in Zamfara. Justice Paul Galinji, in delivering the lead judgment on Friday held that all votes cast for the APC in the elections amounted to wasted votes and efforts. Galinji further said

The police in Adamawa state said the vulture arrested in Maiha has so far eaten meat worth N30,000 after spending six days in detention. The vulture was arrested alongside a woman that owned it after residents complained that the bird’s presence created fear in the community. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP

The Federal Government said it has spent 22 million dollars recovered as loot from former Military Head of State, Sani Abacha, on Social Investment Programmes (SIPs). This was revealed by the Special Adviser to the President on SIPs, Mrs. Maryam Uwais, on Thursday when she briefed State House reporters after giving an account of the

The ambassador of Israel to Nigeria, Shimon Ben-Shosan, has been asked by President Muhammadu Buhari to explore the country and see how beautiful it is. In a statement by the president’s special adviser on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, Buhari said Nigeria’s diversity will remain a source of strength for the development of the country.

Nigeria’s former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has blasted the minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, over his recent claim of not being converted to Islam by President Muhammadu Buhari. Amaechi was quoted to have said, “Thank you Mr. President for not converting me to Islam” during a valedictory session Buhari had with his ministers at the

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has berated the Federal Government for planning to set up a radio station to reach out and persuade Fulani herdsmen to stop killing farmers. Speaking to newsmen on Thursday, CAN spokesman, Pastor Bayo Oladeji, described the plan as a confirmation of the allegation by former President Olusegun Obasanjo about

Chief Amusa Dunsin, the chief hunter in Ibokun, headquarters of Obokun Local Government Area of Osun state who was kidnapped on Monday alongside a woman, Mrs Tayo George, has been released together with the woman after paying a sum of N1.5million to their abductors. A source in Ibokun confirmed that Chief Dunsin, who’s the Tirimi–Ode

The Governor – elect in Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday pledged to “submit himself to the will of the people and agenda of the state” when sworn – in on May 29 next week as next executive Governor. Abiodun also assured that he would be “humble” in governance, saying since “humility” has taken

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has demanded the arrest of the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Muhammed, for raising a false alarm that the PDP and its presidential candidate were planning to upstage the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. The former vice-president said

A former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has kicked against the acquisition of radio station for armed herdsmen as a means to curtail killings in the country. The Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said it acquired an Amplitude Modulation radio broadcast licence to reach herdsmen across various locations in the country as parts

Two members of the Chief Ralph Uwazuruike led Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), reportedly lost their lives at her 19th anniversary celebration in Onitsha. The event which reportedly turned bloody following a clash with the Police, led to the arrest of over 10 members of the movement while about 15

The Wife of Ondo State Governor, Arabinrin Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has observed that breast cancer is neither a spiritual problem nor a death sentence. She made this known on Saturday at the Daughter of Zion Convocation which held at Trans Camp, Iju, Ondo State. Themed “The Wise Woman”, the convocation is a four-day camping exercise which

Within a few days, the Eighth National Assembly with the President of the Senate, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki as its Head, will wind up. For the Senate and its bicameral peer, the House of Representatives, it has been an action-packed four years, with serial high dramas from the very first hours after their inauguration. The

Customs operatives attached to the Federal Operations Unit in Lagos have seized two containers of donkey hides valued at N15 billion. This was disclosed by the Controller of the unit, Aliyu Mohammed while speaking to journalists at a media briefing held at the unit’s Headquarters in Ikeja on Wednesday. He said that the animal skin

Noble Laureate Prof Wole Soyinka yesterday urged the Federal Government to consider former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s comments on rising insecurity in the country and the alleged Africa Fulanisation and Islamisation. He said the issues raised by Obasanjo should be taken seriously, and not dismissed. Obasanjo had, during the second session of the Synod of the Cathedral Church

The Federal Government has reportedly acquired an an Amplitude Modulation radio broadcast licence to reach and educate herdsmen across the country. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu said this on Wednesday, May 22, 2019, during an interview with newsmen in Abuja According to the minister, the establishment of the radio frequency was to end the

The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, has expressed fears that Nigeria may slide into another recession if measures are not taken to tackle the high rate of unemployment and other economic crisis. Emefiele said this today at the University of Benin, while delivering a lecture titled “Beyond the Global Financial Crisis:

Suspected Fulani herdsmen have allegedly killed a 35-year-old farmer, Mr. Ariyo Aina, on his way to the farm at Ogga community, in Yagba West Council of Kogi State. National president of Ogga Progressive Union (OPU) Mr. Bamidele Olure, told journalists yesterday in Lokoja that Aina was murdered on Saturday. According to him, Aina left home

The People’s democratic party had asked Justice Bulkachuwa to recuse herself because she is married to a senator-elect of the All Progressives Congress. Counsel to Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the PDP, Livy Ozuokwu asked the Chairman of the tribunal to recuse herself on the grounds that she will be biased in the case. Justice

The FCT High Court, Apo on Wednesday fixed Oct. 3, for the arraignment of Deziani Alison-Madueke, former Minister of Petroleum on five counts bordering on conspiracy and illegal act of accepting and giving gratifications. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the court granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission leave to arraign Alison-Madueke, former

Nigeria Senate on Tuesday expressed fears over continuous disruption of oil activities in Rivers State but suspected cultists, saying their horrendous activities have been over-tolerated for too long. Senator Bala Ibn’Nallah representing Kebbi South in his contribution to the motion titled, “Frightening killings in Rivers, sponsored by Senator Andrew Uchendu, said,” Rivers State controls major

Senator Abdullahi Ibrahim Gobir representing Sokoto East Senatorial district, on Tuesday, urged the Senate to intervene in the spate of kidnappings in Sokoto East. Speaking through order 43, the lawmaker explained that kidnappers are on rampage in Sokoto East Senatorial District without being challenge by security operatives. According to him, about 13 persons have been

The Chief of Army Staff Lt. General Tukur Buratai has again urged troops in the front line to remain focus in clearing the remnants of the Boko Haram insurgents out of their hideouts in the northeast. The Army’s Director of Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa said in a statement that Buratai gave the charge to

The Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Uche Okwukwu, has said that the people of the South-East played themselves out of the 2023 Presidency by failing to vote for the All Progressives Congress in the 2019 general elections. Okwukwu said he was supporting the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, who stated that the Igbo had by act

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar is set to sue an aide to President Muhammadu Buhari on Social media, Lauretta Onochie, for over N2bn as she has failed to apologise and pay him the sum of N500m after allegedly defaming his character. Atiku’s lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), revealed this to our correspondent during an interview on

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has approved the sum of N6 billion for the expansion project of the Orile Truck Terminal into 1000 capacity. The project, conceived by the outgoing administration was considered as a permanent solution to end the persistent traffic gridlock that had crippled commercial and human activities within Apapa ports and

World Bank’s new global director for health, nutrition and population, Dr. Ali Muhammad Pate has commended former President Dr Goodluck Jonathan for his administration’s landmark achievements in the health sector, stressing that future generations would honour the former President for his good works In a tweet last weekend, Pate poured encomiums on the former President’s

The Federal Government has passed the blame of rising insurgency and widespread killings in the country to former president Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo had blasted the Federal Government for failing to acknowledge the magnitude of the situation at hand and allowing insurgency spread. He said: “They have both incubated and developed beyond what Nigeria can handle alone.

The ambition of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023 may clash with the aspiration of his protégé, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who is also nursing the same ambition, Daily Independent has gathered. While it is still believed that Tinubu’s presidential ambition

No fewer than 34 persons have been reportedly killed on Tuesday by suspected armed bandits in three Local Governments Areas of Batsari, Danmusa and Faskari in Katsina State. Vanguard quoted locals as saying that 18 were killed in Yargamji, Batsari LGA, 5 killed in Mara Zamfarawa in Danmusa LGA and 11 killed in Sabon Layi

A 46-year-old businessman, Mr Tochi Michael, has dragged Justice Tanko Muhammad, the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) before an FCT High Court over alleged age falsification. In the originating summon with suit No. FCT/HC/BW/CV/79/2019, filed before the court in April, the petitioner alleged that the CJN deliberately falsified his date of birth. Michael alleged

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, on Monday said the 30 general hospitals his administration built in the eight years of his administration cost N30bn. Okorocha spoke at the Government House in Owerri, the state capital, while leasing out some of the hospitals to churches and organisations under a Public Private Partnership arrangement. He said the

Minister of Transport, Mr Rotimi Amaechi has warned that Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, is at risk of experiencing another Apapa port like gridlock once the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail line is completed. Amaechi sounded this warning in Ibadan on Tuesday, during a visit to Governor Abiola Ajimobi in his office and an inspection of

Men of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Victory have arrested three suspects with 455 bags of smuggled parboiled rice worth N8 million along the Calabar channel. Commander, NNS Victory, Commodore Vincent Okeke, who handed over the suspects and rice to the Nigeria Customs Service at their jetty in Calabar on Tuesday said they came in

The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has cautioned “a certain South West political leader” to leave Bukola Saraki, outgoing Senate President, alone. Although the AYCF did not mention any name, POLITICS TIMES gathered the group’s warning was issued to Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC). The youths who are

The world Bank has given Nigeria 30 years to pay back the rural electrification loan. The fund which is managed by the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) is expected to provide power to 2.5 million people and 70,000 small businesses. Nigeria will have about 30 years to repay the World Bank the $350 million it borrowed

Lauretta Onochie, the social media aide to President Buhari, has replied former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on his defamatory claim and demand of N500M. Onochie dismissed the letter from Atiku’s lawyer, Mike Ozekhome(SAN), describing it as a deliberate ploy to make her lose focus as the legal battle to unseat President Buhari gets intense. Atiku’s

The Federal Government has assured foreign dignitaries and world leaders of their safety as they come for the Presidential Inauguration Day and National Democracy Day on May 29th and June 12th respectively. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, made this known at a world press conference in Abuja yesterday May 20th. “I can

The federal government has said May 29 and June 12 will be declared as national public holidays. They will now be observed as the inauguration day and democracy day, respectively, from this year. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, made this known, on Monday while announcing the schedule of events for the transition

A senior lecturer in the IT Department of Covenant University, Otta Ogun State is cooling off in the custody of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) after he confessed to have fraudulently diverted not less than N180 million to his private coffers. The diversion, it was learnt, took years during which nobody suspected the high-profile guru.