POLITICS

Just last week in Uwheru, a community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, the notorious Fulani herdsmen killed 14 persons. Uwheru is famous for its production of sweet potatoes, groundnuts and other farm produce. Over the years, …

Imo State Judicial Commission of Inquiry on Contracts has indicted former Governor Rochas Okorocha over the alleged fraudulent award of contracts during his time as governor. It, therefore, ordered the state Auditor General and the Auditor General for Local Governments …

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Monday dropped a hint that governors of six South-West states might sign the Amotekun Bill into law latest on Friday. The governor spoke in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, while receiving the Ekiti State Amotekun Bill …

Suspected Boko Haram on Sunday killed no fewer than 30 people, majorly late travellers in a Borno village. Villagers said the victims arrived at the military checkpoint leading into Maiduguri after the 5pm closure of the gate and had no …

Although the three-day economic diversification workshop organised by Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM), held in Asaba, Delta State, has come and gone, its success will take a while to yield fruits. But this would also depend on how seriously the regional …

• Ohanaeze vows to protect Igbo amid pervasive insecurity • South East govs to name own security outfit soon • Yoruba group threatens secession over Miyetti Allah • ASUU indicts FG, govs as gunmen abduct ABU ex-VC’s daughter Arewa leaders, …

Commission fixes dates for Edo, Ondo gov elections The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has deregistered 74 out of the 92 political parties in the country. The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who made the announcement at a press …

President Donald Trump confirmed Thursday that the US had killed the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula days after the jihadist group claimed responsibility for a mass shooting at a US naval base. The US “conducted a counterterrorism operation …

• Oyebode, others fault lawmakers’ power to carry out task • ‘It is another opportunity to restructure nation’ • YCE, Ohanaeze seek return to confab report Discordant reactions yesterday trailed the move by the Senate to review the nation’s constitution. …

Supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party, under the aegis of the Yala Political Development Forum of Cross River State, have urged the party’s National Chairman, Uche Secondus, to caution Governor Ben Ayade. Members of the group made the appeal when …

The Ogun State Government has expressed willingness to pay N30,500 as minimum wage to workers in the state with retroactive effect from 1st January, 2020. The state government announced that it had reached an agreement with organised labour to begin …

The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has threatened to revoke the agreements of contractors who abandoned their work. The governor, in a statement on Tuesday in Owerri  by his Chief Press Secretary, Oguwike Nwachukwu, said he would revoke the …

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said that it is not true that Boko Haram insurgency has claimed the lives of more Christians than Muslims. He argued that the contrary was the case, insisting that “90 per cent” …

The Chairman of the South-West Governors Forum, Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, will meet with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd,), to discuss the details of the Operation Amotekun security initiative being championed by South-West Governors. A reliable presidency source on Monday said the …

Elders urge President Buhari to end rift The Edo State government yesterday petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS) demanding immediate arrest of National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress …

The Lagos State Police Command says it has impounded 188 motorcycles and 78 tricycles as well as arrested 40 persons for refusing to comply with the ban on motorcycles and tricycles in certain areas by the state government. The state …

Lagos State has said it will deploy a fleet of 65 buses along major some routes from Monday, February 3, to ameliorate the hardship commuters are facing as a result of the restriction order on the operators of motorcycles and …

• My re-election a done-deal, says Obaseki • Oshiomhole plotting direct primary Recently, the deputy governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, declared that former governor and his ex-leader in their labour movement days, Adams Oshiomhole, was not a good mentor. …

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Ben Ozirim, says lawmakers who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo House of Assembly, would lose their seats. Ozirim, former PDP Publicity Secretary in the state, said this …

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and security chiefs are meeting right now at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. This is a routine meeting to review the security situation of the country. However, it is expected that the recent rise …