Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, was captured in a video struggling to pronounce the figure for the state’s 2025 budget. Governor Okpebholo was inaugurated in November after winning the off-cycle election in October. The governor presented an estimated N605 billion budget for the 2025 fiscal year at the Edo State House of Assembly. The … Read more

A sister to Agbu Kefas, the governor of Taraba State has died, Leadership reports. Atsi Kefas, who was accidentally shot by a police escort  during an attack by bandits while traveling along Kente Road in the Wukari Local Government Area last Thursday died at a hospital in Abuja. Sources close to the family said Atsi … Read more

Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President of Nigeria, has expressed deep concern over the detention of human rights lawyer Dele Farotimi, describing it as a grave injustice. In a tweet commemorating International Human Rights Day, Atiku criticized Farotimi’s incarceration, asserting that it was not for any legitimate offense but for his persistent advocacy for human rights … Read more

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has honoured President Bola Ahmed Tinubu by naming its newly inaugurated Command and Control Center in Abuja the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Technology Innovation Complex. The announcement was made by the Controller General of the NIS, Mrs. Kemi Nanna Nandap, during the facility’s commissioning on December 12, 2024, by President Tinubu. … Read more

A tense atmosphere erupted at the Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Tuesday as supporters of human rights lawyer Dele Farotimi and renowned legal figure Aare Afe Babalola clashed following the adjournment of Farotimi’s bail hearing to December 20, 2024. Farotimi faces defamation charges brought by Babalola, alleging defamatory statements in his book, … Read more

Justice Abayomi Adeosun of the Magistrate Court in Ado-Ekiti has adjourned the bail hearing for human rights lawyer Dele Farotimi to December 20, 2024. Farotimi, who faces 16 counts of alleged defamation against legal luminary Chief Afe Babalola, pleaded not guilty during his arraignment last week. The charges were triggered after claims made in Farotimi’s … Read more

A Federal Capital Territory High Court has ordered the remand of former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello in the Kuje correctional centre until January 29, 2025. The development comes after the court rejected Bello’s bail application, citing procedural irregularities in the filing of the application. According to Justice Maryanne Anenih, the bail application was premature … Read more

BUA Group, one of Africa’s largest foods, mining, manufacturing, and industrial conglomerates, has signed an agreement with Starlinger & Co. Limited of Austria, a leading global supplier of machinery for the production of packaging materials, in a strategic move to expand into the production of high-quality packaging materials.The state-of-the-art packaging production facility will have the … Read more

Just barely one week after four lawmakers of the House of Representatives defected from Labour Party, another member, Dalyop Chollom has joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). Chollom, the lawmaker representing Barkin Ladi/Riyom at the House of Representatives announced his defection on Tuesday, December 10, 2024. In a letter presented to the House of Representatives … Read more

Opposition leaders Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi have reflected on their experiences from the 2023 presidential election and are now focusing on coming together to challenge the current administration of the All Progressives Congress (APC), which they believe has not effectively met the needs of the people, according to Paul Ibe. Ibe, who serves as … Read more