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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Tuesday visited Igangan, the scene of Sunday’s attack. Before the visit, Makinde had presented a keynote address at the opening of a two-day 2021 Governor Seyi Makinde National Democracy Summit, with the theme ‘The Future of Democracy in Nigeria,’ held at the International Conference Centre, University of Ibadan. He lamented that calling governors chief...

Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has predicted victory for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023 despite the current security challenges.   Uzodimma spoke while fielding questions from State House reporters after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The governor said more governors would join the ruling party before 2023 as they had seen...

Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has inaugurated 500 fresh Amotekun intakes for batch B just as he said crime is a local issue that should be addressed with a “large dose of home-grown content”. The Governor noted that the Amotekun Security Corps initiative is a baby of necessity conceived as a home-grown approach to solving the plethora of security challenges...

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has congratulated Nigeria for suspending the operations of Twitter in the country. Trump, in a statement on Tuesday night, commended Nigeria for the action, calling on more countries to “ban Twitter and Facebook for not allowing free and open speech.” “Congratulations to the country of Nigeria, who just banned Twitter because they banned their President. “More COUNTRIES...

Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has rejected the honorary degree offered to him by a Sudanese University on the ground of the insecurity in the country.   Nahda International University College (NIUC), Khartoum, Sudan proposed to confer on the governor, who was attending the graduation ceremony of the 38 students of Sokoto who bagged degrees in Medicine among other...

Four Fulani herders among them a community leader have been killed by suspected members of Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) in Oyo State on Monday.   Some sources said the assailants, wearing T-shirts with OPC inscription and carrying weapons, stormed Elekokan in Igangan in Ibarapa North Local Government Area where they shot the victims to death. The attack was launched less than 24...

Students of Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU), have been stopped from entering the two campuses of the institution at Obio akpa in Oruk Anam and Ikot Akpaden in Mkpat Enin local government areas of the state. Students have remained at home for over a month now as a result of the strike action embarked on by the staff of the...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it would publish a comprehensive list of its new polling units (PUs) across the country next week. The INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, said this on Monday in Abuja at the formal handing over of a new state of the art fire truck, deployed to the commission’s headquarters in Abuja by...

His Eminence, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar lll, has decried that some few elites who think that they must control Nigeria are planning to dismantle the country.   The Sultan, who stated this on Monday in Bauchi during the commissioning of the ultra-modern permanent hajj camp, said that the present situation called for urgent action by the concerned...

The Founder of the Stanbic IBTC, Atedo Peterside, has criticised the Federal Government’s decision to ban Twitter in Nigeria as the shutdown of the platform enters the third day. Peterside, who disclosed this on his Twitter handle, urged the government to dialogue with Twitter in order to protect the businesses affected by the ban. He said the discussion is needed for...