The Minister of Interior and former governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, said yesterday that he begged his successor, Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, for two years not to fight him or destroy the policies and legacies he enacted during his eight years tenure. He said Oyetola waged a war against …

James Faleke, a member of the House of Representatives, has accused the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola of lying against Bola Tinubu, a presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Faleke said contrary to Aregbesola’s claim, Tinubu has never played God to his political followers and associates. Instead, Faleke …

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, on Friday urged lawmakers, both at the federal and state levels from the state, to work assiduously to actualise the presidential ambition of Chief Bola Tinubu. Sanwo-Olu gave the advice in Ikeja, during the 17th Edition of the Executive/Legislative Parley, with the theme: ”Mobilizing …

Adamawa State Government says it has resolved to enforce a ban on the sale of cattle by middlemen. The measure, the government claimed, would help to stop revenue leakages and boost internally generated revenues from livestock business where the state has a comparative advantage. While speaking on the new policy, …

As the lingering economic impact of the pandemic waned last year on the back of deliberate efforts to restart a pandemic-shuttered economy, GDP growth turned to the upside, drawing significant support from the depressed pandemic base year. Recall that the year 2020 unwillingly hosted “The Great Lockdown”; a period when …

The African Union Development Agency-New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AUDA-NEPAD) says Nigeria recorded tremendous successes in infrastructure development and agricultural revolution during the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). Princess Gloria Akobundu, Chief Executive Officer of AUDA-NEPAD, said this at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday. Akobundu said that the …

Aminu, the younger brother of Niger Governor Abubakar Sani-Bello, has left the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He joined the PDP with some politicians in Niger North Senatorial District. Among those who defected with him was an APC chieftain, Abubakar Buhari. The development took place …

The Federal Government on Thursday announced that it is ready to begin another round of Tradermoni disbursement, despite its inability to recover the N10 billion disbursed under the first phase, three years after. The TraderMoni is an interest-free loan given to traders, under the Government Enterprises and Empowerment Programme (GEEP), …

Crisis seems to be brewing in the National Assembly over appointment of substantive clerk of the Senate. Some staff members of the National Assembly have threatened to embark on another round of protest over what they described as attempt to play politics with appointment of Senate clerk. Some staff members, …

A 25-year-old woman Rebecca Nicodemus has stabbed her senior rival to death few minutes after sleeping with their husband. Rebecca was said to have been jealous that her husband left her in bed during an ongoing sex session to make love to the senior wife identified as Precious. It was …