Metro
30 May 2023
Former leader of Afenifere, pa Reuben Fasoranti, has advised President Bola Tinubu to select a competent team of men and women with impeccable character, noting that there will be no excuse for failure. Fasoranti stated this on Tuesday in a congratulatory message to President Tinubu. He warned Tinubu not to leave any room for failure…
30 May 2023
Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has threatened to close fuel stations hoarding petrol. Adeleke said in a statement by his spokesperson Olawale Rasheed on Tuesday said inhumane treatment of people will not be tolerated. “Any fuel station found guilty of hoarding fuel to create artificial scarcity shall be sealed off and operators prosecuted for crime…
30 May 2023
The Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday kicked off his second term in office with an impromptu tour of the State Ministries, Departments and Agencies at the Alausa Secretariat, Ikeja. Sanwo-Olu's media aide Jubril Aremu Gawat posted videos of the re-elected governor on his first official duty on his second term. "Accompanied by the…
30 May 2023
The Kaduna chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called on the State Governor, Senator Uba Sani to shun ethnic and religious factors in governance, and embrace all citizens in the quest for the development and growth of the State. Besides, in a congratulatory statement to the Governor yesterday, the State Chairman of…
30 May 2023
Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu has said he will not withdraw his bid for the Senate presidency. Kalu said this while speaking with journalists at the National Assembly, Abuja on Tuesday. There has been mounting pressure on other aspirants vying for the Senate presidency position to withdraw from the race and support…
30 May 2023
Osun State High Court has found Ramon Adedoyin, the founder of Oduduwa University, guilty of the murder case of Timothy Adegoke. The court, under the ruling of Judge Adepele Ojo, sentenced Adedoyin, who is also the owner of the Hilton hotel, to death by hanging on Tuesday. Adegoke, a postgraduate student from Obafemi Awolowo University…
30 May 2023
The Oyo State Police Command on Tuesday was alleged to have raided the Ibadan home of the sacked Chairman of the Oyo State Park Management System, Mukaila Lamidi also known as Auxiliary and recovered weapons. The Police raid on Auxiliary’s home was carried out after the dissolution of the PMS committee by the Oyo state…
30 May 2023
The new Governor of Kano state Abba Kabir Yusuf has appointed former executive secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) Dr. Abdullahi Baffa Bichi as new secretary to the state government. Until his new appointment, Dr. Bichi served as NNPP governorship chief returning officer during the last election and the chairman of transition committee of…
30 May 2023
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has described as shocking the siege laid on its Lagos office on Monday by the Department of State Services, DSS, who had barricaded the entrance with armoured personnel carriers. EFCC in a statement by it's Spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren said the development is strange to the commission given that…
30 May 2023
Former Minister of State for Employment, Festus Keyamo has made his first appearance at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) which resumed its hearing on Tuesday, May 30. Keyamo was sighted in court for the first time since the Tribunal began sitting. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and former Spokesperson for the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential…
30 May 2023
The newly-elected governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf, said he will reopen the homicide case against the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Doguwa. Doguwa was alleged to have shot and killed three people during an election-related clash between his supporters and members of the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP) in the Tudun…
30 May 2023
The Department of State Services (DSS) high command has said it did not barricade entrance leading to EFCC zonal office in Lagos. DSS spokesman Peter Afunanya in a statement said the building occupied by the EFCC originally belongs to the secret police. "It is not correct that the DSS barricaded EFCC from entering its office.…