Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has condemned the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. Recall that President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, declared a state of emergency in Rivers State and suspended the governor, Similayi Fubara; his deputy, Ngozi Odu; as well as the House of Assembly for six months. The President…

The trial of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), resumed on Thursday with an unexpected gesture of apology from the defendant’s legal team. Shortly after appearances were taken, Kanu’s lead counsel, Chief Kanu Agabi (SAN), addressed the Federal High Court in Abuja, apologizing on behalf of his client. Agabi…

The Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State, has granted an interim injunction restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), its staff, or agents from receiving, accepting, or acting on any petition containing fictitious signatures of purported members of the Kogi Central Senatorial District. The order also prevents INEC from conducting any referendum based…

Ethnic youth leaders across Nigeria have called on the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, to issue an unreserved apology to Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara over what they described as false allegations linking him to recent bombings in the state. In a statement signed by the group’s national…

The Imo State Government has initiated a major recruitment drive to address longstanding employment deficits in the state’s civil service. In a statement issued on Friday, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Public Enlightenment, Eze Ugochukwu, announced that Governor Hope Uzodimma had approved what he described as a "transformative recruitment drive" aimed at injecting…