Governor Fubara Celebrates Father’s As Pillars Of Society
Governor Fubara stated this in a goodwill message marking the 2026 Father’s Day celebration, where he paid tribute to fathers for their role in strengthening families and communities across Rivers State and Nigeria Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has described fathers as heroes whose unconditional love, sacrifices, and commitment remain the foundation of families and society. Governor Fubara stated this in...
Lagos Inaugurates Task Force To Address Indiscriminate Waste Dumping
It warned transport unions to stop street trading around bus stops and newly constructed roads. The Lagos State Government on Saturday inaugurated a Special Task Force to monitor the metropolis, bus stops, garages, and lay-bys against indiscriminate waste dumping, charging transport union members to act as waste police henceforth Addressing the meeting at Alausa, which had in attendance top government functionaries...
Tinubu Hails Oyebanji’s Victory, Urges Opposition To Rally Round Re-Elected Governor
He said the "resounding victory" in the Ekiti governorship election is "a clear vote of confidence in continuity, stability, and people-centred governance". President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State on his re-election but told the opposition to rally around him. Tinubu’s comment came in a statement by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, who said the “resounding victory” in...
Ekiti Governorship Election Was A Bad Day For Democracy, Says ADC’s Bejide
Bejide scored 12,872 votes to take a distant third in the election won by APC's Biodun Oyebanji with 319,224 votes The candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dare Abejide, has faulted the Ekiti governorship election, describing the exercise as a “bad day for democracy”. Abejide made the remarks when he was featured on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, claiming that the exercise,...
Okpebholo Accuses Some Edo Residents Of Collaborating With Criminals
The governor cited a recent report of an incident along Sapele Road that prompted him to deploy security operatives, only to discover “nothing had happened". Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has alleged that criminal networks operating in the state are being reinforced with recruits from other parts of the country, while local collaborators arrange kidnap-for-ransom operations and hand victims over...
No Democracy In Countries Operate Two-Party Political System, Says CUPP
He said this after the Court of Appeal ordered a stay of execution on the deregistration of ADC and other political parties. The Acting National Chairman of the Coalition United Political Party (CUPP), Peter Ameh, has questioned the deregistration of political parties by the Federal High Court in Abuja, saying that no democracy in the world operates on a two-party...
Commander Of 6 Brigade In Taraba Calls For Professionalism To Foster Unity Among Soldiers
He charged him to uphold the highest standards of professionalism and foster unity among officers and soldiers. The Commander, 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army/Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), Brigadier General Chukwuemeka Michael Akaliro, is asking the newly appointed Commanding Officer, 20 Model Battalion, Serti, Taraba State, Lieutenant Colonel Sabiu Mohammed, to sustain the Battalion’s operational tempo and build on the...
Alleged ₦5.78b Fraud: No Money Was Released To Ex-Kwara Governor — EFCC Investigator
Ex-governor Ahmed and his ex-commissioner for Finance, Demola Banu, have been standing trial over the alleged diversion of over ₦5 billion in SUBEB funds in the state. An investigator with the Ilorin zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Stanley Ujilibo, on Wednesday told a state high court sitting in Ilorin that no money was directly released...
Gunfire Erupts Near Niger’s Capital Airport
In January, the capital's Diori Hamani international airport was targeted in an unprecedented attack claimed by the Islamic State in the Sahel (EIS) and repelled by Nigerien armed forces and allied Russian fighters. Gunfire erupted early on Thursday at the airport in Niger’s capital, Niamey, residents told AFP, several months after a major jihadist attack at the facility. “I heard the...
Govs Restate Support For State Police, Electricity Reforms
The agreement was reached in a Communiqué issued at the end of the 2nd meeting of the Nigerian State Governors’ Forum held on Wednesday. State governors have restated their commitment to the establishment of state police and reforms in the electricity sector. The agreement was reached in a Communiqué issued at the end of the 2nd meeting of the Nigerian State...
