Bakassi youths took to the streets and marched to the Cross River State House of Assembly on Tuesday to demand the return of the 76 oil wells handed to Akwa Ibom State by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2007. The youths led by Kingsley Asuquo carried placards with inscriptions such …

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde inaugurated a seven-man committee to probe the accounts of the 33 local government areas and the 35 local council development areas from January 2018 to May 2019. The development came three days after Makinde threatened to expose the Abiola Ajimobi government. The committee headed by …

The Immediate past governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has denied the claim by the Attorney General of the state, Ndukwe Nnawuchi, that he (Okorocha) handed over a N20b judgment debt to the incumbent governor, Emeka Ihedioha. Okorocha, in a statement in Owerri, the state capital issued by his media …

The Ijaw Youth Council has described the proposed Ruga settlements for herdsmen in some parts of the country as a recipe for crises, insisting that the Ijaw people will resist such a plan. IYC President, Eric Omare, said it was wrong for one ethnic group to impose its wish on …

Justice Yusuf Birnin-Kudu of Jigawa State High Court sitting in Gumel, has sentenced a Deputy Director of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Auwal Jibrin, to six years in jail for unlawful enrichment and gratification. He was convicted alongside one Garba Ismaila who bagged seven years in jail for benefiting from …

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has threatened to reveal how the administration of former Governor Abiola Ajimobi allegedly ran the state into debt, if the ex-governor and his All Progressives Congress (APC) continued to disturb him. Makinde, who spoke during a media chat to mark his first 30 days …

Immediate past Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly Kabiru Adjoto has vowed to open a can of worms on National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Adams Oshiomhole. Adjoto was sacked by the Supreme Court two weeks after he was sworn in as a member of the …

A pastor and two men in their 50s have been arrested by the police in Delta State for their alleged involvement in rape and defilement. A police source in Sapele said the pastor, simply identified as Collins, was arrested for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl. Collins, a senior pastor with …

Biodun Fatoyinbo, founder of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly has stepped down. He announced his leave of absence from the pulpit via his verified Instagram page. He wrote, “The past few days have been sobering for me. I have taken time to pray and seek spiritual counsel from Christian leaders …