The inaugural Abeokuta Polo Club is set to mark a significant milestone with its groundbreaking ceremony, scheduled for Saturday, May 17, 2024. According to Chief Biodun Lasile, Chairman of the Planning Committee, the ceremony will take place at the Abeokuta Polo Estate, located along the Abeokuta-Shagamu Expressway in Kobape, Abeokuta. The event is honoured to have the patronage of prominent…
An advocacy group, the Northern Socio-Political Rights Network (NSPRN), says it turned down a N200 million bribe offered by proxies linked to the Zamfara State Government to mobilise a protest against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle. In a statement issued on Saturday in Kaduna, the group’s president,…
…Says desperate plot to derail Tinubu’s security agenda will fail A prominent pressure group within the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Integrity Network, has accused the Zamfara State Government of sponsoring a recent protest against the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, as part of a broader plan to sabotage the administration…
Yewa South local Government has bids a final farewell to its Leader of the legislative council Hon. Olayinka Oluwaseun Adekanbi, who passed on to glory on Saturday, 4th May 2025 The local government held a special lying in state session for him on the 5th May at the local government secretariat in Ilaro inside the…
The security crisis in Zamfara State is set to go a full circle after the state governor, Dauda Lawal, secretly met bandit leaders, in a repeat of a strategy that analysts have dismissed as dangerously ineffective and capable of enabling the terrorists to regroup and escalate attacks on Nigerians. Governor Lawal reportedly hosted the bandit…
The Abeokuta South Local Government Legislative Council has directed Necad Nerrow Nigeria Limited to immediately halt the collection of fines on helmets and side mirrors from commercial motorcycle operators within the council area. The resolution, tagged House Resolution No. 7, was passed during the council’s sitting on Monday, May 5, 2025, following tensions between Necad…
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has condemned yesterday’s walkout on the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, by a group of women loyal to the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, describing it as an embarrassment to the people of Rivers State. The Minister, who apologized to the First Lady and…
Obafemi Owode, April 29, 2025 – The Executive Chairman of Obafemi Owode Local Government, Ambassador Adesina ‘Lanre Ogunsola, FCPA, has suspended the activities of Iyaloja in Mowe Market for a period of six months. This decision follows a longstanding dispute between two factions vying for the position of Iyaloja, which led to a protest by…
In upholding the tenets of due process in the actualization of his plans and programmes for Imeko Afon Local Government council area, the Council’s helmsman, Hon. Theophilus Aremu Olorode has today, presented the proposed budget for the year 2025 to the Legislative Council. In the introductory part of his speech, Hon Theophilus Aremu Olorode gave…
The Executive Chairman of Abeokuta South Local Government, Hon. Afeez Olaniyi Balogun has charged the newly inaugurated Supervisors and Special Advisers to live up to expectations and see their appointments as a call to service. Hon. Balogun gave this charge during the inauguration of Supervisors and Special Advisers on Wednesday 23rd of April, 2025 at…
