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In a milestone for Nigeria’s real estate sector, property development firm *Pellican-Valley Nigeria Ltd* has announced a 20% anniversary discount on prime land, as it celebrates 12 years of operation with zero litigation. The limited promo, running from September 11 to October 11, 2026, will offer just 12 plots at the company’s flagship Pelican […]
By Hadiza Mohammed, Northern Operation President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will personally lead the All Progressives Congress, APC, charge for the January 2027 presidential election as the party unveiled a sweeping campaign council on Saturday with *Senator Abdulaziz Yari as Director-General and Governor Hope Uzodimma as Secretary. According to the list released by the State […]
Nasir El-Rufai spent eight years teaching Nigeria that the state can do anything to a man it dislikes. Nigeria learned the lesson. That is why he sleeps tonight in a cell built to his own specifications, and why the silence around him is not a conspiracy. It is a verdict By Kio Amachree There is […]
Senator Iyabo Obasanjo has embarked on what appears to be one of her most extensive grassroots political mobilisation moves as she inaugurated about 370 Ward Coordinators across the six local government areas that make up the Ogun Central Senatorial District. The inauguration, held at the Osoba Hill-Top, Abeokuta residence of the former senator, attracted […]
President Bola Tinubu has ordered the immediate arrest of Prince George Buchi Nwabueze and the suspension of three permanent secretaries following the discovery of another fake agency operating within the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF). The suspended permanent secretaries are M.S. Danjuma, Nadungu Gagare and Richard P. Pheelangwah. […]
The Department of Mass Communication, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, has congratulated Dr. Waheed Ogunjobi on the conferment and eventual convocation of his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree by the Senate of Lagos State University (LASU). The historic academic milestone was marked at the university’s convocation ceremony on Wednesday, August 19, 2026. In a […]
If Remi wants to credit Oyetola personally for the party’s strength, then intellectual honesty demands that his leadership record should also be examined when the party performs badly. You cannot build a political résumé out of victories belonging to an entire party and then remove your name whenever defeat arrives By Oloye Olaitan Adedigba Yes, […]
By Mick Oseji, Asaba The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has said his campaign ahead of the 2027 general elections will focus on rebuilding Nigeria through responsible management of public resources, investment in human capital and a shift from consumption to production. Obi, who spoke at a press […]
With political activities gathering momentum across the country following the commencement of campaign activities, former Senator and prominent Ogun Central political figure, Senator Prof. Iyabo Obasanjo, has taken her outreach to a constituency often pushed to the margins of political participation—Persons Living With Disabilities (PLWDs). At an engagement with more than 250 members […]
President Bola Tinubu has accused former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate of displaying “serious ignorance” about governance and the economy. Tinubu made the remark on Thursday when he received Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Adeleke, who contested the August 15 governorship election […]
By Hadiza Mohammed, Northern Operation The Presidency has accused former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of making a “desperate” U-turn on fuel subsidy, warning that restoring the regime would bankrupt local refineries, plunge government finances back into crisis, and reverse gains made since May 2023. Atiku had earlier today unveiled a new petroleum subsidy […]
Popular gospel musician Asu Ekiye has announced the end of his 28-year marriage to Kunemofa Asu, revealing that the union actually concluded a year ago. In an official statement released on Thursday morning, August 20, 2026, the artiste said he deliberately delayed going public to allow both parties time for reflection and healing. “After […]
The feud between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his former deputy, Atiku Abubakar, has boiled over again, with the ADC presidential candidate declaring that Obasanjo “possesses no electoral value” and owed his 1999 victory to Northern support. Speaking with journalists on Wednesday, Atiku dismissed Obasanjo’s influence, saying the former president could not even deliver […]
The clamour for an Ogun West governor in 2027 got its loudest royal endorsement yet on Tuesday, with the Olota of Ota, Oba (Prof.) Abdulkabir Adeyemi Obalanlege, and the Awori Traditional Council declaring that equity demands the next governorship slot go to Yewa-Awori. Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, APC’s consensus governorship hopeful for Ogun […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Ogun State House of Assembly, Abeokuta South Constituency 2, Hon. Adeoye Adewale Adeniran, popularly known as A3, has said the people of Ogun State are not opposed to the aspiration of the Yewa-Awori people to produce the next governor of the state, but would resist what […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed that all cleared and unencumbered looted funds recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, be transferred to the *Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND*, to strengthen financing for tertiary education. The President also ordered that funds in the Unclaimed Dividends Trust Fund and the Dormant Accounts […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the immediate preparation of a comprehensive National Threat Assessment and a rolling five-year Strategic Defence Operations Plan aimed at strengthening coordination among Nigeria’s defence, intelligence and security agencies. The directive was issued on Wednesday during the Federal Executive Council meeting at the State House, Abuja, with the President […]
The Olupasa of Ipasa land, His Royal Majesty Oba Yusuf Olasunkanmi Popoola, has joined growing calls for the immediate installation of the Aresa-Adu of Iresa-Adu, whose stool has remained vacant since the death of the previous monarch in 2018. Oba Popoola, described as the oldest-serving monarch in Oyo State and widely known for his […]
By Godwin Akomah, Umuahia Public health officials in Abia State have sealed a residential building in Aba after discovering over 100 bags of human faeces stored inside, including a sewage tank located directly beneath a bed where tenants sleep. Officials of the Abia State Environmental Protection Agency, ASEPA, Aba Zone, made the discovery on […]
Members of the Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria, TAMPAN, has appealed to Nigerians and fans worldwide to continue praying for ailing veteran actor Alhaji Taiwo Babatunde Hassan, popularly known as Ogogo, saying it is “extremely difficult” to move him from hospital amid over 500 offers of spiritual and medical […]
