The Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello, has deposed four traditional rulers, including the Ohimege-Igu Koton-Karfe, Alhaji Abdulrazaq Isah Koto, a first class traditional ruler and Chairman, Lokoja/ Kogi Local Government Areas Traditional Council. According to reports by The Punch newspapers, Koto was banished to Rijau Local Government Area of Niger State, while Mallam Saidu Akawo…
The Supreme Court is to hear 21 governorship appeals arising from disputes from the March 18, 2023, gubernatorial election. The apex court, in its schedule, listed appeals for Ebonyi and Benue to be heard today (Monday) by a five-member panel of justices led by John Okoro. According to the schedule, six appeals including Plateau and…
President Bola Tinubu has suspended Betta Edu as minister of humanitarian affairs and poverty alleviation. Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. Edu has been embroiled in a controversy after a memo surfaced indicating that she asked the Accountant-General of the federation, Oluwatoyin Madein, to transfer the sum of N585 million…
The leadership of the Plateau state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), on Monday led church leaders in the state on a peaceful protests against the continuous killings in the state and other parts of the country. The protest tagged “Plateau Peace Walk”, was led by the state CAN chairman, Rev. Polycarp Lubo. Other church…
The Taraba State Government has announced plans to reintroduce the teaching of history in primary and secondary schools in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state governor, Agbu Kefas, disclosed this when he hosted journalists to a dinner on Sunday in Jalingo, the state capital. History was removed from primary…
By Olaiya Philips On December 24, 2023, Nigeria mined new depths of degeneracy, as further evidence was provided that we are on the brink of a descent into even more dark crevices. On that day, terrorism, masquerading as banditry, descended with inexplicable savagery. Men, women and children were slaughtered in the most inhumane ways, as…
