South Korea’s President, Yoon Suk Yeol will on Saturday face a second impeachment vote at the country’s National Assembly, just one week after a similar attempt to oust him from office failed. Yoon has been in the eye of the storm since his short-lived declaration of martial law on December 3 plunged the Asian nation […]

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, has picked holes in remarks of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, on the recently concluded presidential election in Ghana. Recall that Yakubu had after monitoring, attributed the success recorded in the Ghanaian general election to innovations and political stability […]

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, granted the immediate-past Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, bail in the sum of N500million with two sureties in like sum. This was after the former governor had pleaded not guilty to the 19-count charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Bello is […]

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde and his Osun State counterpart, Ademola Adeleke and former executive secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof Peter Okebukola, have called on stakeholders to prioritise education for the fast growth and development of Nigeria. They made the call yesterday in Okuku, Osun State, at the formal inauguration of Alolade […]

Workers of the Ondo State Internal Revenue Service (ODIRS) yesterday trooped out in large numbers to protest their non-inclusion in the implementation of the new minimum wage. The protesters who shut offices, protested against the contrast between the lavished compensation of senior executives and the meagre wages of junior staff in the establishment. The ODIRS […]

Oyo State government has announced the re-verification dates for land owners and claimants affected by the acquisition of lands on segment 1 of the Senator Rashidi Ladoja Circular Road. The monitoring team, led by CP Sunday Odukoya (rtd), said the exercise would take place at Islamic High School, Basorun, Ibadan by the monitoring team on […]

The national leadership of the Sports Writers‘ Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has honoured Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule with the Icon Of Sports Award. The award, which is the highest honour bestowed by the body on individual, was presented to the governor by the [resident of SWAN, Comrade Benjamin Kemje Isaiah in Lafia, the Nasarawa […]

•Says he’ll not be swayed by blackmail Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike has vowed to continue demolishing structures in the nation’s capital despite a halt order by the Senate, insisting that he would not be swayed by blackmail.  The former governor of Rivers State maintained that the structures being demolished by the […]