Doyin Odebowale, a former aide and close ally to the late Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, has opened up on the feud between the former governor and his successor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. He also described Akeredolu as a weakling who did not take a decisive step to address a matter involving him and his wife, adding that

  Inmates of Ikoyi Prison are calling for the removal of Julius Ogueri, the deputy controller of the correctional facility, and Ebomuche Anselem, his orderly, for constantly extorting, threatening, and mistreating them. FIJ learned that long-term inmates fear Ogueri’s heavy-handed approach may lead to a protest, which could lead to the indiscriminate killing of inmates

  The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan-Kukah, says the repeated and unending killings on the Plateau is beyond herder-farmer clashes, adding that the murderers “want their own kind of Nigeria according to their ideology”. The cleric, in a statement on Saturday, charged the government to resist the agenda of the marauders

  Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), died on Wednesday after months of battling illness reported to be leukemia. Family and top government sources confirmed the death of the former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) president, who died at 67.   With his death, Akeredolu became the third Nigerian governor to die while in office after

  A yet-to-be identified husband allegedly murdered his wife in the Olota area of the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos over her failure to cook his meal last Thursday. PUNCH Metro learnt that trouble started when the husband, who was said to have returned from work, discovered that the wife only prepared noodles rather

  The political tsunami sweeping Rivers State appears unabating as two more commissioners on Thursday resigned from Governor Sim Fubara’s cabinet. The latest to pull out of the cabinet are the Commissioner for Works George-Kelly Alabo and his Social Welfare and Rehabilitation counterpart Inime Aguma. Their resignations – coming hours after the state’s Attorney-General (AG)

  Seven students of the Federal University of Lafia (FULAFIA) in Nasarawa State, who were abducted four days ago, have been released. The students were released on Sunday evening through efforts by a collaborative team of the military and other security forces. The President of the Student Representative Council, Ibrahim Ogabo, verified the development in

  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said its operatives on Saturday 25th November raided a lounge in Osogbo, the Osun state capital, where a night party organized for illicit substance abuse was going to be held and arrested some of the organizers who were found with drug exhibits.   Spokesman of the agency,

  The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday said the health condition of its President, Joe Ajaero is very critical and may be flown abroad for full medical examination after he was seriously beaten, brutalized and battered by alleged agents of the state including policemen on Wednesday in Owerri, the Imo State capital. Recall that suspected

  The state government has requested to book all hotel rooms in Owerri, the state capital, Ahead of the November 11 governorship election in Imo State. The state Commissioner for Tourism, Jerry Egemba, in a memo addressed to all Chief Executive Officers of all the hotels in the Owerri metropolis, stated that the state government