Politics

Femi Ghajabiamila, speaker of the House of Representatives has declared the seat of the Akure-South /Akure-North Federal Constituency in Ondo State at the House vacant. At the plenary on Tuesday Ghajabiamila made declaration that the seat is vacant. He mentioned that the vacancy was as a result of the death of Adedayo Omolafe, on 16th August 2021. Ghajabiamila stated that the alert was in fulfilment of Section 68(2) of the 1999 constitution and for records. The House is therefore required to notify the…

Sani Dangote, Vice President of Dangote Group and brother of Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote is dead. Prior to his demise he was also the Deputy Chairman of the African Gum Arabic Producers Association and a two-time President of Lagos Polo Club. He died on Sunday November 14 at a US hospital where he was being treated for cancer. The deceased was a member of several Chambers of Commerce, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Shipping of Nigeria and President of the Fertiliser Producers and Suppliers…

The police in Edo State has arrested a housewife for allegedly st*bbing her husband, identified simply as Abdulateef, to death after he caught her with another man in their matrimonial home. According to reports the incident happened during the early hours of Sunday, November 14th 2021. According to a reliable sources the woman st*bbed the husband when he came home around 3:00 am and met her with another man in their bedroom. “The man was living with two wives in his house, but had to rent an apartment for his…

President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari has mourned the senior officer and three other soldiers that were klled in a fight with ISWAP terrrists in Borno. On Saturday, 13th November the Nigerian Army announced the death of Brigadier General Dzarma Zirkusu, the Commander of the 28 Task Force Brigade and three soldiers in a fierce encounter with the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrrists in Askira Uba Local Government Area of the state. Not long after the incident took place President Buhari praised the…

Anambra Governor-elect, Professor Charles Soludo has applauded the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for seeing to it that the recent election was free and fair. At 1:51 am on Wednesday, Florence Obi, the returning officer declared Soludo as winner of the election. In his acceptance speech, shortly after he was declared winner, Soludo thanked his family and the leaders as well as members of APGA for their support. He prayed for the souls of of the police officers and three other persons who were…

Rt. Hon. Paul Emeziem, Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly was impeached on Monday. Kennedy Ibe replaced Emeziem during the House plenary session today following several allegations of gross misconduct and abuse of office. Emeziem was impeached following the unanimous decision of 19 members of 27 lawmakers in a signed letter read on the floor of the house which accused the former Speaker of gross misconduct and abuse of office. Ibeh who represents Obowo State Constituency was sworn in immediately as the…

The All Progressives Congress' (APC) Governorship candidate in Anambra State, Senator Andy Uba has said that he was confident of winning the November 6th election. After voting at the Okwute Primary School, Uga on Saturday he spoke to the media. He stressed that with the number of defections of major stalwarts to APC, it will make it hard to lose the election. “What do you expect in a situation where people with many followers in their various wards are leaving their parties for APC?. “It means the election is…

Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has said that most Nigerians are oblivious of the fact that President Muhammadu Buhari can't sack police officers. The Minister made this comment while speaking ‘What can the president do for me?’ at the Yoruba Tennis Club annual lecture which held in Lagos on Friday November 5. He made the comment in reaction to the #EndSARS protests of October 2020, which led to the disbandment of the special anti-robbery squad (SARS). Pointing that many Nigerians do not…

Nigeria's Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo will represent the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari at an Extraordinary Summit of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government in Accra on Sunday, 14th November 2021. The main agenda of the summit is on the political situation on the Republic Guinea and Mali. In a statement titled 'VP Osinbajo to represent Nigeria at 3rd ECOWAS extraordinary summit in Accra on political situation in Guinea, Mali', the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media…

Recall that actress Regina Daniels and her husband went to Jordan to celebrate the actress' birthday when she turned 21. Apparently the actress went with Ned and their son. This got some curious social media folks to question Ned on why he give Regina Daniels special treatment at the expense of his other wives. After their holidays, she shared a throwback photo she took with Ned when they visited the same place at that time they were without a child. Sharing the photo she told her to watch out for another addition, in…