Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has congratulated Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on his re-election, saying the victory reflects the confidence voters have placed in his leadership. Adeleke, the Accord Party candidate, was declared winner of the August 15 governorship election after polling 511,067 votes to defeat APC candidate Bola Oyebamiji, who scored 444,815 votes. In a congratulatory message issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Christian Aburime, on Monday, […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has insisted that Nigeria's state-owned Port Harcourt and Warri refineries will return to operation, despite former President Olusegun Obasanjo's doubts about the viability of government-run refineries. Speaking at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, while receiving the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, Tinubu said his administration was working to make the refineries operational and profitable. Tinubu said he had accepted responsibility for […]

Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has filed a fresh N10bn fundamental rights suit against the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over alleged denial of access to his wife and son while in custody. In the suit filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja on August 13, El-Rufai alleged that ICPC officials prevented his wife, Aichatou Asabe, and son, Abba El-Rufai, from visiting him. He […]

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated former military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd.), on his 85th birthday, describing him as an outstanding leader whose administration left lasting marks on Nigeria. Babangida, who ruled Nigeria from 1985 to 1993, turned 85 on Monday, August 17. In a birthday message issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu said Babangida’s contributions to national development had secured him […]