Eighteen lawmakers elected on the platform of the African Democratic Congress in the House of Representatives have announced their defection to other political parties. Seventeen of the legislators moved to the National Democratic Congress, while one member, Leke Abejide, defected to the All Progressives Congress. Abejide, who chairs the House Committee on Customs and Excise, led the single defection to the ruling party. The lawmakers attributed their decision to ongoing […]

The Federal Capital Territory High Court is set to deliver judgment in a ₦5.5 billion defamation suit filed by two operatives of the Department of State Services against the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project. The suit was instituted by Sarah John and Gabriel Ogundele, who accused SERAP and its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, of publishing defamatory statements regarding an alleged incident at the organisation’s Abuja office in September 2024. The […]

The Oyo State Government has rolled out a new daily environmental sanitation monitoring and enforcement system aimed at promoting a cleaner and healthier environment across the state. The Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Ademola Aderinto, made this known during a press briefing marking his first 100 days in office. He explained that the government is moving away from the traditional once-a-month sanitation exercise to a more consistent, proactive approach […]

The Transmission Company of Nigeria has announced a planned power outage in parts of Ibadan, Oyo State, due to scheduled maintenance at the Ayede Transmission Substation. According to the company, the outage is necessary to allow engineers carry out annual preventive maintenance on a 100MVA 132/33kV transformer. The exercise is scheduled to take place from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., during which the affected transformer will be temporarily shut down. […]