Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has called on the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, and the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, to work together to tackle insecurity in the South West and promote regional development. Igboho made the appeal amid the ongoing disagreement over the rotational chairmanship of the Oyo State Council of Obas between the two monarchs. His call also came as […]

The Kwara State Government has ordered the immediate closure of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, following unrest on campus linked to the use of the institution as a temporary orientation camp for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The directive was issued by Governor Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq as tensions escalated and security agencies intervened to prevent a breakdown of law and order. In a statement signed by the Acting Registrar, AbdulHafis Aminl, […]

Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has criticised delays in passport processing and warned immigration officials against collecting illegal charges during an unannounced inspection of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) passport office in Gwagwalada, Abuja. The minister stressed that Nigerians must not be made to pay any amount beyond officially approved passport fees, warning that inefficiency and sharp practices in service delivery would no longer be tolerated. During the visit, Tunji-Ojo […]

Former Nigerian Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke appeared at Southwark Crown Court in London for a preliminary hearing in her corruption trial. Alison-Madueke, who served as Nigeria's Petroleum Minister from 2010 to 2015, was the first woman to hold that position in Nigeria and the first woman to head the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). The case was heard by Judge Thornton on Monday. This marked the start of […]