Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde, has Sworn-in ten new Commissioners. The new Commissioners were Sworn-in on Monday, October 11, 2021, at the Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Ibadan. The newly sworn-in Commissioners are: Dr Wasiu Olatunbosun as Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism; Dr Bode Ladipo as Commissioner for Health; Hon. Adeniyi Adebisi as Commissioner for […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm the nomination of Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf for appointment as the Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. Senate President Ahmad Lawan read President Buhari’s letter on the floor at plenary. In August, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, swore in Justice Hussein […]
The Nigerian Senate has adopted a report by its Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes for the confirmation of nominees as board members of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). After the report was read by the Committee Chairman, Senator Suleiman Abdu Kwari, who also represented Kaduna North Senatorial District, Senators who made contributions […]
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) has a September 7, 2021, date to respond to a suit filed against him by a Yoruba Nation Activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho. The Department of State Services (DSS), co-joined in the suit seeking the enforcement of Sunday Igboho’s fundamental rights has the same date […]
The Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, has granted bail to 12 persons that were arrested at the residence of the Yoruba nation activist, Mr Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho. Justice Obiora Egwuatu admitted the applicants to bail on Wednesday, August 4, 2021, after he overruled the Department of State Service, DSS, which […]
The request for asylum made by Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a Sunday Igboho, may be considered by authorities of the Republic of Benin next week. This was disclosed by one of the Lawyers, Olasupo Ojo, who said, though there was no official statement from the Government of Benin Republic on the asylum request, the […]
The Department of the State Services, DSS, has bowed to the July 29 order of a Federal High Court in Abuja as it presents some aides of the Yoruba Secessionist Leader, Sunday Igboho, before the Court. This followed the fresh order issued by the Court that the detainees be produced in court on Monday, August […]
Some political stakeholders have continued to express their displeasure at the National Assembly’s action for approving conditional electronic transmission of election results. The duo of the Peoples Democratic Party deputy National Publicity Secretary, Prince Diran Odeyemi and a former member, House of Representatives, Honourable Lanre Agoro frowned at the Assembly’s decision to subject election results […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari over the warning to media houses to stop reporting terror attacks. SERAP asked President Buhari to instruct the Minister of Information, Mr Lai Mohammed and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to withdraw the directive. The NBC had ordered Journalists, Television […]
A Magistrate Court sitting in Yaba, Lagos State, has failed to grant bail to the 49 Yoruba Nation Agitators arrested and detained by the Lagos State Police Command. The Agitators were arrested at Ojota, Lagos on July 3, 2021, while protesting in support of the actualisation of the Yoruba Nation. The motion for their bail application was filed […]
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