The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Nigerian Government have strongly condemned the coup d’état that took place in the Republic of Guinea Conakry on Sunday. President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana and Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, condemned the action in separate statements made available to the News Agency of […]

By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado-Ekiti Unhappy with the conduct of the July 31 ward congress in Ekiti State, a Pro-Tinubu group under the auspices of Southwest Agenda for 2023 Presidency (SWAGA), has sued the All Progressives Congress (APC), calling for outright annulment of the election. The group, in a suit Number FHC/AD/CS/21/2021 filed at the Federal […]

Governor Seyi Makinde, on Sunday, says he is praying to God  and awaiting His direction on his 2023 re-election bid. Makinde, who disclosed this during the 2021 Hijrah luncheon held at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan, declared that 2023 belonged to God and that His will prevail in his political adventure. The governor stated that he had observed […]

The police on Sunday said that they were combing forest to arrest the killers of Olajide Sowore, the younger brother of Omoyele Sowore. The Edo Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Kontongs Bello, gave the assurance in Benin while addressing newsmen. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that suspected kidnappers shot dead Sowore in Okada, […]

The Lagos State government says it is considering other ways to source COVID-19 vaccines in order to achieve herd immunity against the pandemic for its population.  The state’s Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja.  Abayomi said, “While the first national […]