By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo A Kaduna State High Court has dismissed a fresh bail application filed by former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, after the National Hospital, Abuja, disowned a medical report tendered in support of the request. Justice Darius Khobo rejected the application, which was based on claims that El-Rufai was suffering from advanced metastatic […]

By Dickson Omobola Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, who allegedly paraded himself as the Director-General of the non-existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council and Presidential Economic Advisory Council, Thursday, denied any wrongdoing, insisting that Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, was aware of his appointment. Adeyemi, who is facing allegations of impersonation and related […]

…Urges lawmakers to move policing to Concurrent List By Dayo Johnson, Akure The Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for transmitting the State Police Bill to the National Assembly but urged lawmakers to amend provisions it said would make state police “appendages of the federal government.” The group also called on […]

— Defends First lady over Akara, groundnut remark By Dayo Johnson Akure Former Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) governorship candidate in Ondo State, Abass Mimiko, has said that attacks on First Lady Oluremi Tinubu over her “small business” advice are politically motivated. Mimiko tied the backlash against the First Lady to resistance against President Tinubu’s economic […]

The US leader has railed against the cost of military aid for Kyiv and famously berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office in February 2025.