On Tuesday, the people of Kwara will choose the person to govern their state for the next four years. There are 15 candidates on the ballot for the state governorship race, but a casual discussion with many residents of the state reveals that the contest is really between two factions of the state's number one political family; one headed by…

Apart from answering the nagging question of who will occupy the ‘Lion Building' government house for the next four years, Tuesday's governorship/house of assembly election in Enugu State will achieve two other main objectives. First, it will confirm the supremacy of one of the political parties operating in the state. Secondly, it will put to rest the issue of superiority…

Another set of 53 Nigerians were deported from the UK on Thursday after allegedly serving various jail terms for immigration-related offences. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the deportees arrived at the cargo terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at about 6am aboard a special flight. An immigration source at the airport told NAN that the deportees…

The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday said that adequate security arrangements have been put in place for the Good Friday and Easter Sunday celebrations. The Lagos State commissioner of police disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) while answering questions on the police’s preparedness for the season. “All area commanders, divisional police officers and other senior officers…

The Labour Party in Ondo State has a tough task ahead as it battles to win the seats in the House of Assembly election coming up on April 26. Many analysts say the contest will be between the LP and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). When the state was ruled by the PDP, majority of the House of Assembly members…

Pensioners in Kwara State Wednesday staged a peaceful demonstration in front of the Court of Appeal over the prolonged adjournment of their case with the state government. The pensioners carried placards with various inscriptions such as “Bukola pay us our pension arrears”, “Saraki spent N690 million on election,” “pensioners are dying on a daily basis” among others. It would be…

A Benin High Court, headed by Justice Roland Amaize, has granted an injunction stopping the proposed installation of Augustine Obiora Akubeze as the Catholic Archbishop of Benin Archdiocese on the 28th of April 2011. The Edo Liturgical Group had insisted that a bishop of Benin extraction should be installed as Archbishop of Benin Metropolitan See, claiming that since 1485, when…

The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has ordered the re-opening of the institution on April 27, 2011. The institution was closed on February 23rd, 2011 following a protest by students over alleged increment of fees. The students had challenged the 1,000 percent increment of the acceptance fee paid by new students from N2,000 to N20,000. A statement issued yesterday…

A mob in Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State yesterday invaded the residence of the sacked chairman of the council, Mohammed Idris, over the outcome of last Saturday’s presidential election in the state. The angry protesters, who broke into the house located on Abdullahi Maigari Street at about 3:30am in the early hours of Wednesday, overpowered the security officer…

The Ibadan Elders’ Forum (IEF) on Wednesday endorsed Abiola Ajimobi, the Oyo State governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), as its consensus candidate during next Tuesday’s election. The group had supported Mr Ajimobi when he contested for the post on the platform of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in 2007, a bid that failed. Addressing reporters…

The residents of Abua, a suburb of Makurdi, Benue State capital, are living in fear following the attack on them by people alleged to be Fulani herdsmen. Most of the villagers in the area are now taking refuge in the main town of Makurdi and other places. Trouble started last week when the Fulani wanted their cattle to graze on…

The deputy national chairman of the Labour Party, Joseph Akinlaja, yesterday said the leadership of the party has ruled out the possibility of merging with any political party in the country for now. “As of today, we have not decided whether to merge with any political party; we are not even contemplating it at all. Labour Party is growing everyday.…

The result of Saturday’s presidential election has left the people of Bayelsa State ecstatic. While anger and frustration gave way to violent protests in parts of the North, people in the South-South are happy that their son, Goodluck Jonathan, was declared winner and president-elect by the Independent National Electoral Commission. In Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, celebrations started on Monday,…

In its bid to boost sanitation coverage in Nigeria, the National Task Group on Sanitation (NTGS) is set to establish an international centre for information on sanitation in the country. Obioha Agada, the Chairman of the group, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja in an interview. Mr. Agada, who also is an acting Director in the Federal Ministry of Water…

Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State yesterday described the victory of President Goodluck Jonathan in the last Saturday's election as a call to duty. Mr. Mimiko in a congratulatory message sent to the president through his chief press secretay, Mr. Kolawole Olabisi, said the victory was well deserved. While defending the choice of Mr. Jonathan by the Labour Party, Mr.…