2023: Ooni, Ataoja okay Tinubu’s bid to succeed Buhari

A bid by the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, got another boost as two prominent Yoruba monarchs endorsed the aspiration.

Yoruba Nation: Emergence Is An Irrevocable Decision As Memorandum Emerges Soon, Says YOWUA

A coalition of the first generation of Yoruba Diasporas across the World and their new generation counterparts have assured that the emergence of the nation is a task that must never go back, as a virile Yoruba Nation is a divine creation.

Atiku Abubakar is not qualified to run for president, he's not a Nigerian by birth - AGF, Abubakar Malami

 

Abubakar Malami, the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), has told a Federal High court in Abuja that former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, is not eligible to run for president in Nigeria. 

Why Tinubu, South-West Governors Are Afraid Of Buhari— Ayo Adebanjo

Pa Ayo Adebanjo, the National Leader of the Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has said political leaders and governors of the South-West region are afraid of clamouring for restructuring because they are afraid of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Ooni of Ife Finally Speaks on Sunday Igboho’s Tongue Lash

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, has described the comments made against him by the acclaimed Yoruba warlord, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, as irresponsible.

Nigeria Is Too Weak to Break, Says Lamido But IPOB Thinks Otherwise (See Reasons)

Former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido was quoted last week as saying that Nigeria cannot break up because members of the elite are united in preserving their advantages over the masses irrespective of their differences of tribe and religion.

Boko Haram, bandits are northern freedom fighters: Adamu Garba

An analyst said Boko Haram started out as a terrorist group maiming and bombing banks and other public facilities, while southern agitators started by making efforts to engage the authorities.

Nigerians are not preparing for God’s Kingdom — Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said developments and happenings in the country at the moment do not show that Nigerians are preparing for the Kingdom of God. This is just as it has been revealed how his intervention helped to preserve the tomb of the Founder of the Eternal Sacred Order of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church, St Moses Orimolade, in Ojokoro area of Lagos during the construction of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. 

Jakande: The last of the titans

 

Nobody will live forever. But, history will be kind to mortars who left good legacies in their fields of endeavour, in politics and national service. 

Katsina Government Paid Us N30m Ransom For Release Of Kankara Schoolboys — Bandits Leader, Awulu

In a leaked telephone conversation between Awulu and a former council boss in Katsina State, the bandit's commander admitted the group collected N30m from the state government.

Grant amnesty to unrepentant Fulani bandits– Sheikh Gumi urges Buhari

A renowned Islamic scholar, Ahmed Muhammad Gumi has advised the federal and state governments to grant amnesty to repentant bandits, stating that there will be severe bloodshed and merciless killings if the administration and security agencies continue to fight the bandits on operation fire-for-fire.

Obasanjo finally reveals why he chose Yar’adua despite his failing health

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo in a virtual interview with academic and historian Toyin Falola has revealed why he picked the late President Musa Yar’Adua as his successor despite knowing about his failing health.

Senate committee rejects voting rights for married underage girls

The suggestion for married underage girls to have voting rights has been rejected by the senate committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

NIGERIA'S 36 STATES & FCT RANKED IN ORDER OF LAND SURFACE AREA (KM²)

Why are we reducing Nigeria to nation of cows, Dele Momodu queries

Publisher of Ovation Magazine, Dele Momodu has weighed in on the herdsmen and farmers crises, asking why cows have become so important that they now form a topic for national discourse.

Miyyeti Allah asks FG to give palliative to herdsmen

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) has asked the Federal Government to introduce a social support programme to alleviate the huge losses of livestock for herdsmen across the country.

Deploy Soldiers To Protect Northerners In South-West, Unongo Tells Buhari

Convener of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Paul Unongo, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the deployment of soldiers to protect northerners living in the SouthWest and other parts of the country so as to shield them from further attacks.

Ooni & Eselu, Ogun monarch in verbal war over Herdsmen attacks

The Ooni of Ife, Oba(Ojaja 11) and Eselu of Iseluland, Yewa North Local Government Area, Ogun State, Oba Akintunde Akinyemi, were engaged in hot exchanges over herdsmen’s reported attacks in several villages in Ogun State.

You Appear To Be President Of Only Fulani People, Ortom Slams Buhari

The governor said the Presidency kept mum when herdsmen killed and maimed Nigerians but was swift to order the arrest of persons who resisted the criminal activities of the killer herdsmen.

We should abolish the transportation or trekking of herdsmen from the northern part of Nigeria to the south and middle belt - Governor Ganduje

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state has called for a ban on the movement of cattle from the north to the southern part of the country and the middle belt.