Politics

OSUN LG QUAGMIRE: HALT ELECTION – AGF; HOLD FRESH ELECTION – OZEKHOMEThe Federal Attorney General, Lateef Fagbemi, has asked Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State to suspend the Local Government elections scheduled for Saturday. Fagbemi stated this while commenting on the ongoing crisis in the state. In a statement issued late Thursday, he said the position of the law was …

OSUN LG ELECTION QUAGMIRE: HALT ELECTION – AGF; HOLD FRESH ELECTION – OZEKHOMEThe Federal Attorney General, Lateef Fagbemi, has asked Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State to suspend the Local Government elections scheduled for Saturday. Fagbemi stated this while commenting on the ongoing crisis in the state. In a statement issued late Thursday, he said the position of the law …

VALENTINE OZIGBO, PETER OBI’S ALLY, EX-LABOUR PARTY CHIEFTAIN, JOINS APC IN ANAMBRA Valentine Ozigbo, a prominent Anambra politician and former governorship candidate, has officially joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). The move comes less than 24 hours after his resignation from the Labour Party (LP). Ozigbo, alongside Nze Afam Okpalauzuegbu, the former LP secretary, formalized their membership with the APC …

NO GOING BACK ON LOCAL GOVT ELECTION – OSUN GOV ADELEKE The Osun State government has reaffirmed that the local government elections will proceed as scheduled on Saturday, February 22, despite the All Progressives Congress (APC) withdrawing from the polls. Speaking on Thursday, Governor Ademola Adeleke’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, confirmed that all arrangements for the elections had been finalised. “The …

AS SPEAKERSHIP BATTLE RAGES IN SOME STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLIES There was commotion at the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday as security operatives sealed off offices of Speaker Mojisola Meranda, her deputy, and clerk of the House. The scenario reactivates memories of similar incidents that occurred in others states across the country. LAGOSThere was chaos at the Lagos …

I DIDN’T RESIGN – LAGOS ASSEMBLY SPEAKER; SHE’S BEING MANIPULATED – SACKED SPEAKER’S AIDE The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mojisola Meranda, has denied rumours suggesting that she has resigned. Meranda’s Chief Press Secretary, Segun Ajiboye, debunked the rumour on Wednesday. “I’m in the office. The speaker is in the office. I don’t know where that is …

US TO PROBE ALLEGED USAID FUNDING OF BOKO HARAM The United States Mission to Nigeria has announced that the U.S. government is set to investigate how past aid allocated to Nigeria and other countries has been utilised. On January 20, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump suspended all foreign aid for 90 days, citing concerns about global destabilisation and misalignment with …

PDP NATIONAL SECRETARY: SUPREME COURT DENIES ANYANWU STAY OF EXECUTION In another significant development from today’s proceedings at the Supreme Court, the justices of the court after highly contested arguments by Samuel Anyanwu’s lawyer, denied Senator Samuel Anyanwu’s request for a stay of execution on the December 20, 2024, Appeal Court ruling that removed him as the National Secretary of …

TINUBU NAMING FIVE INSTITUTIONS AFTER HIS NAME IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS; IS THIS LEGAL? Since his inauguration, five institutions have been named after President Bola Tinubu, sparking controversy. In this report, The ICIR examines whether it is legally permissible for a president to name institutions after himself. From May 29, 2023, when President Bola Tinubu assumed office, to date, …

TINUBU NAMES FIVE INSTITUTIONS AFTER HIMSELF IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS Since his inauguration, five institutions have been named after President Bola Tinubu, sparking controversy. In this report, The ICIR examines whether it is legally permissible for a president to name institutions after himself. From May 29, 2023, when President Bola Tinubu assumed office, to date, the number of institutions …