April 2025 – Page 12

Bala Mohammed Appoints 168 Political Aides To Boost Governance, Service Delivery

29.04.2025

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has approved the appointment of 168 political aides to strengthen the state’s administrative framework and enhance service delivery, according to a statement issued on Tuesday by the Governor’s Media Adviser, Mukhtar Gidado. The appointees, comprising Principal Special Assistants, Senior Special Assistants, Special Assistants, and Personal Assistants, will fill various roles...

Benue Killings: Herdsmen Targeting Christians, Says Ex-CAN Chair

29.04.2025

The immediate past Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Chairman in Benue State, Rev Augustine Leva, yesterday bemoaned continuous killings in the state by armed gangs. Leva, speaking with journalists in Makurdi, said over 300 Christians, including pastors, were gruesomely killed by herdsmen. According to him, mass burials are now held more frequently than weddings in...

King Sunny Ade’s Son Dismisses Father’s Kidnap Rumour

29.04.2025

Dayo Adeyeye, the son and manager of legendary juju musician, Otunba Sunday Adeyeye who is popularly known as King Sunny Ade, has denied the rumoured kidnapping of his father. The clarification followed a widespread fear about King Sunny Ade’s alleged kidnapping and concerns about his whereabouts. However, the young Adeyeye, in a statement categorically denied...

Court Grants FG’s Request For Witnesses To Testify Behind Camera In Kanu’s Case

29.04.2025

Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the federal government’s request to allow its witnesses to testify behind camera in the ongoing terrorism trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The ruling was delivered on Tuesday following an ex-parte application filed by the federal government’s...

2027: Atiku Most Qualified To Deal With Nigeria’s Complex Situation –Nwosu

29.04.2025

Dr Ralph Okey Nwosu is the National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). In this interview with ONYEKACHI EZE, he speaks on the party’s plan for the 2027 general election, the coalition with other political parties and other issues One think that ADC would use the Anambra governorship election in November to make a...

Orji Kalu Begins Additional 2KM Umuzomgbo-Okpo Ihhiowa Road After 2.4KM Project

29.04.2025

Residents of Umuzomgbo Ihechiowa in Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State are set to experience much-needed relief, as Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, representing Abia North Senatorial District, has commenced the construction of a new 2-kilometre road in the community. During a visit to the area by our correspondent, it was observed that construction works...

Tinubu Hails Historic Defection Of Gov Oborevwori, Okowa To APC

29.04.2025

President Bola Tinubu has described the defection of Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and his predecessor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) as “the greatest political tsunami ever witnessed in Nigeria.” The landmark event, which saw the collapse of the entire PDP structure in Delta State—from...

2027: Tinubu Must Be Re-Elected To Finish Policies

29.04.2025

Festus Keyamo, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development on Monday urged all members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to prioritize the re-election of President Bola Tinubu in 2027 over their political ambitions. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today program, Keyamo emphasized that Tinubu’s second term is essential to complete the...

Nigeria’s A Nation At War With Herself –Aduwo

29.04.2025

Olufemi Aduwo is the Permanent Representative of the Centre for Convention on Democratic Integrity (CCDI) to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). In this interview, he shares his insight on a range of pressing national issues, particularly Nigeria’s security challenges, including the ongoing insurgency and rising incidence of banditry, among other issues, ANAYO...

Alia Pledges To Improve Welfare, Security Of Corps Members

29.04.2025

Amid concerns of security, Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to the welfare and security of corps members deployed to the state for their national service. The governor stated this while speaking at the opening and swearing-in ceremony of the 2025 Batch ‘A’ Stream I Corps members, held at the...