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Just In: Kano Gov Abba Yusuf quits NNPP amid defection rumour to APC

Nigeria, Jan. 23 -- Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has formally resigned from the New Nigeria People's Party (NNPP), blaming deepening internal crises and protracted leadership disputes rockin... Read More


Reps panel uncovers tampering with gazetted tax laws after presidential assent

Nigeria, Jan. 23 -- The Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives has confirmed that some of Nigeria's recently gazetted tax laws were altered after they had been passed by the National Assembly... Read More


Gender, power, and the paradox of female leadership

Nigeria, Jan. 22 -- I have known lack, and I have known abundance. I have sat in corridors where futures were debated, and in rooms where decisions capable of making or breaking millions of Nigerian l... Read More


Investigation: Kwara North has been in darkness for years, but govt is releasing millions for purchase of non-existing transformers

Nigeria, Jan. 21 -- It was on a quiet Saturday evening when this reporter met Comr. Muhammed Musa, a resident of Patigi local government, sitting on a wooden bench outside his small, fading salon. The... Read More


Former Kwara TV GM, OOLAT, declares for Kwara South senate seat, begins LG tours

Nigeria, Jan. 21 -- Former General Manager of Kwara Television, Oyeyiola Olatunde Micheals, popularly known as OOLAT, has formally declared his intention to contest the Kwara South Senatorial seat in ... Read More


NYSC relocation saga: Gov AbdulRazaq orders Kwara poly rector to step down, sets panel to probe students' protest

Nigeria, Jan. 21 -- Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has constituted a three-member committee to investigate the immediate and remote causes of the recent student protest at the Kwara Sta... Read More


Grief, prayers as Ilorin lays Chief Imam Sheikh Saliu to rest

Nigeria, Jan. 20 -- Ilorin was enveloped in deep sorrow on Tuesday as thousands of mourners gathered at the forecourt of the Emir of Ilorin's palace for the final burial rites of the Chief Imam of Ilo... Read More


KwaraPoly closed as Police tear gas incident disrupts NYSC camp arrangement

Nigeria, Jan. 20 -- The management of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, has explained the circumstances surrounding the recent tension on campus that led to police intervention and the eventual closure... Read More


Just In: Defection talks deepen as Kano Gov Yusuf meets Tinubu at Aso Rock

Nigeria, Jan. 19 -- Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, on Monday met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, amid growing political intrigue over his possible defection to the... Read More


Police arrest suspect, launch homicide probe into Destiny Boy's death

Nigeria, Jan. 19 -- The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a suspect in connection with the death of popular singer Adesina Afeez, widely known as Destiny Boy, and has launched a homicide investig... Read More