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The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde has said that the choice of who would succeed him in 2027 rests solely with the people of the state, not with political godfathers or entitlement claims. Makinde said this on Thursday in Ibadan while flagging off the zonal stakeholders’ consultative forum and engagement meeting on the 2026 Budget. According to the governor, the decision of who becomes the next governor of Oyo state rest on all eligible voters in the state. “Oyo State has gone beyond the era of politics based on entitlement or propaganda. “Rather, the people of the state are now…

The Nigerian Army says its troops have apprehended a high-profile terror suspect and recovered cache of arms and surrender of terrorists in recent operations across theatres. A source at Army Headquarters told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the successes were recorded between October 7 and October 9. He said that troops of 2 Brigade, in collaboration with Department of State Services operatives, raided a kidnappers’ hideout at Eket, Akwa Ibom, and apprehended a notorious kidnap kingpin, Emmanuel Akpan. According to him, Akpan, known for kidnappings along the Oron/Ibaka axis, was apprehended during a joint operation on October 7…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has praised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for having the courage and compassion to grant state pardon to late nationalist, Herbert Macaulay, and 174 others. News of President Tinubu’s decision to grant post-humous presidential pardon to Macaulay broke on Thursday. He also granted the same to a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, the late Maj.- Gen. Mamman Vatsa, who was convicted of treason and a convicted former lawmaker, Farouq Lawan. The President also granted clemency for 82 inmates, commuted seven death sentences to life imprisonment, and reduced the prison terms of 65 others. The…

By Olatidoye Akeem The Kwara State Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) through the European Union’s Strengthening Access to Reproductive and Adolescent Health (EU-SARAH) Initiative, has sensitized adolescent girls on menstrual hygiene and distributed reusable pads in the state. The programme, held at the Government Girls Day Secondary School (GGDSS), Pakata, and the Adolescent Wing of the Kwara State University Teaching Hospital (KWASUTH), Ilorin, aimed to provide adolescent girls with the knowledge and resources needed to manage menstruation confidently. The Adolescent Desk Officer of the Kwara State Ministry of Health, Buhari Abdulhafeez Oladimeji, emphasized…

By Akeem Olatidoye The Kwara State Government has flagged off Integrated Polio-Measles Rubella Vaccines Campaign for October across the 16 local government areas of the State. Speaking at a one-day Media Dialogue on integrated Polio-Measles Rubella immunization campaign, the Executive secretary of the state Primary Health Care Development Agency (KPHCDA) Professor Nusirat Elelu, emphasized the need of the immunisation coverage to protect children from the dangers of measles and rubella. Elelu, who spoke through the Director Primary Health care Services, Dr Michael Oguntoye, stated that the campaign is critical to safeguarding the children from measles and rubella, diseases that can…

The Government of Kogi State in North Central Nigeria, on Thursday expressed gratitude to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the appointment of Prof. Joshua Ojo-Amupitan (SAN) as Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). While congratulating Amupitan over his appointment, it described him as a very competent successor to Prof. Yakubu Mahmoud. The Kogi State Commissioner for Information, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, who gave the commendation in a statement in Lokoja also said the government and people of Kogi expressed their profound appreciation to the President for appointing Amupitan, a distinguished son of the state, as the new Chairman of INEC. “This…

By Ruth Adebayo, Rukayat Abdulraheem, Lawrence Okedare and Toyosi Kareem. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has granted posthumous state pardon to Major General Mamman Jiya Vatsa, who was sentenced to death over a treason charge in 1986. Vatsa, a poet, was among the 17 people who received presidential pardons following the endorsement of the National Council of State, which met in Abuja on Thursday. The Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy), Mr. Bayo Onanuga informed vide a statement issued on Thursday that President Tinubu also granted posthumous pardon to Herbert Macaulay, a Nigerian nationalist and co-founder, along with Dr…

By Zarumi Mashood Nigerian Army headquarters has deployed a full brigade and heavy equipment in different parts of Kwara South, as troops were already milling through communities inward Oke-Ode and Babanla, both in Ifelodun Local Government Area. The operation is also extending to Edu and Patigi in Kwara North to comb through thick forests from which kidnappers have launched cowardly attacks on different communities and abducted people in return for ransom. Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, who met with President Bola Tinubu on the issue at the weekend on the sideline of the visit to Jos, commended the President for the support,…

By Zarumi Mashood The Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq’s push for a brighter future of filmmaking in Nigeria is yielding fruits as the state Sugar Factory Film Studios unveiled its first film – Ajuwaya Series. The movie – 85 per cent of which was executed in the state-of-the-art studios – was financed by Nigeria’s First Lady Sen Oluremi Tinubu, who supported the facility with 350 million naira. At a media briefing for the unveiling of the project in Ilorin on Tuesday, Managing Director of the Studios, Gbenga Titiloye, said the movie stands the chance of attracting direct foreign investment,…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 290,450 pills of tramadol (250mg) and pregabalin capsules in a major drug bust across multiple Nigerian states, including Kano, Lagos, and Kaduna. This is contained in a statement on Sunday by NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi. Babafemi said a syndicate’s attempt to smuggle cannabis from Thailand to Lagos through courier firms was also foiled. He said 6.3kg of Loud, a potent cannabis strain, was discovered concealed in bedsheets and dried hibiscus flowers. Babafemi said the package was intercepted by NDLEA operatives working with courier companies in Lagos. He…