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No fewer than four persons have been reportedly killed when an explosion rocked the palace of the paramount ruler of Ebiraland, The Ohinoyi, Dr Ado Ibrahim. The explosion was said to have occurred around 9 am on Thursday. Although no one has been able to identify the actual cause of the explosion. However, our correspondent, learned that the explosion might be from a transformer in the monarch’s compound. Details later…

Kogi State Deputy Governor, Edward Onoja, has said there is no rift between him and his boss, the Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. Onoja made this known during the thanksgiving service of Emonyoku family thanksgiving day held at Emonyoku-Ogugu in the Olamaboro Local Government Area of Kogi State. “I thank God Almighty who elevated Governor Bello to the position of Kogi State Governor and would have no reason whatsoever to be in any rift with him” the deputy governor said. At the event, he announced that Governor Yahaya Bello donated Honda vehicle to the Pastor of the United Evangelical…

A member of the Peoples Democratic Party in Oyo State, Mudashiru Baraka, has been reportedly assassinated. He was said to have been killed by rival political thugs on Wednesday morning in Oyo town. Baraka, a PDP grassroots mobiliser in the town, was macheted to death by his assailants at his father’s house in the morning. Efforts to get police reactions through the state Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, proved abortive as his mobile number was not reachable. Details later…

The residents of Ijagba, Imoru and Arimogija in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State have raised the alarm over the incessant attacks on the communities by suspected killer-herdsmen. In a ‘Save our Souls’ message to the state government, the residents who are mostly farmers claimed that the killer-herdsmen had been terrorising the communities for over two weeks, killing and destroying properties worth millions of naira. It was gathered that the herdsmen had allegedly been destroying farmlands and crops which included yam, maize and cassava in the affected communities and if the farmers resisted them, they would attack them. A…

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has written to the National Assembly to extend the date for the implementation of the 2022 Budget to March 31, 2022. The letter was read at the plenary by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajamiabila, on Wednesday. The National Assembly had passed a revised budget of N17.31tn for the fiscal year 2022 following Buhari’s earlier request to make adjustments to the 2022 budget, citing the impacts of the Russia-Ukraine war on the country’s economy. Exactly a week ago, Buhari wrote the National Assembly to…

Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti has urged the residents to vote the party’s presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi for President and himself for governor and other candidates in the forthcoming 2023 general elections.He said that the votes of the people will enable him to reclaim and return Abia to the path of peace, growth and development.According to him, the State has experienced several years of rudderless leadership which he said had severely affected the welfare and wellbeing of millions, especially the unemployed youths and senior citizens whose salaries and pensions have not been paid.…

The average cost of airplane tickets in Nigeria rose from N37,022.97 in November 2021 to N73,267.57 in November 2022, the latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Monday. This represents an increase of 97.09 percent, according to the NBS’ Transport Fare Watch report for November 2022. The report also showed that the average price of a single flight ticket increased by 0.09 percent from N73,198.65 in October to N73,267.57 in November 2022. The NBS report read in part, “In air travel fare, the average fare paid by air passengers for specified routes single journey, increased by 0.09…

The Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, Monisade Afuye, has assured the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council that the party’s flagbearer, Bola Tinubu, will secure over 75% of the total votes cast in the state in the 2023 election. Afuye said this on Tuesday while donating cash and consumables to Ogoga-in-council and across 11 wards in Ikere Local Government to mark the Christmas and New year festivities in Ikere-Ekiti. She also empowered 110 Ikere-Ekiti indigenes with cash gifts and donated a sum of N1.5 million to party members and leaders across the wards. She described Tinubu as part of Ekiti,…

The Labour Party, LP, has appointed former Political Adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo, Akin Osuntokun as the new Director General of its Presidential Campaign. This was confirmed by the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, in Abuja, on Tuesday. According to Abure, the decision was reached after comprehensive consultations with party stakeholders across board. Osuntokun will now replace Doyin Okupe who resigned from the position last week. Okupe stepped down from the position following a federal high court judgment which convicted him of money laundering. The court sentenced him to two years imprisonment but with an option to pay a N500,000 fine…

Former Governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola has attacked his political ally and leader, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, over who becomes the next governor of the state. Aregbesola, who is the current Minister of Interior, spoke in Ijebu Ijesa while addressing the All Progressives Congress, APC, faithful, and stakeholders ahead of the party’s governorship primary. Aregbesola, while addressing the crowd, described the incumbent Governor and his successor, Gboyega Oyetola, as the most “useless and corrupt governor in the history of the state.” The minister said categorically that Oyetola would not be allowed to return for a second term in office the…