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A 38-year-old youth leader of Ajiran Community, Hammed Akanbi, popularly known as “Hammed Ajiran,” was on Friday arraigned before an Ogba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State over the alleged murder of Prince Ademola Akinloye and one Sheriff Salami in the Eti-Osa area of the state. Akanbi was arraigned on a six-count charge bordering on alleged murder and related offences. According to the prosecution, Prince Ademola Akinloye, son of the Ojomu of Ajiran Land, was allegedly killed on August 26, 2024, along Chevron Drive, while Sheriff Salami was allegedly murdered on April 18, 2023, both within the Eti-Osa area of Lagos State. Police investigations reportedly led to the arrest of two suspects identified as Safiu Fatai, also known as “Fabo,” and Yusuf Ismaila, alias “Bariga,” who allegedly confessed during interrogation that Akanbi paid them the sum of N2 million to carry out the 2023 assassination. The Lagos State Police Command had earlier declared Akanbi wanted on February 19 over his al...

  Concerned All Progressives Congress (APC) Stakeholders and Ondo State indigenes have rejected the defence of the party's primaries by the state Attorney General of the state and Commissioner for Justice, Olukayode Ajulo, describing his recent statement as an attempt to “rewrite events that played out in broad daylight across Ondo State.”   In a statement signed by Mogbojuri Ksayode on Thursday, the group accused the Attorney General of denying alleged violence and irregularities that marred the APC primaries in the state.   The stakeholders were reacting to a statement issued by Ajulo on May 21, 2026, where he reportedly dismissed allegations of violence and manipulation during the exercise.   According to the group, Ajulo’s claim that there was “no violence” during the primaries was false and insulting to the people of Ondo State.   The statement alleged that armed non-state actors disrupted the primaries in several locations across the state, including Okeli...

The Rainbow Coalition Ambassadors (RCA) has commended the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State for the peaceful and orderly conduct of its governorship primaries, describing the process as a shining example of political maturity and a departure from the state’s history of acrimonious contests. In a statement signed by Comrade Jude Chuks and issued shortly after the declaration of Rt. Hon. Kingsley Ogundu Chinda as the party’s candidate for the 2027 governorship election, the group praised the APC leadership and stakeholders for ensuring a rancour-free exercise. The Rainbow Coalition Ambassadors, a prominent support structure aligned with the broader Rainbow Coalition political movement in the state, noted that the smooth conduct of the primaries reflects growing commitment to unity, dialogue, and collective progress ahead of the 2027 polls. “We congratulate the Rivers State APC for conducting a credible, transparent, and peaceful primary. This achievement underscores the mat...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship campaign tour continued on Wednesday with an overwhelming show of support in Oye and Ikole Local Government Areas, where residents openly declared their determination to vote for the party’s candidate, Dr. Wole Oluyede, in the June 20 governorship election. Journalists covering the campaign tour witnessed massive crowds across both local governments as party supporters, youths, women groups, traditional stakeholders, and residents trooped out in large numbers to receive the PDP candidate and his campaign team. Dr. Oluyede was accompanied to the rallies by his Deputy Governorship Candidate, Hon. Ayodeji Ogunsakin; the Director General of the Oluyede Campaign Council, Chief Makanjuola Ogundipe; party leaders; stakeholders; and other members of the Peoples Democratic Party. The atmosphere in Oye and Ikole was filled with excitement, solidarity songs, and chants of support, with many residents insisting that the people had already made up the...

By Audu Moses  For several years, schools in the North Eastern part of Nigeria, and indeed it's entire educational system were in ruins and rots. They were visibly and intentionally targeted. Schools were burned, teachers and learners were killed, while thousands more were displaced or abducted, with entire communities left with an equal generation of children, whose only history and places of abode are IDP camps and displacement homes. It has been over 15 years of traumatic and horrific stories. This reality confronted the entire country and even the international community. The insurgents did not only attack schools, the inflicted violence on the psyche, attempting to destroy it's fundamental ideals, and fabrics through demoralizing and radicalizing the system. Education is not just about grades and certificates, it's about survival, and a generation. It is within this context that the North East Development Commission's educational program of rebuilding and sustainab...

  By Thomas Taribo    There are two types of loyalty; true loyalty and strategic loyalty. True loyalty is rare, and unambitious. True loyalty is unsaleable, it stays when all else leaves, because it has no exit clause, and convenience, but strategic loyalty is common because it’s rational, and transactional.    In politics, you need both to win. But when the fight gets real, only true loyalty stays. Howbeit , structurally, transactional loyalty leads to structural collapse. Evidentially , those who hold the structure of 2027, are those who did not scatter in 2023. However, loyalty is never one-sided, although it is not entrenched in keeping scores, it is designed to create reciprocal bonds.   True loyalty, the type demonstrated by Rt. Hon. Kingsley Chida in Rivers State works quietly, protectively, and defensively, without exposing or taking the credit.   Rt. Hon. Chida, understands from the onset that there are certain things that cannot be rushed wit...