General News

By our Correspondent The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Enugu State has commenced sitting on the petition filed by the Labour Party LP and its candidate Mr Chijioke Edeoga against the election of Mr Peter Mbah as the governor of the state. Edeoga and his party are challenging the election of Governor Mbah on…

By news desk Two commissioners that served during the tenure of former Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, alongside 23 others have been unveiled as commissioner nominees by the Osun State House of Assembly. The Osun State House of Assembly Speaker, Adewale Egbedun, read out the names as contained in the letter sent to the lawmakers…

Aminah Musa Major stakeholders of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State have urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to consider former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, in his ministerial appointments. The stakeholders under the aegis of Amalgamated Bola Tinubu Campaign Council Rivers State, led by former Chief of Staff to the Rivers State Government and…

In what looks like closing in on the former Kano State Governor, Umar Abdullahi Ganduje, the State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission has apprehended his former commissioner and four others over allegations of N1billion fraud. The reinstated anti graft czar in the State, Barr Muhyi Magaji Rimin Gado had promised that all those accused of…

Kogi state government have set up committee to revalidate the land title in the state.This was made known via a press statement signed by the committee secretary,Barrister Mary Ann Otaru, and made available to THEANALYSTNG in Lokoja, on Tuesday. The statement reads: “The Committee set up by Kogi State Government for the revalidation and recertification…

By our Correspondent Some aggrieved personnel of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) in Ekiti State have accused the authorities of maltreatment. According to some of them, they have been turned into domestic workers by top officials of the command. They added that they have not been paid their allowances for the 2023 general elections. “The…

The Murtala Yakubu Ajaka Gubernatorial Campaign Organization is alarmed by the official confirmation of the Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Mr Akeem Yusuf that the extra judicial execution of an All Peoples Congress (APC) Chieftain, Mallam Kabir Okwo Bala and a housewife, Mrs Atima Abdullahi by gunmen unleashed on the Ejule Community of Ofu Local…

News Desk President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of new Service Chiefs.The new Service Chiefs are: 1 Mallam Nuhu Ribadu National Security Adviser 2 Maj. Gen. C.G Musa Chief of Defence Staff 3 Maj. T. A Lagbaja Chief of Army Staff 4 Rear Admiral E. A Ogalla Chief of Naval Staff 5 AVM…

By Aliyu Abdulwahid Reports have indicated that President Bola Tinubu might appoint the former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso as the Minister of Defence. ThEANLYSTNG recalls that some weeks back the former governor met Tinubu at the State House, Abuja. Kwankwaso who was the flag bearer of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) in…

By Aliyu Abdulwahid The Police Service Commission says it has approved the promotion of a former Public Relations Officer of the force, Frank Mba, to the rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG). Mba’s fresh promotion is coming three months after he was promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG). Promoted alongside…