February 2021

Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has been sworn in for a second term in office.

Akeredolu was sworn-in alongside his Deputy, Lucky Ayedatiwa after the oath of office was administered on them by the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Olarewaju Akeredolu.

The ceremony which was held at the International Culture and Event Center, The Dome, Akure, was attended by the National Leader of APC and former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi; Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwoolu; Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola; …

At least 7,000 people have reportedly fled rapidly-escalating communal violence in western Ethiopia, seeking safety in neighboring Sudan, the United Nations disclosed on Tuesday.

The region has long been devastated by competition over land and resources, and the UN said many people arriving in Sudan are seeking food, water, and health care.

The displacement is not related to the unrest in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, which has pushed more than 61,000 to flee also into Sudan in recent months.

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Tensions have been high in the Metekel Zone of the …

A  group of Niger Delta militants that calls themselves Supreme Egbesu Liberation Fighters, has threatened to destroy critical infrastructure in Lagos and Abuja.

In a short video posted on Tuesday by Africa Independent Television (AIT), the group accused the federal government of marginalizing the region and also reneging on its promise to deliver on the amnesty programme.

A masked member of the group while reading from a written statement in the video said, after accepting the amnesty pact, ’till date, there are no schools, no potable water, no light, no hospital and access roads for our people to enjoy’.…

Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi has stated that what Nigeria is witnessing, whether banditry or kidnapping, has no name other than terrorism.

Gov. Fayemi, who is also the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, made this clarification on Tuesday when he paid a visit to his Niger State counterpart, Abubakar Sani Bello.

He was reacting to the recent kidnapping of some students and staff of the Government Science College, Kagara in Rafi Local Government in Niger State by bandits.

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He said, ‘At the level of the governors’ forum, we met …

Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, have stated that Nigeria has the highest number of poor people in the world a development which he believes is worrisome while calling on government at all levels to do better than they are currently doing to reverse the ugly trend.

The governor made the remark at the launch of the Social Protection Agency in the state capital on Tuesday.

He said his government established the agency to ensure that all social protection programmes are delivered in an integrated, inclusive and sustainable manner.

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