Author: Lawan

The selection of the next Awujale will follow the rotational system among four ruling Houses as provided by the governing chieftaincy legal instruments. There are 13 kingmakers recognised by the chieftaincy declarations. The process follows the Western State Chieftaincy Declarations issued under Section 4(2) of the Chiefs Law of 1957, establishing the customary law regulating the selection of the Awujale of Ijebuland chieftaincy. Section 1 of the declarations established the four ruling houses entitled to produce the Awujale as Gbelegbuwa, Anikinaiya, Fusengbuwa, and Fidipote. The order is as follows: Anikinaiya, Fusengbuwa, Fidipote, and Gbelegbuwa, which the declarations described as “the…

Hoodlums suspected to be motorcycle snatchers have k!lled a serving member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Shuaibu Adamu, with a hammer in Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). A resident of Gwargwada, Suleiman Ibrahim, said the incident happened on Sunday night. July 13, 2025 at about 8pm behind AA Rano filling station, located along the Abuja-Lokoja highway. He said the deceased, who was riding on a motorcycle back to his house behind the filling station, was suddenly blocked by some hoodlums who smashed his head with a hammer and zoomed off with his bike.…

Super Eagles of Nigeria winger, Ademola Lookman, has reportedly reached an agreement to join Inter Milan from Atalanta in a €40m deal. According to Italian journalist Gianluca Di Marzio, Inter have moved decisively in their pursuit of the Super Eagles star and are prepared to meet Atalanta with a firm proposal. “Inter are serious about Lookman, agreement with the player, €40m ready for Atalanta,” Di Marzio reported. The former Leicester City winger is currently under contract at Atalanta until 2027, but talks between the clubs have begun, with Inter hoping that a previously made promise by Atalanta to allow Lookman…

Bashir Ahmad, a former spokesperson of late former President Muhammadu Buhari , has reacted to the backlash he received from some netizens after he shared photos of himself and Peter Obi in Daura, Katsina state. Obi had on Wednesday, July 16, visited the home of former President Buhari to pay his condolence visit a day after the former President was laid to rest. While in Daura, he ran into Bashir who is one of his strongest critics online. Later in the day, Bashir shared photos of himself and Obi together. Many Nigerians believed to be supporters of Obi had knocked…

Australian aviation expert Captain Byron Bailey has given his analysis on the Air India plane crash, claiming the latest findings indicate the captain must have intentionally turned off the fuel control switches. On June 12, 2015, Air India Flight 171, carrying 242 passengers and crew members, crashed into a building in the city of Ahmedabad just moments after take-off on June 12. Only one person on the plane survived. An additinal 19 people on the ground were killed when the Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, bound for London’s Gatwick Airport, crashed in a densely populated neighbourhood. British-Indian national Vishwash Kumar Ramesh was…

The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a landlord and two others for the kidnap and m8rder of two undergraduates of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko (AAUA), Abah John Friday, 25 and Okah Andrel Eloho,19. The Ondo Police Commissioner, CP Adebowale Lawal, disclosed this while briefing journalists in Akure, the state capital, on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. The lifeless body of Okah was later found last week, three weeks after their abduction, at a border community between Ekiti and Ondo States while efforts are ongoing to recover the remains of the male victim, who is believed to have been…

Public Interest lawyers in the country have approached a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, to seek an order compelling President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to declare a State of Emergency in Zamfara state. The lawyers are seeking the order following the insecurity amd political crisis in the state. According to the plaintiffs, Reuben Boma Esq., Okoro Nwadiegwu Esq., and the Incorporated Trustees One Love Foundation, they are seeking an order mandating the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to take over the Zamfara State House of Assembly in the overall best interest of Justice, Peace, Democracy and for…

By Abutu Andrew As Nigeria stands at a critical juncture in its democratic journey, the All Progressives Congress (APC) must look inward and forward toward a leadership that understands both the weight of history and the promise of the future. In these times of political recalibration, Senator Mohammed Sani Musa, CON, emerges not just as a reluctant contender but as the most distinguished choice to lead the APC into its next chapter of relevance and renewal. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, a seasoned political strategist and master of timing, has always shown an uncanny ability to identify talent that delivers…

**charges relevant agencies to open immediate investigation. The Concerned Citizens Network of Nigeria (CCNN) has slammed Engineer Farouk Ahmed, Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), for his full-page newspaper advertisements published on July 11, 2025, as a “disgraceful charade” and “diversionary” designed to dodge accountability. The group said the ads, appearing on page 12 of Thisday, page 17 of The Guardian, page 15 of Vanguard, page 3 of BusinessDay, and page 19 of Daily Trust, were unsigned and devoid of substance, failing to address explosive allegations that Ahmed spent over $5.5 million (approximately N8.25…

The Energy Governance Alliance (EGA) has commended the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) for generating a record N12.25 trillion in revenue in 2024, describing it as a testament to the commission’s regulatory reforms and strategic leadership under Chief Executive, Gbenga Komolafe. In a statement issued on Tuesday and signed by its Executive Director, Dr Kelvin Sotonye William, the alliance said the revenue achievement marked a watershed moment in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector, affirming NUPRC’s central role in repositioning the upstream industry for value creation, fiscal accountability and national development. The figure, disclosed in the commission’s newly released 2024…