…on governance or administrative capability. Every district in Ogun State possesses an abundance of qualified, visionary and high-performing leaders ready to serve. To reduce state leadership to a regional birthright is an insult to this shared pedigree of excellence. The emergence of Senator Adeola as the APC’s consens…

…news to viral moments. Follow Legit.ng on Instagram!He stated this while speaking from Abuja in a statement made available to Legit.ng."Nobody should interfere with the internal leadership crisis of Accord. This is a matter before the courts, and we shall pursue it to its logical and lawful conclusion." Dispute predate…

Mohbad: DNA is not recognized in our laws as a way of proving the paternity of a child - Abuja lawyer Stan Alieke (video) An Abuja-based legal practitioner, Stan Alieke, has ignited a fierce online debate after asserting that DNA tests hold secondary status under Nigerian law when determining child paternity. In a vira…

…re-election bid in 2027. Wike made the remark while speaking with journalists in Abuja on Friday about the visit of Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, to his residence on Thursday. The FCT minister claimed that Adeleke was now on the side of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and suggested that the oppositio…

…2026 while receiving Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke at the Presidential Villa in Abuja after he won the August 15 governorship election. Tinubu revived the nickname while criticising former Vice President Atiku Abubakar's proposal to restore fuel subsidy if elected president in 2027. "I saw one of my opponents (At…

…on Friday at the end of the three-day 5th PENGASSAN Energy and Labour Summit, held in Abuja from August 19 to 21, 2026. The communiqué was jointly signed by the PENGASSAN President, Festus Osifo, and the General Secretary, Jerry Amah. The summit, with the theme, “Strengthening Regulatory Frameworks as a Catalyst for St…

…Congress (APC), Alhaji Faizu Alfindiki, has challenged former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to explain how he would fund his promise to restore petrol subsidy if elected president in 2027. Alfindiki, in a statement made available to journalists in Kano on Friday, said Nigerians deserve clear answers on how a renewed su…

…Philip Aduda in the 2027 National Assembly elections. Wike made the call on Thursday in Abuja during an inspection of the ongoing construction of the 5-kilometre Zaudna-Kaba-Kagini Road. The minister, who campaigned for Aduda, who lost the FCT Senate seat to Kingibe in 2023, described him as a “man of the people” with…

…clarification comes after Adeleke visited President Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday, days after winning a second term in office. He was accompanied by the National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu. The visit marked Adeleke’s first publicly known meeting with Tinubu since his victory in the August 15 g…

…(NUPENG), led by its President, Comrade Salimon Akanni Oladiti, at the State House in Abuja.

…the APC’s Bola Oyebamiji, who scored 444,815. Isaac said the governor travelled to Abuja shortly after his victory to show his certificate of return to President Bola Tinubu, a gesture he described as a betrayal of the loyalty he had shown during the campaign. “Six days after, the governor is in Abuja, showing his cert…

…(popularly known as tokunbo) vehicles by 90 percent. Speaking at the weekend in Abuja, the Director of Media, Mrs Susan Taiwo, in a paper presentation said high cost of brand-new vehicles has made many people in the country depend on tokunbo vehicles to meet their needs in the automotive industry. In a paper titled “Un…

…Mallam Ibrahim Addra, resulted in the arrest of one suspect at a criminal hideout in Atabula, Duduguru, while two others were apprehended in Lafia. Security operatives also dismantled the criminal makeshift camp and recovered cash and five mobile phones during the operation. Sule described the development as a signific…

Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to President Tinubu, publicly challenged Atiku Abubakar's pledge to restore fuel subsidy if elected in 2027Onanuga argued the subsidy plan conflicts with the Petroleum Industry Act and could undermine Nigeria's growing domestic refining capacityThe presidency questioned how the subsidy wou…

Immigration officer k!lls self in accidental discharge in Abuja An officer with the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Joseph Ali, has reportedly d!ed after a locally fabricated rifle he was handling accidentally discharged and struck him in the left eye in Abuja. Sahara Reporters reports that the incident occurred at…

…Adeleke, has visited the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, in Abuja, hours after meeting President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa. The Thursday meeting with Wike formed part of Adeleke’s consultations in the Federal Capital Territory following his victory in the August 15 Osun Stat…

…(NDC) has urged the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to step aside from the 2027 presidential race and support the party’s candidate, Peter Obi. The call was made by the NDC Director of New Media and Strategic Communications, Theo Abu Agada, in a post via his X handle on Thursda…

…discipline to challenge established authority. “Everything else, you see, when they are abusing him, you won’t see me abusing him. I have tremendous regards for him, and he was one of those who trained me and instilled this kind of discipline that, look, you can take on the establishment and win. And he did win,” Momod…

…by stakeholders at the Technical Working Group on Migration and Development meeting in Abuja on April 29, 2025. The framework is designed to strengthen institutional coordination, respond to emerging migration trends and align Nigeria’s migration priorities with regional and international frameworks. Doro commended the…

…secured re-election. PUNCH Online earlier reported that the governor visited Wike in Abuja as part of a series of consultations following his re-election. A photograph shared by Wike’s media aide, Lere Olayinka, showed Adeleke and the minister holding the governor’s certificate of return. The governor had earlier met P…

…*97 suspects paraded By Dayo Johnson, Akure OWO — It started like any other grazing day. Abubakar Umaru and Abdullahi Umaru, both teenagers, led their family’s cattle towards the grasslands near Owo, on the boundary between Ondo and Edo states. They carried sticks, not phones. They knew the paths by memory. By dusk, th…

…effort chaired by Vice President J.D. Vance to eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse within Federal benefit programs. U.S. Attorney Hayes commended DHS-OIG and DOL-OIG for their work in the investigation. Ms. Hayes also thanked Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Wenner who is prosecuting this federal case. by Linda Ikeji at 20…

…Ministries based in Calabar, Cross River State, is responsible for a lot of the child abuse cases that occurred in Cross River State. They accused Helen of using her ministry to claim that children were witches or possessed and this caused many parents to either abuse their children or to abandon them (read here). As t…

…International Qur’anic Competition in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Maryam, a student of Abubakar Siddiq Community Islamic School for Qur’anic Memorisation, Herwagana Quarters, Gombe, represented Nigeria at the prestigious competition held in Makkah, where she competed in the category for memorisation of the entire Holy…

…Green Hope Project, began in Odogbolu, Ogun State, and later moved to the University of Abuja in the Federal Capital Territory and Barkin Ladi in Plateau State before its final first-phase exercise in Oke-Onigbin, Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State. Speaking at the tree-planting exercise in Oke-Onigbin on Wednes…