…Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues Public affairs analyst Donald Okwuosa said that Governor Ademola Adeleke's decision to leave the PDP before the Osun gubernatorial election was a defining move. Okwuosa said internal divisions ha…

…feed!Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues Kwara State - Gunmen believed to be terrorists have kidnapped the traditional ruler of Igbesi community, Oba Moses Oyinloye Iwedunmoye I, the Kabiyesi Onigbesi of Igbesi land, in the Isin Lo…

…feed!Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues Benue State - Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) killed one suspected bandit and detained two others in separate security operations carried out across Benue State on August 19, 2026.Lt…

…Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues A political analyst and former Obidient, Akin Olaoye, has sparked debate online after arguing that President Bola Tinubu is currently positioned to win the 2027 presidential election, citing stru…

…feed!Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues FCT, Abuja - Former Sokoto State Governor and Senator representing Sokoto South, Aminu Tambuwal, met with Minister of Defence Gen. Christopher Musa (retd.) over the growing security crisis i…

…Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues FCT, Abuja - The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has revealed that its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, deliberately skipped the signing of the National Peace Accord as a form of protest…

…Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues FCT, Abuja - President Bola Ahmed Tinubu received Bola Oyebamiji, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Osun State, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.The meeting came day…

…Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues Prof. Chris Imumolen, the National Chairman of the Accord Party, has warned politicians and stakeholders to stop treating the party's internal leadership dispute as though it is tied to the Osun…

…Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues A post circulating on X claims the United States government recently published a corruption investigation targeting former Nigerian vice president Atiku Abubakar. The claim is false.The post, pub…

…feed!Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues A US federal judge has rejected President Bola Tinubu's attempt to join a motion seeking extra time to respond to a court order compelling the FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) t…

…Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues Suspected Boko Haram insurgents launched a deadly night raid on the Gaya community in Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State on Monday, leaving one police inspector and seven civilians dead.…

…Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues Kano State - A Magistrate Court in Kano State has ordered the remand of Muhammad Najib Rimin Kebe in a correctional facility after he was charged with trespass and stealing shoes from a mosque lo…

…Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues New figures from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) show that the South East records the highest share of households with electricity access in Nigeria, while the North East sits at the bott…

…and property of farmers by the herdsmen be a top item on the agenda of the proposed government policy? “Where at the negotiating table are the representatives of farmers’ communities that have suffered attacks, destruction and displacement? “Where are the traditional institutions and landowners whose ancestral land is…

…feed!Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues Osogbo, Osun State - No fewer than 73 election-related violent incidents were recorded across Osun State between October 2025 and July 2026, with 12 deaths reported in 14 local government ar…

…Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues The Osun State governorship race is shaping up as a predominantly two-horse contest, with 14 parties listed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) but only a handful fielding can…

…Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issuesFCT, Abuja - Nigerian passport holders will gain visa-free entry into Chad and the Republic of the Congo from January 1, 2027, after both countries announced plans to scrap entry visa requirements…

…feed!Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues Benin City, Edo State - Gunmen have shot and killed Reuben Owie, an 85-year-old community secretary and leader of the Iyowa community in Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State.It…

…the importance of the REA. According to him, the agency serves as a link between government policy and grassroots development by extending electricity access beyond urban centres to underserved communities across the country.The minister urged the newly inaugurated board to provide strategic leadership, strengthen inst…

…Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues Lagos State - A man operating a legal and educational consultancy in the Ikorodu area of Lagos has been convicted by a Lagos State High Court for impersonating a lawyer and possessing a forged se…

…Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues FCT, Abuja - Senator Shehu Sani has drawn fresh attention to the long-standing rivalry between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, saying the feud has now…

…feed!Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues Otukpo, Benue State - The Dr David Olofu Campaign Council has called on the Benue State Government to establish a Judicial Panel of Inquiry into ongoing attacks in Benue South and has also d…

…feed!Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues FCT, Abuja - A public affairs analyst, Donald Okwuosa, has highlighted the implications of Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani picking a Christian, Jerry Adams, as his deputy governorship candida…

…Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues Ibadan, Oyo State - Yoruba Nation activist Sunday Adeyemo, widely known as Sunday Igboho, has broken his silence on the July 2021 raid on his home in Ibadan, claiming that Department of State Ser…

…Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues Kano State - Operatives of the Kano State Police Command have arrested a 25-year-old woman for allegedly severing her boyfriend's manhood with a knife at Durbar Hotel in the Badawa area of Kano.T…