…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…

…Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues Five state governments have said they plan to transform their existing local security outfits into state police once the constitutional process is finalised, following the House of Representative…

…Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues Ali Ndume, the senator representing Borno South in the National Assembly, has firmly denied claims that he received or handled ransom money linked to the abduction of residents in Ngoshe, Borno S…

…Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issuesAt least 15 suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters were killed early Tuesday morning when a military drone struck a target in Marte Local Government Area of Borno State.The…

…Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues Lafia, Nasarawa State - Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has dismissed eight Special Advisers and replaced them with nine new appointments, continuing a broad cabinet reshuffle that bega…

…Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues Katsina State - Two young brothers died after floodwaters swept them away in Janbago, a community in Katsina Local Government Area.It was gathered that the tragic incident occurred on their way h…

…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) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has called on the Tinubu administration to publicly name every church and mosque that will benefit from…

…Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues FCT, Abuja - President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Moshood Akinwande to lead the Surveyors Council of Nigeria, with the inauguration of the new council set for Tuesday, July 21, 2…

…Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues FCT, Abuja - Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Mrs Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, has emerged as the 33rd President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)Badejo-Okusanya defeated two other senior law…

…Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues Sokoto State - At least 13 people have been killed in coordinated attacks by suspected bandits on three communities in Sabon Birni local government area of Sokoto State.The violence stretched fro…

…Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues London, United Kingdom - The UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) office has issued a public advisory urging people applying for a UK visa to stay alert to four specific red flags that indicate fraudu…

…Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 8 years of experience covering metro, government policy, and international issues Oyo State - Historian and Professor of African Studies Toyin Falola has called on the National Assembly to embed invocations of the Yoruba deities Sango and Ogun into the oath of office taken by…

…Federal Chairperson, sought to dismantle the narrative that private lobbying influenced government policy. His response came after Sangoni, a senior African National Congress (ANC) member, requested a detailed explanation following claims by former agriculture minister John Steenhuisen alleging that public affairs firm…