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By Peter Omopo – August 17, 2025 The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Mrs. Adesola Ayoola-Elegbeji, has emerged winner of the Remo Federal Constituency by-election held on Saturday in Ogun State. Announcing the results at the INEC Collation Centre in Ikenne in the early hours of Sunday, the Returning Officer, Prof. Kazeem Bello, declared Ayoola-Elegbeji winner after she polled 41,237 votes. Her closest rival, Bola Oluwole of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), secured 14,324 votes, while the African Democratic Congress (ADC) trailed with just 289 votes. A breakdown of the results showed Ayoola-Elegbeji’s dominance across the three local government areas:…

By Peter Omopo  – August 17, 2025 The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the by-election for the Ganye State Constituency seat in the Adamawa State House of Assembly. The Returning Officer for the poll, Professor Tukur Ahmed, announced the results in the early hours of Sunday. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the APC candidate, Misa Musa, polled 16,923 votes to edge out the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Buba Muhammad Joda, who secured 16,794 votes. The tightly contested race was held to fill the vacancy created by the death of former lawmaker Abdulmalik Musa in May…

By Peter Omopo  – August 17, 2025 The Federal Government has refuted reports suggesting that the 753 housing units forfeited to it by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are already up for sale, warning Nigerians against falling victim to fraudsters. The houses, seized from former Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele, were officially handed over to the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development in May 2025. At the time, the Minister of Housing, Ahmed Dangiwa, announced that the units would eventually be sold to members of the public through a transparent and competitive process under President Bola Tinubu’s…

By Peter Omopo – August 17, 2025 Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has dismissed allegations that ₦54 billion is missing from the state treasury, describing the claims as false, misleading, and politically motivated. The controversy began after members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) under the platform Abia’s Best Interest Association accused the governor of lacking transparency and mismanaging state resources. The group’s convener, Eze Chikamnayo, alleged that despite the ₦54bn budgeted for public school renovations in the 2024 fiscal year, schools across many local government areas remain in poor condition. Responding during a media chat on Friday, Governor Otti…

By Peter Omopo – August 17, 2025 Kebbi State has been thrown into mourning following the death of the Emir of Zuru, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Sani Sami (retd.), who passed away on Saturday night at the age of 81. The state Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji Garba Umar-Dutsinmari, confirmed the monarch’s death in a statement on Sunday in Birnin Kebbi. According to him, the Emir died in a London hospital after a brief illness. The late Emir, a respected traditional ruler and retired military officer, is survived by four wives and seven children. In a condolence message, the…

By Peter Omopo – March 17, 2025. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered over ₦5 billion and $10 million from contractors and government officials indicted in the alleged multi-billion naira fraud tied to the turnaround maintenance of Nigeria’s refineries in Port Harcourt, Kaduna, and Warri. Investigations, according to EFCC sources, have also uncovered an additional ₦10 billion and $13 million believed to have been siphoned through inflated contracts and questionable payments, which the agency is working to recover. The EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, is said to have personally overseen the probe, reportedly displeased by Nigeria’s continued reliance…

By Peter Omopo – 17th March, 2025. The Lagos State Government has sealed several properties, including residential apartments in Lekki, for illegally discharging untreated sewage into public drains in violation of state environmental laws. The enforcement exercise, conducted on Friday by the Lagos State Wastewater Management Office, targeted facilities found culpable of polluting the environment and endangering public health. In a statement on Saturday, the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, said six public toilet facilities in Idi-Araba were shut down after investigations confirmed they were habitually channeling raw sewage into drainage systems. “These perpetrators have been…

By Peter Omopo – Ilara, August 17, 2025  Prominent leaders across Nigeria have paid glowing tributes to the Alara of Ilara Kingdom, Oba Olufolarin Ogunsanwo (Telade IV), as he marked his fifth coronation anniversary with a series of cultural, religious, and social events in Ilara, Epe Division of Lagos State. The three-day celebration, which began on Friday, August 15, featured a street parade, Jumat service, a commemorative football match, and free medical outreach, alongside empowerment programmes for residents of the community. In his goodwill message, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State hailed Oba Ogunsanwo’s reign as impactful and progressive, noting…

By Peter Omopo  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Hassan Shado, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), winner of the Okura State Constituency by-election in Kogi State. Announcing the result at the Egume Collation Centre on Saturday, the Returning Officer, Prof. Emmanuel Onome, said Shado polled 55,073 votes to defeat his rivals. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate secured 1,038 votes, while the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) candidate garnered 445 votes. Despite the landslide victory, the election was marked by low voter turnout, a development acknowledged by the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Oliver Agundu. While lamenting the apathy,…

16th August 2025 By Peter Omopo The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned against any attempt to manipulate the outcome of the Babura/Garki federal constituency by-election scheduled for Saturday in Jigawa State. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Saturday PUNCH, the party’s Publicity Secretary, Umar Kyari, cautioned electoral authorities, security agencies, and political stakeholders against undermining the process. “We want to put everyone on notice that PDP supporters are vigilant and ready to resist any form of manipulation during this election,” Kyari said, stressing that the party would not tolerate any breach of electoral ethics. He urged the Independent National…