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Oba Owolabi Olakulehin •Royal drummers relocate to Ladoja's residence TWO days after celebrating his 90th birthday, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, yesterday, joined his ancestors. Following the news of Oba Olakulehin’s passing, the ancient city of Ibadan was thrown into mourning. His death came just five days before the one-year anniversary of his ascension to the throne.  Royal drummers relocate to Ladoja's residence  Immediately the news of the passing of Oba Olakulehin filtered in, thousands of well-wishers and the palace drummers shifted their allegiance to the next in hierarchy to the stool. Royal drummers, however, relocated to the Bodija residence of Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja who is the next Olubadan. Due to the order of ascendancy to the throne of Olubadan, Oba Ladoja, who is the Otun Olubadan, is the next in hierarchy to the Olubadan stool. The same scenario was witnessed when Oba Olalekan Balogun joined his ancestors on March 14, 2024.  The...

Coalition leaders, including former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of Labour Party in 2023 election, Peter Obi, former  Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and ex-Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, yesterday took over  control of African Democratic Party, ADC, as the platform  to unseat President Bola Tinubu in 2027. This is even as crisis seems to be brewing in the  party, following the  take over as some members of the party were opposed  the development. While some party members, including its 2023 presidential candidate, Mr Dumebi Kachikwu; National Publicity Secretary, Dr  Musa Matara, and some concerned stakeholders resisted the adoption of the party, the executives of the party in Kebbi State, however, described  the  take over  as  a welcome development. But the party’s chairman, Ralph Okey Nwosu, and secretary, Alhaji Baba Abdullahi, stepped down for the coalition’s Interim National Chairm...

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has urged his supporters to ignore the political coalition against him ahead of the 2027 general elections, describing members of the coalition as “Political Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).” Speaking in Lafia, Nasarawa State, the President advised Governor Abdullahi Sule not to focus solely on the development of solid minerals but to also prioritize agricultural development, which aligns with his Renewed Hope agenda. Addressing the governor during a town hall meeting with stakeholders — which concluded his one-day working visit to the state, where he commissioned legacy projects executed by Governor Sule — Tinubu commended the governor for his commitment to delivering critical infrastructure to the people of Nasarawa. “Sule is doing well. We will support whatever he brings to us. I can see his hard work and determination to use available resources to bring stability and prosperity to the people of Nasarawa State. “I have seen the fertile land, the mechan...

LAGOS State government has unveiled a digital address system of street house numbering to be lunched on July 1, 2025. The initiative, government explained, is  to ensure easy identification, ease of business, create more access to critical services and improve revenue for the state.  Special Adviser to the Governor on e-GIS and Urban Development, Dr. Babatunde Olajide, announced the planned commencement of the initiative at  Alausa Secretariat,  Ikeja. According to Olajide, “the digital addressing system, also known as  Lagos Identifier Programme, LIP, will help in different sectors, including housing, transportation, e-cab hailing service, security, emergency response, taxation and planning. He said the technology had not only made Lagos a smart state, but also would have real life impact on people and the government’s ability to respond to residents’ needs. Olajide said the project also aligned with broader federal ambitions for a digitally integrated Nigeria...

*NWC deputies rally behind Damagum *Anyanwu not your appointee, you can’t order him around, Wike tells Damagum *Without NEC, you can’t remove Anyanwu — Bode George *Tinubu saddened by crisis in PDP, LP — Akpabio lFix your issues, stop blaming Tinubu, Shehu Sani tells PDP, LP, others THE crisis  rocking the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, deepened yesterday, as some members of the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party rejected the decision of the Acting National Chairman, Ambassador Umar Dama-gum, to reinstate embattled National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu. Recall that Damagum had earlier yesterday, reinstated  Anyanwu, following pressure from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. This is even as one of the leaders in the crisis that had festered in the party, and Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, quarrelled with the language used by Dama-gum in directing Anyanwu to resume work at the party’s headquarters. These came on a day ...

*We lost 17 men —Army *Military to deploy 800 special forces to high risk combat zones   NO fewer than 20 soldiers were reportedly killed by bandits, who stormed two military camps in Mariga Local Government Area of Niger State on Tuesday while several others were injured. However, unspecified number of the bandits were gunned down by the soldiers during the gun battle that ensued. But the army said 17 soldiers were killed in the encounter . Seventeen corpses of the soldiers were, however, said to have been recovered from the bush while search for the recovery of others continue. This came as the Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Gen. Christopher Musa at a different event, said the military was set to deploy over 800 well-trained and combat ready special forces into operational areas to tackle myriads of security challenges facing the nation.  Vanguard gathered that the bandits numbering over 200 rode on motorcycles and invaded two military camps in Kwanan Duse and Gulbin Boka comm...

THE National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, and Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, said yesterday that hunger and poverty are the catalysts fueling insecurity, violence and social disintegration in the country. This came on a day President Bola Tinubu in Abuja, declared that Nigeria’s agricultural renaissance had begun as he commissioned 2,000 tractors for nationwide deployment, under the Renewed Hope Agricultural Mechanisation Programme, to boost food production in the country. According to the duo, the two challenges now constitute security threats to the country. On his part, the NSA, however, said the government of President Bola Tinubu is tackling the challenge through prioritisation of agricultural reforms, social investment programmes, and security sector interventions to break the cycle. Speaking at the 14th National Security Seminar  organised by the Alumni Association of National Defence College in Abuja, Ribadu, who was represented by Major General PP Mala, Director, De...