Author: Drum Africa Correspondent

Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok Ete-Ibas (rtd), has come under serious allegations of financial misconduct, with claims that he deducted ₦200 million from Ahoada East Local Government’s monthly allocations. Additionally, new details have surfaced regarding the assault and reported resignation of Ahoada East Local Government Council’s Sole Administrator, Goodluck Ihenacho. Also, fresh facts have emerged about the assault and purported resignation of the Sole Administrator of Ahoada East Local Government Council, Goodluck Ihenacho. According to a voice note from the Chief Security Officer (CSO) of Ahoada-East LGA, Mr. Hector Ekeakita, who was invited by the police alongside the…

Dele Alake, minister of solid minerals development, says Sule Lamido, former governor of Jigawa, is suffering from memory loss. On Saturday, Lamido claimed that President Bola Tinubu supported the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election. Speaking during an Arise Television interview on Sunday, Alake described Lamido’s narrative as “false, revisionist and historically dishonest”. The minister insisted that Tinubu was a central figure in the fight to actualise MKO Abiola’s mandate. “I feel very appalled at his own submissions, which I would ascribe largely to selective amnesia at best, or at the very worst, an impairment of the medulla…

The Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution will on July 4 and 5 hold a two-day zonal public hearing in the country’s six geo-political zones. The hearing is to gather citizens’ inputs on the proposed amendments. The committee, chaired by the Deputy President of the Senate, Barau Jibrin, said the public hearing will be held simultaneously in Lagos (Southwest), Enugu (Southeast), Ikot Ekpene (Southsouth), Jos (Northcentral), Maiduguri (Northeast) and Kano (Northwest). The hearing will examine critical national issues, including local government autonomy, electoral and judicial reforms, state creation, state police and inclusive governance. The Special Adviser to…

The endorsement of the senator representing Delta North Senatorial District in the Senate, Ned Nwoko, for a second term has sparked sharp division within the All Progressives Congress in the district. Party leaders in Aniocha North, Nwoko’s home base, reaffirmed their support, while the senatorial leadership moved to disown the endorsement. On June 14, 2025, Nwoko was endorsed by a forum of APC local government and ward chairmen from the nine local councils of Delta North during a meeting held at his country home. The gathering, attended by key figures, including the Delta North APC Chairman, Chief Adizue Eluaka, was…

Mr Festus Keyamo, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, says Air Peace will begin direct flights to London Heathrow Airport from Abuja on Oct. 26. Keyamo made this known in Abuja on Sunday in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Communications, Mr Tunde Moshood. According to him, the landmark achievement follows sustained diplomatic efforts by the Federal Government to enforce reciprocity in international air travel agreements. The minister said that the breakthrough was the result of a strongly worded letter from the ministry dated Aug. 1, 2024, to the UK Secretary of State for Transport,…

Controversy has trailed the reported resignation of Goodluck Ihemnacho, the Administrator of the Ahoada East Local Government Area in Rivers State, following the circulation of a disturbing video that raised questions about his resignation. In the resignation letter, addressed to the Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd.), Ihemnacho was quoted as expressing gratitude for the opportunity to serve. “I humbly write to your noble office to convey to you my resignation as the Administrator, Ahoada East LGA… My sincere gratitude goes to the government of Rivers State and the good people of Ahoada East for finding me worthy to…

The Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has nominated four more commissioners to serve in the state executive council. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday in Akure by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Ebenezer Adeniyan. According to the statement, the nomination is in addition to the 12 nominees appointed last week by the governor and currently being screened for confirmation by the House of Assembly. The nominees are Pastor Bola Ademuwagun, Mr Leye Akinola, Dr. Banji Ajaka and Mr Adesoji Afolabi. “In exercise of the power conferred on me by Section 192…

The Federal Road Safety Corps has frowned at transporting passengers with goods and animals, a common practice among commercial articulated truck drivers. The Sector Commander of the corps in Oyo State, Mrs Rosemary Alo, issued the warning during Saturday’s sensitisation programme in Ogbomoso. Drum Africa reports that the programme, organised by the Ogbomoso Unit Command, targeted articulated truck drivers, cattle traders, market leaders and other stakeholders. Alo, represented by the Ogbomoso Unit Commander, Assistant Corps Commander Solomon Aderinmola, noted that the enlightenment programme aligned with the FRSC’s 2025 Strategic Goal-One. Reiterating the corps’ commitment to reducing Road Traffic Crashes (RTC),…

The Federal Government has debunked the news making the rounds that it abandoned its citizens in Iran.  Nigerian authorities also described as misleading the report that officials at the embassy in Tehran had departed. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement said there was no truth in the claims. The statement, which was signed by the ministry’s Spokesperson, Kimiebi Imomotimi Ebienfa, said the bombing of Tehran only disrupted normal work schedules and forced staff to work remotely. The statement reads: “The attention of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has been drawn to misleading…

Gunmen have killed the former Peoples Democratic Party chairman of Tarka Local Government Area of Benue State, Aondoakaa Yaiyol. Yaiyol before he was killed Friday night was the Commander of the Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Services in the local government. It was gathered that the deceased lost his wife last year in the same circumstance and his house burnt. The PDP state publicity secretary, Tim Nyior confirmed the assassination of Yaiyol in a telephone call on Saturday. Nyior said, “It’s true that the man was once PDP chairman in Tarka LGA before his current position as commander of the…