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The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) has announced that the next local government elections in the state will hold in January 2027.According to Naija News, the commission has fixed Saturday, January 16, 2027, for the polls, which will be conducted across all polling units in the state’s 33 local government areas.Voting on election day is scheduled to commence at 8:00 a.m. and close at 3:00 p.m.The decision was reached during OYSIEC’s first management meeting held at its headquarters in Agodi, Ibadan. The meeting was chaired by the commission’s chairman, Dr. Babatunde Afees Adeniyi, and centred on planning strategies for the successful conduct of the council elections.OYSIEC disclosed that political campaigns will officially end at midnight on Friday, Janu...

There has been a fresh twist in the impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara, as four members of the Rivers State House of Assembly who recently withdrew, have reversed their decision and declared support for the process.They are: the Minority Leader of the House, Sylvanus Nwankwo; Peter Abbey, representing Degema Constituency; Barile Nwakoh of Khana Constituency I; and Emilia Amadi of Obio/Akpor Constituency II.The lawmakers made the U-turn on Friday during a live broadcast aired from the front of the Rivers State House of Assembly complex, days after publicly calling for an amicable resolution of the political crisis rocking the state.Nwankwo said, “You will recall that on the 12th day of January 2026, myself and my colleague, Honourable Peter Abbey, address...

A South Korean court on Friday, January 16 sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison over charges linked to his failed attempt to impose martial law in December 2024.The Seoul Central District Court found Yoon guilty of obstructing law enforcement by mobilizing the presidential security service to prevent authorities from executing an arrest warrant against him. The court also ruled that he fabricated official documents and failed to follow the legally required process for declaring martial law, which must be deliberated at a formal cabinet meeting.The judgment marks the first ruling in a series of criminal cases stemming from Yoon’s short-lived martial law declaration, which lasted about six hours but sent shockwaves through South Korea’s political syste...

Residents of the Odo-Kekere Community in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, on Thursday evening, were thrown into panic following the sudden partial collapse of a structure in a local public school in the area.Residents of the area say a section of the school building gave way on Thursday afternoon, January 15.First responders from the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, and the Lagos State Building Control Agency LASBCA, raced to the scene promptly and cordoned off the area for safety purposes.The remote cause of incident and extent of damage were being investigated, while preliminary reports confirmed that students were not in the classrooms at the time of the collapse.

The Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa, rtd, has warned state governments to steer clear of any proposed peace deal with bandits.Musa issued this warning in an interview with BBC Hausa, saying that the Federal Government has consistently advised all levels of government against negotiating with armed groups.Describing such arrangements as dangerous, counter-productive, and a threat to national security, the minister stressed that bandits cannot be trusted to honour any agreement.According to him, negotiations only embolden criminal networks, weaken military operations, and prolong insecurity.“The Federal Government’s position is clear. There would be no negotiated settlements, no ransom payments, and no legitimisation of armed groups terrorising communities,” he ...