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As substantive National Chairman of ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, assumed office today, his immediate predecessor, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, has thumbed up the appointment. According to Ganduje, Yilwatda will perform well,though he is taking office at a critical time, describing his accession to the position, however, as strategic. In a statement he personally signed, which contained these, Ganduje added that he has confidence in Yilwatda’s ability to lead APC forward. The new Chairman became the party's top official during APC's National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Abuja, the country's capital, on Thursday, July 24. Ganduje, a former…

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Oyo State government has announced its readiness to enforce ban of Sunday trading at the Bola Ige International Business Complex, popularly known as Gbagi Market, Ibadan. The State Commissioner for Investment, Trade, Cooperatives and Industry, Hon. Adeniyi Adebisi, stated this on Thursday in his office at Secretariat Ibadan. According to a statement by the State Commissioner for Information, Prince Dotun Oyelade, Adebisi explained that the ban would curb rising insecurity and restore order at the market, adding that the enforcement would take effect from Sunday, 27th July 2025. He hinted that the enforcement was a culmination…

By Felix Durumbah, Abuja From Plateau State, the home state of new National Chairman of ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, came mixed reactions to his emergence today to the party's top seat. Yilwatda was unanimously endorsed by the party's National Executive Committee (NEC) today as APC's substantive National Chairman during the body's meeting in Abuja, the Nigerian capital. Until the endorsement, he was Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction. It is worthy of note that Yilwatda, flying the APC flag, unsuccessfully ran against incumbent governor of the state, Caleb Mutfwang of the Peoples Democratic Party…