Yinka Fatoki, a Director in the Oyo State Civil service, on Tuesday testified for the prosecution in the ongoing trial of N4.7 billion money laundering charge against a former governor of Oyo State, Rasheed Ladoja. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting Ladoja and a former Commissioner for Finance, Waheed Akanbi. Messrs. Ladoja and Akanbi had on December ... Read More »
A citizen reporter in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, said the girls were returned to the school by the Boko Haram terrorists in the early hours of Wednesday. Reports reaching The Eagle Online has it that the schoolgirls kidnapped from Dapchi in Yobe State have been returned by their abductors. Related Stories Mar 20, 2018 . Read More »
Mohammed, son of the late Abubakar Audu, a former governor of Kogi state, has reportedly fled to avoid being charged with “illegal possession of firearms” alongside Dino Melaye, lawmaker representing Kogi west senatorial district. At a press conference on Monday, Jimoh Moshood, force public relations officer, said a case of criminal conspiracy and unlawful possession of prohibited firearms have been filed against ... Read More »
Veteran journalist, columnist and administrator, Chief Adetola Adeniyi says that restructuring Nigeria is inevitable as it must be achieved either intellectually or by the use of force. Chief Adeniyi said in this interview with Business Hallmark’s Teslim Shitta-Bey and Obinna Ezugwu how the Fulani have over the years used the military and trickery to bring Nigeria to where it is ... Read More »
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on drug and substance abuse in the country. Speaking during a courtesy call by the National President of Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Pharmacist Ahmed Yakassi, on him at Government House, Ilorin, he said the country is faced with major challenges such ... Read More »
I see Femi Fani-Kayode as a comrade of mine even though he has had occasion in the past to attack me. But I have moved on from that and I hope both FFK and Mark Zuckerberg have too. What I want to remind Mr. Fani Kayode of today is the quote by the late Daniel Patrick Moynihan that “You are ... Read More »
Senate president Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, have vowed to respond “appropriately” to the rejection of the amended electoral act. President Muhammadu Buhari witheld his assent to a bill seeking to amend the act — after it was passed by both chambers of the national assembly. One of the reasons he cited for withholding ... Read More »
Representative of Lagos State Governor/Deputy Governor, Dr. (Mrs) Oluranti Adebule (middle), presents a certificate to one of the graduants, Goodeness Oyeniyi (left) ) during the Graduation ceremony/Job Fair of the Lagos State Employability Support Project at 10 Degrees Event Centre, Oregun, Ikeja, on Thursday, March 15, 2018. With them are Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, Pharm. (Mrs) Uzamat Akinbile-Yusuf ... Read More »
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has assured that with vigilance of the Nigerian youth, nobody would be able to rig the 2019 general elections. He also assured that the National Assembly caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, would not be intimidated from holding the government accountable, just as it would continue to speak the truth ... Read More »
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday identified skills acquisition as a sure pathway to economic prosperity and personal development of the burgeoning youths in the State, saying his administration will continue to support initiatives towards that drive. Governor Ambode, who spoke at the graduation ceremony/job fair of the first set of trainees from the Lagos State Employability Project ... Read More »
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