The police in Lagos have arrested the pastor of a Pentecostal church, Popoola Oluwasomidotun, for the death of one Waheed Majekodumi in the Ipaja area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the 32-year-old victim was found dead in the church auditorium on Thursday, last week, at the Peace Estate, Baruwa, Ipaja. Moreover, it was learnt that the man, father ... Read More »
The Chairman of state Presidents of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, a socio-cultural organization, in seven Igbo speaking state, Dr. Chris Eluemunoh, on Tuesday warned against any attempt to “further marginalise” the Igbo in Nigeria. Eluemunoh, who spoke with newsmen in Awka, the Anambra State capital, said such attempt would be greeted with a strong move for self-determination by the Igbo. For him, Ndigbo ... Read More »
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, says the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, was not totally dishonest to the party during the elections, claiming that Mu’azu even had a secret meeting with the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Fayose said this during a programme on Channels TV titled, View from the ... Read More »
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), are among living former Nigerian leaders attending a meeting of the Council of State currently holding inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Council consists of the President (as the chairman), Vice President, all former Presidents or former Heads of State, all former Chief Justices of Nigeria, President of the ... Read More »
By Kola Popson It has been said many a time by many that Nigerians are the most enduring people in the world. Truthfully, Nigerians are enduring and tolerant people. However, it has also been noted by many that Nigerians are the easiest to cheat and take for granted. The tolerating attitude of Nigerians to virtually everything has resulted to foreign ... Read More »
Prof. Valene Obinna, Media Director, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Imo State University Chapter, has maintained that the planned strike action by the union will not be called off until all unpaid salaries are settled. Obinna told NAN in Owerri on Monday that the union carried out the action to protest nonpayment of March and April salaries of its ... Read More »
By Kola Popson The embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Ahmadu Adamu Mu’azu, is presently on medical trip outside the country. This information was made known in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the National Chairman, Chief Tony Amadi. Below is the statement as written by Chief Tony Amadi. “The National Chairman of the ... Read More »
Abia State Governor, Theodore Orji, has inaugurated an 18-member committee to evaluate the performance of the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party in the last general elections. The committee, headed by a former state chairman of the PDP in the state, Ndidi Okereke, is charged with the responsibility of ascertaining the problems and constraints faced by the party during ... Read More »
By Kola Popson The President-elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, General Muhammad Buhari, has met with the President of Chad, Idriss Derby at the Defense House in Abuja to strategize on how to curb the menace of Boko-Haram ravaging the country. The closed-door meeting, which was held today, Monday, 11th of May 2015, was largely centered on the ... Read More »
By Kola Popson The governor of Niger State, Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has deliberately refused to formally recognize the newly elected Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Hon Isah Mohammed Kawu, at a public function meant for the commissioning of the Minna Building Material Market in the state capital on Monday. The event had in attendance the impeached Speaker ... Read More »
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