National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, on Thursday said the task of uprooting governor Rauf Aregbesola and the All Progressives Congress from Osun State would be a difficult task. He, however, expressed confidence that the party’s candidate, Iyiola Omisore, had what it takes to get the job done. Mu’azu said this while presenting the certificate of ... Read More »
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday told a Lagos High Court that an accused person being prosecuted for separate fraud charges, including an alleged N979.6m fuel subsidy fraud, Oluwaseun Ogunbambo, had fled to Canada. The EFCC counsel, Mr. Emmanuel Jackson, said this before Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo while opposing an application by the accused seeking an order of stay ... Read More »
The American Consul General in Nigeria, Jeffrey Hawkins, Chairman of Honeywell Group, Oba Otudeko and President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, are some of the participants expected at the Oyo State Economic Summit which hold on April 14 and 15, 2014 in Ibadan. In a release issued by the State Commissioner of Trade and Industries, Princes Oyefunke Oworu, these ... Read More »
A Nigerian man who tweeted pictures of an attempted jail break at the country’s intelligence agency headquarters has been arrested and held incommunicado for 11 days, his family said Thursday. The head of the National Human Rights Commission, Chidi Odinkalu, told AFP that his office was investigating the alleged disappearance of 32-year-old Yusuf Siyaka Onimisi. Reports suggested Boko Haram militants ... Read More »
– Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram Islamists stormed a packed viewing centre in Nigeria’s restive northeast and shot dead two people watching Champions League matches, police said Thursday. The centre was showing the two quarter-final matches between defending champions Bayern Munich and Manchester United, and Atletico Madrid-Barcelona, on Wednesday when it was attacked. “The gunmen came in a car ... Read More »
Early this Morning in Aso Rock,President Goodluck finally Reconciled the 12 aggrieved Asipirants with the party candidate Dr Fayose after hours of meeting,more details later in the day on this meeting, Read More »
Gov Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State on Wednesday described Labour Party as the only genuine progressive party in the country. Mimiko said this at the inauguration of the party’s executives at its Oyo State secretariat in Ibadan. “The difference between our party and others is that we practice progressivism while some are progressives by name. “ ... Read More »
Apparently devastated after testing positive to HIV, a 45-year-old man, Abayomi Olarenwaju, has allegedly hanged himself. He reportedly hanged himself with a vehicle fan belt in a bush near Akure South Local Government Secretariat in the early hours of yesterday . Checks revealed that the deceased, who terminated his life without leaving a note, had just been confirmed positive of ... Read More »
The Anambra State Government on Wednesday sealed two commercial banks in Awka for allegedly failing to settle land charges. The closure, carried out under the Anambra Property and Land Use Charge, followed a recent court order. Addressing newsmen after the closure, the Head of Human Resources and Administration/Media in the organisation, Mrs Chinenye Okafor, said the banks and some ... Read More »
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