Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha, has effected a minor reshuffle in the State Executive Council (EXCO) while also redeploying some Permanent Secretaries. Commissioner for Transport, Barrister Ihukwumere Alaribe, has been moved to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. In the interim, Commissioner for Petroleum and Environment, Prof. Okey Okoro, will be supervising the Ministry of Transport and ... Read More »
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, on Tuesday swore in 495 presidents and members of customary courts, for effective dispensation of justice across the 33 local government areas of the state. The governor, while speaking at the occasion held at the House of Chiefs, Parliament Building, Ibadan, admonished the newly-appointed customary court president and members to embrace the fear of ... Read More »
A probable harvest of deaths was on Tuesday averted at the Station Road Branch of First Bank in Osogbo, capital of the State of Osun. The bomb was detected and subsequently defused by men of the Anti-Bomb Squad of the Police. Customers and staff of the bank heaved a sigh of relief as they thanked God the device was detected. Read More »
Pastor Princewill Basil who is standing trial before an FCT High Court over alleged rape of two girls was on Tuesday confronted by a second victim who claimed he raped her countless times. Basil, the General Overseer, Mountain Movers Fire Ministry Church, Nyanya, was arraigned in 2012 for allegedly having unlawful carnal knowledge and impregnating two student-members of his church, ... Read More »
Adekunle Kayode, the Pastor in charge of Jesus is The Way Evangelistic Ministry, Olorunsogo, Abeokuta in Ogun State became the guest of the Ogun State Police Command on Sunday following allegations that he fingered a member of his church on the same day within the premises of the church in order to confirm the member’s virginity. The 34-year-old Pastor who ... Read More »
Nigeria will have to do without captain Joseph Yobo for their friendly game against Mexico in Atlanta on Wednesday. Yobo, 33, who has not played for Nigeria since they won the Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa last year, has suffered “an undisclosed strain”. The Norwich defender has been replaced by 25-year-old uncapped German-born defender Leon Balogun. Balogun, who ... Read More »
When it rains it pours. That’s what seems to be going on with Iyanya Mbuk. The Kukere master is living it up. The man who snagged well over N100m in endorsements in 2013 is stepping into 2014 with brands hot on his tail. Iyanya just drove out of the computer village Ikeja in a brand new Prado Jeep, 2014 ... Read More »
Our attention has been drawn to a defamatory and contemptuous report in the current edition of Sahara Reporters, an online publication. We therefore, wish to alert the College stakeholders, critical publics, and Nigerians in general that the publication is the handiwork of a drowning alarmist, whose mission is to misinform and stir up strife. Besides, the following points are worthy ... Read More »
The Peoples Democratic Party Leadership ( PDP) and the Nigeria President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has once again demonstrated to Nigerians and the whole world the high level insensitivity attached to serious National tragedy that befell the country in the last seventy two hours which require sober reflection and needs urgent attention. It is shameful to watch PDP in Kwara State ... Read More »
Business mogul and foremost philanthropist, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, is set to endow the Dangote Foundation, a foundation he set up 20 years ago, with N200 billion ($1.25 billion). This is just as the industrialist, according to the latest Forbes magazine’s rich list, marked another milestone yesterday when he became the first black man to break into the league of the ... Read More »
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