Tension heightened as Gen. Yakubu Gowon, former Nigerian Head of State slummed mid way during the oration at the grave side of late Maj Gen David Akpodiete Ejoor in Ovwor-Olomu Community, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. This is coming just as military personnel fruitlessly made efforts to bar visual coverage of the ugly incident. The former Head ... Read More »
Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained the Federal Government from re-possessing the domestic wing of the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos from its current operator and manager, Bi-Courtney Limited. The court also restrained the Federal Government and its agencies from interfering or hampering the operations of Bi-Courtney with respect to its management of the airport. Justice Binta Nyako gave the ... Read More »
The family of Rev. William Okoye, the General Overseer of All Christians Fellowship Mission, has announced the death of his wife, Rev. Helen Titilayo Okoye. Okoye, who was a former Aso Rock Chaplain made the announcement in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday in Abuja Okoye, who was Head, Aso Rock Villa Chapel and Chaplain to two former ... Read More »
Classmates of Senator Ademola Adeleke at the Muslim Grammar School, Ede in Osun State have paid him a solidarity visit. They insisted he attended the school between 1976 and 1981. At a press conference in Ede, Dr. Mukaila Olopade, who was a former Sports Prefect in the school, said as their mate they will always identify with Ademola Adeleke, whom ... Read More »
The President-General, Association of Commodity Market Women and Men of Nigeria, Mrs Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, on Thursday installed Mr Adeniyi Olasoji and Mrs Abisola Azeez as ”Babaloja”and ”Iyaloja”of the popular Computer Village. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Tinubu-Ojo installed the market leaders at an elaborate ceremony in Ikeja. Recall that some traders had staged protests at the market ... Read More »
Representative of Kogi West in the Nigerian senate, Mr. Dino Melaye, has lost his mother. Sources said the octogenarian woman died Thursday evening at a private hospital. More details later… Read More »
The recently released “Migration and Development Brief” of the World Bank for 2018 that scored Nigeria as the highest recipient of Diaspora remittances, once again, in sub-Saharan Africa (which stood at $25.1 billion), and had triggered my response with an article, has generated quite a significant amount of interests from Nigerians in Diaspora by way of the commentaries that barged ... Read More »
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the redepoyment of 71 staff of the State House Aso Villa, Abuja, ahead of his inauguration for a second term in office. A circular from the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation (OHSOF), revealed that a total of 71 staff on SGL 07-14, both security and civil servants were affected. The ... Read More »
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) charges President Muhammadu Buhari to end his “private visit” abroad and immediately return home to face the deteriorated security situation in the country. The Party describes as completely unacceptable for President Buhari to practically abandon his responsibilities, as the Commander-In-Chief, at least for now, to pursue unexplained private matters in foreign lands, while bandits, marauders ... Read More »
Mr Olawale Alausa the Minority Leader, Ogun House of Assembly, on Thursday, defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC ). The lawmaker who represents Ijebu-Ode constituency announced his defection in a letter dated April 23, and read by the Speaker, Mr Suraj Adekunbi during plenary in Abeokuta. The legislator said he took the decision ... Read More »
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