The Lagos State Government has lamented the resurgence of hoodlums and the attendant insecurity in the Oshodi area of the state. The government stated that a review of its strategy had been done to bring back sanity to the area. The new Chairman of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences Unit, Olubukola Abe, said this on Wednesday ... Read More »
Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption, Professor Itse Sagay, SAN, yesterday urged all those who know their hands are dirty to come forward and confess, assuring that certain lenient terms can be obtained by doing so. President Muhammadu Buhari recently appointed a Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption headed by Sagay. The committee’s brief, according to the Special Adviser ... Read More »
The former governor of Ogun state, Otunba Gbenga Daniel has responded to the allegation of Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka that he (Daniel) closed down the state House of Assembly for almost one year with the aid of the police. Otunba Daniel said the comment of Soyinka against him was prejudicing and belittle the repute of the Africa’s first Nobel Prize winner ... Read More »
Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has described President Muhammadu as a “born-again” phenomenon on the Nigerian political landscape, who is ready to make amends for his past mistakes. Soyinka, who spoke in an interview with Zero Tolerance, a periodic publication by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, noted that Buhari has already paid some debts to the Nigerian community, ... Read More »
Political activist and National Publicity Secretary of the Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Mr. Yinka Odumakin Human has submitted a petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, detailing allegations of financial recklessness and corruption against Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola. Odumakin, who is an indigene of Osun State, submitted the petition on behalf of a group, Osun Stakeholders, on ... Read More »
President Muhammadu Buhari said Tuesday in Abuja that the prosecution of persons who have stolen national resources will begin in a matter of weeks. Speaking at a meeting with members of the National Peace Committee led by Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar in the Presidential Villa, President Buhari declared that his administration was irrevocably committed to doing all within its powers to break the ... Read More »
Following the recent redeployment of Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola from Lagos State Ministry of Lands to Lagos State Ministry of Youths and Sports by Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode, there have been speculations that this development may be due to some political reasons. It would be recalled that last week, the Executive Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode had transferred the appointment of ... Read More »
…berates Jonathan and Wike for frustrating project The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for fast-tracking the clean-up of Ogoniland in accordance with the Report and recommendations of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP). In a statement signed by the Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, and issued on Friday in Port Harcourt, Rivers APC ... Read More »
The immediate past National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, (retd), has given a hint that some arms and ammunition procured by the Jonathan administration had not arrived the country. The former NSA said that some elements whose identities he did not disclose were frustrating the nation’s efforts to get the critically needed equipment to fight the Boko Haram insurgency. According ... Read More »
The House of Assembly panel which investigated the petition written by Justice Folahanmi Oloyede, against Governor Rauf Aregbesola, today in Osogbo said that the allegations of corruption contained in the petition were based on rumour. The Chairman of the panel, Mr. Adegboye Akintunde, who presented the report at the plenary sitting of the House of Assembly also recommended disciplinary action ... Read More »
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