By Kola Popson As the incoming administration of Akinwunmi Ambode prepares to take over the mantle of leadership in Lagos State, the current Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Kayode Isiak Opeifa is pushing seriously for the position of Chief of Staff (CoS) to the incoming Lagos State Governor. According to our reliable source, who has pleaded anonymous, the popular ... Read More »
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Lagos West Senatorial District in the last National Assembly election, Segun Adewale a.k.a Aeroland has debunked online reports that he suffered ill health as a result of his loss during the election. Adewale in a chat with journalists in Lagos on Sunday, 3rd May, 2015, stated that he is hale ... Read More »
The incoming administration of the President-elect, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is set to revisit the reports of panels set up by the National Assembly to investigate various financial scandals in Federal Government’s agencies and ministries. It was gathered in Abuja, on Friday, that top among reports that the administration would examine include the fuel subsidy and N255m bulletproof cars scam ... Read More »
Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose is embroiled in a fresh controversy in his home town of Afao-Ekiti over the demolition of the Omotoso family house at 7, Oke Iro Street. In the demolition, which started at 3am, remains of family members who were buried in the building were excavated. The family members are very furious over what they called “Fayose’s ... Read More »
About 64 current and new senators-elect had yesterday endorsed the candidacy of former Kwara State Governor, Senator Bukola Saraki, for the position of Senate Presidency in the 8th Senate. The endorsement deal was sealed yesterday at a meeting held at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja. An anonymous source who was in attendance at the meeting told ThisDay that the senators ... Read More »
The Action Group of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ekiti State, has drawn a distinction between Senator Babafemi Ojudu representing Ekiti Central at the Upper Chamber in Abuja and Governor Ayodele Fayose, describing Ojudu as the light of Ekiti politics and Fayose as the darkness. In a release signed by its spokesperson, Segun Dipe, the APC Action Group urged Ekiti ... Read More »
On Thursday, April 17, 2015, members of the management team of the Ekiti State University, (EKSU), led by the Vice Chancellor, , received the governor of the state, Governor Ayodele Fayose, at the university, in a visit which was his first since he became the governor. Governor Fayose and his entourage came for what he described as a private assessment ... Read More »
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, yesterday, was sent out of a meeting meant for PDP state governors, it was reliably gathered. Mu’azu, who was not invited to the meeting which took place at the Akwa Ibom State Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja, was shocked when some of the governors began to raise their voices at ... Read More »
Nigerian troops have stormed the last stronghold of the Boko Haram terrorists in Sambisa Forest and liberated more captives, according to a statement issued by the Nigerians Army. In the statement, Acting Army Public Relations Director, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, gave details of casualties as well as the destruction and capture of more Boko Haram camps and deadly war weapons, ... Read More »
The President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday in Abuja inaugurated a 19-member Transition Committee to liaise with its Federal Government counterpart to ensure a smooth transition. A statement issued in Abuja by the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Committee (APC), Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the terms of reference of the committee include to develop a clear framework for ... Read More »
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