Ibadan – Former Gov. Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo State and an aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday collected the nomination form for the 2015 governorship election. The aspirant, who paid the mandatory N3 million fees, collected the form at the party secretariat in Ibadan through his Committee of Friends. Razak Gbadegesin, the aspirant’s former Chief of Staff, ... Read More »
The Nigerian government has released the list for the 2013/2014 National Honours Award recipients.They include President Goodluck Jonathan’s personal steward and others See full list below. LIST OF 2013/2014 NATIONAL HONOURS AWARD RECIPIENTS The President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR, has approved the award of National Honours to the following Nigerians and friends of Nigeria, in ... Read More »
Contrary to insinuations that the bombardier jet belonging to Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor which was arrested with $9.3m in South Africa was on errand for the man of God, Green Coast Produce Company Ltd has clarified that it was on lease to a third party as at the time of the incident. A statement by Dr Shima Adun on behalf of ... Read More »
The Silent Industrial Revolution By Yusuph Olaniyonu In an interview published in the August 30, 2014 edition of some national newspapers, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, Governor of Ogun State, spoke about the danger that the growing army of unemployed youths pose to the country. The Governor should know. While superintending over a state like Ogun with 22 public and private tertiary ... Read More »
The Minister of State for Defence, Mr Musiliu Obanikoro, on Monday launched the Support Our Troops Foundation in Abuja to encourage the Nigerian armed forces. Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the foundation, Ms Funmi Ogbue, said that the foundation was established to encourage the armed forces especially in their fight against insurgency. She hoped that the support foundation would ... Read More »
Former Governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff has issued a reply to Wole Soyinka’s ‘Wage of Impunity’ article. Speaking through the Commissioner of Information and Home Affairs under his administration, Mr. Inuwa Bwala, Sheriff who has been accused of funding the operations of the deadly Islamist sect, Boko Haram, said Soyinka was only entertaining Nigerians with his mastery of ... Read More »
The municipality of Ibadan was electrified yesterday when top socialite and businessman Otunba Rotimi Ajanaku staged a political rally that saw thousands of people joining the outsized train. The rally which was said to have been put together by his group Otunba Rotimi Ajanaku Forum (ORAF) a block off the Otunba Rotimi Ajanaku Foundation saw the train from Ibadan North ... Read More »
A 33-year-old Beninoise, Brouno Amoussou, was on Thursday charged with conspiracy and theft of N10million cash and jewellery belonging to Senator Chris Anyanwu at an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Amoussou, a resident of No. 221, Temple Heights, Flat 6, Banana Island, Lagos, is facing charges of conspiracy and stealing. The prosecutor, Cpl. Innocent Odugbo told the court that the ... Read More »
The Wife of the Former Governor of Cross River, Mrs. Onari Duke and other eminent women has called on Nigeria women to tap into their natural creative talent to succeed and gain influence. The women said this while speaking at the 2014 Women in Business and Leadership Summit organized by GLEEHD Foundation held recently at the Dream Center in Anthony, ... Read More »
‘The Supreme Price’, a new documentary on the late Chief MKO Abiola, his wife Kudirat and their struggle for the enthronement of democracy in Nigeria will premiere at this year’s edition of the Lights, Camera, Africa!!! Film Festival of The Life House. Produced by American filmmaker, photographer and scholar, Joanna Lipper, the documentary will premiere at Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria ... Read More »
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