The Oyo State government has said that it did not have the powers to change the itinerary of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and as such, could not have influenced President Goodluck Jonathan to visit the Olubadan of Ibadanland during his visit to some traditional rulers last Saturday. The government made this known in an interview ... Read More »
My Dear Sir, I am constrained to draw your attention to the fraudulent activities going on at the office of the Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly. On the 20th of December 2013, I officially informed the Executive Governor of Imo State of the fraudulent activities at the Speakers office involving the Chief of Staff (Mr. Kodichi Anamekwe) and ... Read More »
A Zamfara High Court, sitting in Gusau, on Thursday adjourned a case of armed robbery and attempted murder preferred against Sen. Ahmed Yarima and 29 others to April 8. Yarima, a former governor of Zamfara, was arraigned in the court by the Inspector-General of Police on an eight-count charge of armed robbery, conspiracy and attempt to commit murder, among others. Yarima appeared ... Read More »
Nigeria’s former Ambassador to Ghana and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has condemned the forced closure of popular Lagos market, the Abibatu Mogaji Model Market in Iponri, in order to enforce traders’ registration with the All Progressives Congress. Obanikoro, in a statement on Wednesday, said it was heartless that the market was shut for 10 days ... Read More »
According to Premium Times Officials of the State Security Service, SSS, have seized the travelling documents of suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, shortly after he arrived Lagos from Niger, where he had gone to attend a meeting of governors of central banks in the West African sub-region. Shortly after his plane landed at ... Read More »
Governor Babatunde Fashola’s administration has banned indecent dressing among female public servants. All forms of dresses that expose breasts, contours and other sensitive female body parts have been outlawed. •Governor Fashola: Bans indecent dressing among female public servants The decision was taken as a result of worsening cases of indecent dressing among female public servants at the Lagos State Government ... Read More »
The fugitive claimed responsibility for the killing of a Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Albani The leader of the extremist Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau, has, in a video released to journalists, threatened more attacks against Nigeria, saying his members would target Nigeria’s sources of revenue, and her refineries. Mr. Shekau, a fugitive, who is wanted for terrorism by both Nigeria and ... Read More »
The Olubadan-in-Council has described the visit of President Goodluck Jonathan to the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, on Saturday as selective and a contravention of the protocol of the existing chieftaincy law of Oyo State. On his way to Ile Ife, where he held a meeting with the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade, Jonathan landed in Ibadan Cargo ... Read More »
THE Chairman of Labour Party in Ekiti State, Barr Akinbowale Omole, has called on politicians and the media to be vigilant and not to allow themselves to be used in misleading the public and heating up the polity by the paid agent of the Governor Kayode Fayemi administration pretending to be aggrieved members of the Labour Party. In their ... Read More »
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Wednesday urged Nigerians to reflect on the past successes associated with Nigeria as a nation in order to find the right inspiration towards rebuilding of country. Fashola, who spoke as Guest of Honour at the Metropolitan Club, Victoria Island, venue of the Public Presentation of the books, “The Life and Times of James ... Read More »
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