Ogun monarch laments attacks by herdsmen
Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta The Eselu of Iselu, a community in Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State, Oba Akintunde Akinyemi, has decried the alleged killing of farmers by herdsmen, saying it...
View ArticleLions Club, friends raise funds for Olusola Dada Dialysis Centre
Bukola Adebayo Members of the Lions Clubs International, District 404 A1, family and friends of the late District Governor of the Club, High Chief Olushola Dada, gathered at a fundraiser in Lagos to...
View ArticleFG hails global endorsement of Nigeria’s anti-terrorism fight
Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The Federal Government has hailed the recent global endorsement of its fight against terrorism, as contained in the 2017 Global Terrorism Index of the Institute for Economics and...
View ArticleLASG seeks cooperation, promises to compensate property owners
Afeez Hanafi The Lagos State Government has urged residents to cooperate with the government in ensuring the construction and dualisation of Irede Road in the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area. It...
View ArticleLagos APC leaders urge members to embrace unity
Afeez Hanafi The apex body of the All Progressives Congress in the Lagos East Senatorial District has urged party members in the district to be united. The members in a meeting held in Ikorodu under...
View ArticlePDP, Buhari congratulate Jonathan at 60
Olusola Fabiyi and Olalekan Adetayo President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday congratulated his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, on his 60th birthday which holds on Monday. A statement by the President’s...
View ArticleFG has abandoned Bayelsa, says Dickson
Simon Utebor, Yenagoa The Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, has lamented that the Federal Government has abandoned the state, particularly in the area of road projects. The governor made this...
View ArticleSouthern senators to hold confab on restructuring
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja Members of the Senate under the auspices of the Southern Senators’ Forum have expressed their commitment to ensuring an equitable, progressive and prosperous Nigeria. The Chairman...
View ArticlePDP chair: Fayose seeks shadow election for S’West aspirants
Kamarudeen Ogundele and Mudiaga Affe The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has suggested the conduct of primary election for the national chairmanship aspirants in the Peoples Democratic Party from...
View ArticleProf. Olunloyo dies at 74
Distinguished Emeritus Prof. Vincent Olusegun Olunloyo is dead. A statement on Sunday stated that he died on Friday, October 13 in London, United Kingdom, at the age of 74. He was a Fellow of the...
View ArticleLamido’s group dismisses Buhari’s govt as disaster
Friday Olokor, Jos A pro-Lamido group, under the aegis of National Volunteers for Lamido, on Sunday described the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari as “a total disaster,” saying it had...
View ArticleEkwueme’s death, painful – Obiano
Tony Okafor, Awka The Anambra State governor, Chief Willie Obiano, has confirmed the death of a former Vice President, Dr Alex Ekwueme, describing it as painful. Speaking on the telephone with our...
View ArticleAnambra defeat: Makarfi brought ill-luck to PDP, says Kashamu
Ramon Oladimeji The senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Buruji Kashamu, has described the tenure of the Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee, Senator...
View ArticleDefiant Mugabe says he’ll preside over party congress in Dec
Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, stunned his people in his speech on Sunday, maintaining that he would preside over his party-ZANU-PF-congress in December. Many political observers and fellow...
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Obaze rejects Obiano’s victory in Anambra governorship poll
The incumbent Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano, who is also the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance coasted home with a landslide victory in Saturday’s Anambra governorship...
View ArticleAlex Ekwueme dies in London hospital
Ihuoma Chiedozie, Enugu Second Republic vice president, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, is dead. The elder statesman’s death was disclosed in a statement issued by the Ekwueme family of Oko, in Anambra State. The...
View ArticleBVN: Banks frustrating anti-corruption war, FG, AGF tell court
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Federal Government and the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), have alleged that the opposition of the 19 commercial banks to an order of the Federal...
View ArticleLagos to get 24/7 power supply in 2018 – Ambode
Samson Folarin The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has said plans are at advanced stages to generate constant electricity for residents of the state in 2018. He noted that the state...
View ArticleEkwueme believed in the unity of Nigeria, says South-East Governors
The South-East Governors’ forum on Monday, joined millions of Nigerians to mourn the death of former Nigeria’s Vice-President, Dr Alex Ekwueme. Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi and Chairman of the forum...
View ArticleCourt adjourns Nnamdi Kanu’s trial till Dec. 5
Ade Adesomoju The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday adjourned the trial of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, until December 5. Kanu is being prosecuted...
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