Lagos State Government, yesterday, flagged off the operation of new buses under the Bus Reform Initiative(BRI), with free service on five routes, saying the development would redefine public transportation and make the state globally competitive. President Muhammadu Buhari had during his one-day working visit to Lagos, commissioned the buses in company of his host, Governor … Read more
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State said on Wednesday that there was no rift between him and his predecessor in office, Adams Oshiomhole, current National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Obaseki made the clarification at the Benin airport upon his arrival in the state following a one-month vacation. The governor described as fake … Read more
Civil servants in Cross River State have protested the payment of May salary on the first day of the month by Governor Ben Ayade. Ayade had consistently paid the May salary on the first day of the month in the last three years of his tenure. But speaking to journalists, the state chairman of the … Read more
The immediate past Deputy National Chairman (South) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Segun Oni, has been suspended indefinitely from the party. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Oni, who was also a former governor of Ekiti, was suspended over alleged anti-party activities. In a letter dated May 1, 2019, and addressed … Read more
The Acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu has ordered the immediate redeployment of the Commissioner of Police Kaduna Command, CP Ahmed Abdulrahaman from the State to the Force Intelligence Bureau, Force Headquarters, Abuja. He also directed the CP Aji Ali Janga, who until now was the Commissioner of Police in charge of Bauchi State, … Read more
Musa Umar, the District Head of Daura, Katsina State, the hometown of President Muhammadu Buhari, has been kidnapped by four unidentified gunmen. The kidnappers stormed Mr. Umar’s Daura residence at 7p.m. on Wednesday and sporadically shot into the air, scaring bystanders, who scampered for safety. Mr. Umar had just returned from the mosque where he … Read more
Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of setting a bad precedence by withholding his certificate of return after he had been declared winner of the Imo west senatorial election. Okorocha said since the election had been concluded and a winner announced, the electoral umpire had no right … Read more
Two Nigerian authors, Oyinkan Braithwaite and Diana Evans, have been shortlisted for 2019 Women’s Prize for Literature. It is the first time two African authors will be shortlisted for the award in the same year. There would have three Nigerian authors on the list had Akwaeke Emezi advanced past the nomination stage of the award … Read more
The All Progressives Congress APC has suspended the immediate past Deputy National Chairman (South) of the party and former Ekiti state governor, Segun Oni, from the party indefinitely over alleged anti-party activities. In a letter dated May 1st and addressed to Oni by the party’s executives in Oni’s Ifami Ward II, Ekiti, the party said … Read more
Gunmen have stormed Daura, kidnapping the father-in-law to President Buhari’s ADC. The victim Musa Umar who is said to be the Magajin Garin Daura was abducted in his Daura residence, Katsina North shortly after observing Maghrib prayer. A credible source in Daura told Channels Television that “the attackers shot sporadically to disperse the crowd and … Read more
The people of Ovu community, Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State, home town of the former National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, Secretary-General, Chief Frank Kokori, yesterday, blocked the East-West Road, protesting the refusal of the Minister of Labour, Mr. Chris Ngige, to swear in Kokori as Chairman of Nigeria … Read more
About 63 women organisations, activists, scholars and human rights organisations have threatened to take legal action against violation of rights of over 100 women who were allegedly assaulted, humiliated and sexually harassed at an Abuja night club last week. Agents of the Federal Capital Territory Administration(FCTA), Joint Task Team had raided a night club on April17 … Read more
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has told Sadiku Rafindadi, Director of Commercial and Development, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) that Imo State cargo airport was ready for commissioning. Okorocha said this, yesterday, when Rafindadi visited him at the Government House in Owerri, adding that the cargo airport which will be commissioned second week … Read more
Barring any unforeseen circumstance, the Imo State governor-elect, Chief Emeka Ihedioha, will today, depart Abuja for Bonn, Germany, to honour an invitation to participate at the United Nations Global Festival of Action on Sustainable Development. According to a press statement by Ihedioha’s media aide, Mr. Chibuike Onyeukwu, “the governor-elect, as a Special Guest Speaker, will … Read more
National Human Rights Commission(NHRC), has waded into juvenile cases of some inmates in Anambra, involving about 523 inmates in Awka and Onitsha prisons. The body said the move was in line with the commemoration of the African Pre-Trial Day 2019 with theme: “Decriminalisation of Petty and Minor Offences.” In a speech at Onitsha Prisons, where … Read more
Anambra State government threatened, yesterday, to demolish buildings accommodating criminals in line with the provisions of the laws of the state. Governor Willie Obiano, while addressing the State Executive Council at the Government House, Awka, advised landlords to ascertain the backgrounds of their prospective tenants before offering them accommodation. According to him, landlords across the … Read more
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday said the ongoing diplomatic shuttles engaged by its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, will in no distant time bring to actualisation the Sovereign State of Biafra. IPOB in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, expressed confidence that Biafra restoration is gathering momentum “with the recent … Read more
Seven persons, including two students of Benue State University(BSU), Makurdi, escaped death in a gas explosion that ripped through a filling station opposite the institution on Makurdi-Gboko Road, Monday evening. An eyewitness the victims, who are 300 level Mass Communication students of the institution and other customers, had gone to the station to fill up … Read more
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Oyo State, yesterday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), to allow the governor-elect, Seyi Makinde to inspect the materials used in March 9 governorship election in the state. INEC declared Makinde, candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), winner of the March 9 governorship election in Oyo State after polling … Read more
Bauchi State lawmakers in the Senate and the House of Representatives yesterday endorsed Senator Ahmed Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila for both Senate presidency and House Speakership position, respectively. In a communiqué by the 11 lawmakers and party leaders, the lawmakers noted that “first and foremost, we, the legislators representing Bauchi State on the platform of … Read more