Bayelsa Is More Than Oil – Tinubu
Hundreds of Bayelsa State people and residents defied the downpour on Thursday to receive the All Progressive Congress (APC) Presidential campaign train led by the Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Yenagoa. Tinubu, who spoke to the mammoth crowd at Ox- Bow Lake Pavilion, venue of the rally, described Bayelsa as more than oil. […]
Practitioners launch Public Interest Lawyering Initiative in Nigeria
Lawyers, civil society, and media executives converged on Benin, the Edo state capital on Wednesday November 30, 2022, for the launch of the Public Interest Lawyering Initiative for West Africa (PILIWA) Nigeria chapter. The initiative which was founded in 2016 has a membership that cuts across nine West African countries including Cote d’ Ivoire, Ghana, […]
Don’t Tamper With Our Campaign Materials Again, Bayelsa APC Warns Gov. Diri
Bayelsa State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) government under Mr. Douye Diri to never again tamper with its campaign materials. APC in a statement on Wednesday by its State Publicity Secretary, Mr. Doifie Buokoribo, revealed that on Tuesday night officials of the Bayelsa State Government in […]
10 countries to participate in Calabar Carnival, says Commissioner
No fewer than 10 countries are expected to participate in the 2022 Annual Calabar Carnival, according to Mr Eric Anderson, Commissioner for Culture and Tourism Development, Cross River State. He said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that after a two-year break caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the carnival […]
Court Remands Medical Doctor In Ikoyi Prison Over Alleged Rape
A special offences and domestic violence court in Lagos has remanded Femi Olaleye, managing director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, in Ikoyi prison pending the fulfilment of his bail conditions. Olaleye was arraigned by the Lagos state government on Wednesday. The medical doctor pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge of defilement of a child […]
APC Presidential Candidate, Tinubu, Holds Rally in Bayelsa
The Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will be rallying in Bayelsa State on Thursday, December 1. The Yenagoa rally is in continuation of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s campaign trail around the country to gather support for his 2023 presidential bid. On arrival in the state, Tinubu, his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, […]
FIFA honours Nigerian journalist Kunle Solaja for covering nine World Cups
Mr. Kunle Solaja, Nigerian journalist and publisher of Sports Village Square, has been honoured by FIFA, in collaboration with the International Sports Press Association (AIPS), for his coverage of nine World Cup tournaments. The ace sports journalist was celebrated alongside 81 others in a ceremony held in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday. Solaja and South Africa’s […]
Again, Lagos diverts traffic for APC rally
The Lagos State Government has announced road closure for the All Progressives Congress (APC) march on Wednesday. Commissioner for Transportation, Frederic Oladeinde, issued an advisory on Tuesday. The traffic diversion is the second in five days after Saturday’s rally for presidential candidate Bola Tinubu and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. This time, the government said […]
Adeleke dissolves all non-statutory boards
The Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke, has ordered the immediate dissolution of all non-statutory boards in the state. The governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, in a statement said the directive was conveyed to Heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies by Mr Teslim Igbalaye, the Secretary to the State Government. “As a follow-up to the pronouncement by […]
Court Sentences IGP To Three Months In prison For Contempt
A federal high court sitting in Abuja has sentenced the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba to three months in prison for disobeying court order. The ruling for contempt against the police chief was delivered by Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon on Tuesday. Olajuwon issued the ruling following a suit filed by Patrick Okoli, a former police officer who […]
