CACOL Commends LASU’s V C for Openness
The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, has lauded the free-style tactics employed by the Lagos state University (LASU) management, headed by its Vice Chancellor, Professor Olanrewaju Fagboun, in its response to alleged scandals of helping to falsify differentials in age of Professor Peter Okebukola, a former Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC) […]
What’s Fayemi’s Interest in Us? (1) By Akogun Tai Oguntayo
This headline appears rhetorical, coming from a new political appointee but behold, it is not. Rather, it is a soul-searching question which I asked myself after seeing the torrents of comments and goodwill messages that greeted my appointment as the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media. There is no doubt that some people […]
I will Leave a Buoyant Ogun State for Dapo Abiodun – Amosun
Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun has pledged to hand over a very financial buoyant Ogun State to the Governor-elect, Dapo Abiodun as the next Governor of the state on May 28, 2019. He said his government would not allow a repeat of what he experienced when he was taking over from the then Governor, Gbenga […]
Police Arrest Jilted Lover for Killing 8 Members of Ex-girlfriend’s Family
The police in Ondo have arrested the man who allegedly killed eight members of his ex-girlfriend’s family, including five children, after setting their house ablaze at Igbodigo, in the Okitipupa Local Government Area of the state. The suspect, Deji Adenuga, was reportedly arrested yesterday, a week after he allegedly committed the act and fled. He […]
UniPort Student Commits Suicide
A year one Chemical Engineering student of the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has been found dead in her locked room. The deceased, identified as Hikmat Gbadamosi, is believed to have committed suicide by taking two bottles of a yet-to-be-identified poisonous substance. One of the reactions to the incident on social media. Her close […]
Bandits Kidnap UBEC Boss, Daughter, Kill Driver on Transit
Bandits along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway kidnapped the chairman of the Governing Board of Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, Dr Mohammed Mahmood Abubakar and his daughter after shooting his driver to death on their way to Abuja. It was gathered that several other travelers were abducted in the operation that occurred at about 3pm at Kurmin […]
Ekiti Govt Rescues Exiled Monarch, Brokers Peace with Estranged Subjects
The Ekiti State Government has resolved the crisis rocking Ilogbo Ekiti in Ido/Osi Local Government where the indigenes were locked in dispute with their monarch, the Owalogbo, Oba Edward Ajayi. The Deputy Governor, Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi, called on the stakeholders in the town to allow peace to reign and bury the hatchet of the past. […]
Poisonous ‘Ponmo’ Enters Lagos Market
If you are a lover of Ponmo, (cow skin), and you live in Lagos, this may not be a news you will cherish to hear as the Lagos State Government has alerted residents to the circulation of “poisonous ponmo” in some markets in the state. A statement by Adeola Salako, Director of Public Affairs, Lagos […]
Policeman Killed, Shell Staff, 30 Others Kidnapped in Rivers
Two Royal Dutch Shell oil workers has been kidnapped and their police escorts killed in Nigeria’s restive Delta region, a police spokesman has said. The workers were in Rivers State, returning from an official trip to Bayelsa State, when they were attacked, according to a Reuters report. It quoted a spokesman for the Shell Petroleum […]
Female Singer Brutally Machetted as Gunmen Kill Policeman
Hell was let loose as people suspected to be herdsmen unleashed violence in which a female singer, Miss Celina Wet, was brutally attacked in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State, leaving her with severe machete wounds. Wet was said to have been attacked in her farm in Kop-Mandarken village when she went to apply […]