Erelu Fayemi, Otedola, two Govs, Former Ghanaian President Win Zik Leadership Prize
Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, has won the 2018 Zik Leadership Prize for humanitarian Leadership. This was disclosed by the organisers of the annual Prize in Lagos during the week. Her husband, Dr Kayode Fayemi had earlier in 2013 won the Zik Leadership Prize in the political leadership category. Other winners of […]
Atiku and the Inconsistency at the Tribunal
BY USSIJU MEDANER The petition filed by Atiku Abubakar of the PDP in the just-concluded presidential elections is fraught with inconsistencies which bring to mind question of its veracity and the mindfulness of the counsellors in charge of the petition. It ought to have been envisaged that the substance of the petition is unrealistic and […]
JAMB to Release UTME Results from Monday
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has assured candidates of the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination that results would be ready from April 29. The Board’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Bwari. Benjamin said that screening of the results would soon […]
EFCC Detains Four Over Foreign Currency Wire Fraud
The Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday arrested four suspects; Ajiero Onyeka, Clement Peter, Mustapha Zubiri, Agbo Austine Taylor for allegedly attempting to carry out a fraudulent _BANK WIRE TRANSFER_ to the tune of $200,000 about N72, 000, 000 (SEVENTY TWO MILLION NAIRA). A team of EFCC operatives […]
Fear Grips Agidingbi, Ikeja Residents as Apex Court Gives Land to new Owners
A cloud of anxiety hovers around Agidingbi, a sprawling community in Ikeja, the capital city of Lagos as the Akinole-Oshiun family got order to take possession of 398 acres of land in that zone, following a Supreme Court judgement which ruled against Lagos State Government, the earlier owners. The development was the outcome of a […]
Danbaba Suntai not Qualified to Fly the Aircraft that Killed Him, Investigation Reveals
Remember Danbaba Suntai, the late former Governor of Taraba State and acclaimed pilot who had a fatal air accident, got seriously injured and later died as a result of the fatality? Recent reports by the Accident Investigation Bureau, AIB, has shown that the late governor was not “competent, qualified and certified” to fly the Cessna […]
Reverend Father Commits Suicide for Sexually Assaulting Minor
A Reverend Father identified as Richard Bilé, serving at the parish of Saint Francis of Assisi Affiénou (Maferé), Cote d’ivoire, committed suicide over a case of pedophilia. He had been accused of defiling a little girl and when the Presbyteral Council met on Tuesday, April 23, a decision was made to suspend him for a […]
Son Sells Hunchback Mother to Ritualists for N7million
Following the abduction of a 60 year old woman ,Mrs Rukayat Abodunde, by some suspected ritualists who invaded her home in Ayetoro street, Ondo town, headquarters of Ondo West Local Government Area of Ondo State, men of the Ondo state Police command are now working round the clock to unravel the mysterious abduction and killing […]
APC Rejects Controversial Life Pension for Bayelsa House Members
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State has taken a swipe at the incumbent government of Bayelsa State over its planned implementation of payment of monthly life pension for members of the state’s House of Assembly. In a release signed by the APC Publicity Secretary for the state, Doifie Buokoribo, the party described the […]
Buhari Departs for Britain on a Private Trip
President Muhammadu Buhari is off to the Great Britain on a trip the presidency tagged a “Private visit”. Femi Adesina, the president’s spokesman, said Buhari will return on May 5, 2019, about three weeks before he takes the oath of office for a second and final term in office. It will be recalled that Buhari […]
