BREAKING: Tribunal Declares PDP’s Adeleke Winner Of Osun Election
The Osun State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja has declared as winner Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate in the 2018 governorship election in the state, Ademola Adeleke. It held that the All Progressives Congress and its candidate, Gboyega Oyetola, were not validly returned, Punch reports
World Water Day: Groups Ask Sanwolu to Stop Ongoing Water Privatisation Plans
The Our Water, Our Right Movement led by the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has cautioned Lagos Governor-Elect, Mr. Babajide Sanwolu from continuing on the path of previous administrations in the state that set in motion plans to privatise water in Lagos. In a statement issued to mark the 2019 World Water […]
2Baba Receives Honorary Award From Obafemi Awolowo University
Innocent Idibia, award-winning Nigerian singer, was honoured with the award of the Fellow of the school of music by the Department of Music, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile Ife. The music icon, better known as 2Baba, becomes the pioneer recipient of the award, which was presented to him at the department’s first public lecture […]
APC Queries Atiku’s Claim He ‘Won’ By ‘1.6m Votes’
The All Progressives Congress has queried what it called the ‘1.6m votes claim’ made by the Peoples Democratic Party’s Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar as part of his case before the election tribunal. APC Spokesman, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu,said in a statement, “After weeks of dilly-dallying, the PDP has woken up to the stark reality of its […]
Lebanese Tells Court How He Lied Over Fayose’s Property
A Lebanese contractor, Mr Joseph Mechleb on Wednesday provided an insight into how some foreign companies aid politicians in power to fleece government purse as he told a Federal High Court, Lagos how he was used as a front for former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose in the purchase of a property. The former […]
Ita Faji Building Collapse: Lagos Sets up Five-man Panel
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday set up a five-man Panel to investigate the immediate and remote causes of the three-storey building collapse that led to injury and death of some inhabitants at Ita Faji area of Lagos Island recently. Inaugurating the panel comprising professionals from the private and built sectors, Commissioner for Physical Planning […]
APC’s Victory Will be Short Lived- Saraki
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, said the victory of All Progressive Congress(APC) at the national and state level will be shortlived. Saraki spoke on Wednesday, March 20 at an emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja, according to Premium times. He said: “This victory that the other party has […]
Ajimobi, Okorocha, Ganduje: An Unfolding Story, By Azu Ishiekwene
It’s incredible how eight years have ended as a two-word parable: constituted authority. That’s what Governor Abiola Isiaka Ajimobi would be mostly remembered for – the epigram from his encounter with students of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH). That episode was perhaps one of the most catastrophic PR disasters of Ajimobi’s eight-year tenure. A […]
Nigerians Suspect Lagos Racist Chinese Restaurant to be Cover for Criminal Enterprise
A Chinese restaurant in Lagos which reportedly claimed that it admits only Chinese nationals may be serving as a front for a criminal enterprise. This view was shared by several Nigerians on Twitter, including one of Nigeria’s most influential online personalities and a former Director General of the Bureau for Public Service Reform, Dr. Joe […]
8 Killed in Landmine Explosion in Borno
Eight people were killed in Borno State, northeast Nigeria, near the border with Cameroon on Monday when a vehicle hit a roadside mine, security sources told AFP. The vehicle, part of a civilian convoy under military escort, veered off the road in an attempt to overtake another vehicle when it hit the device. Military and civilian […]
