Bribery Allegation: Ganduje to Appear Before Kano Assembly Panel
Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, is expected to appear before the seven-man panel probing the allegations of bribery against him tomorrow. The panel in a letter, dated October 31, 2018, requested the governor to appear before it tomorrow to share his perspective on the allegations. The panel also requested him to submit a […]
Agbaje Names First Bank Director as Running Mate
The Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship candidate in Lagos State, Mr Jimi Agbaje, today, named Mrs Haleemat Busari as his running mate. Busari, a lawyer, is a serving director in First Bank, Sierra Leone and also sits on the board of several blue-chip companies. A statement by the Director of Media and Publicity of the Jimi […]
Police Loses 1.3Bn To 4 Officers, As EFCC Steps Into Matter
Four police officers Olumide Odumosu, Sule Yususf Tegina, Helen Nwafor, Okpalugo Ifeoma and two companies Olu Osmond Nigeria Limited and Jemmy Yus Investment Nigeria Limited have been docked for alleged diversion of N1,301,334,108 from the coffers of the Nigeria Police Force. The defendants are facing 14 counts charge. In the charge, marked, Temp/39698/2018, the EFCC alleged […]
Fashola Reels Out buhari’s Achievements
Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola SAN, reels out a fact sheet of Buhari Administration’s achievements at the Town Hall Meeting held in Ibadan. It surely has elevated the discourse on the direction of the 2019 General Election. Excerpts: “In 2015 the budget left behind by the previous government was N19 […]
Breaking: Body of Missing General Found
The Nigeria Army has recovered the body of Maj.- Gen. Idris Alkali (rtd), the immediate past Chief of Administration, Army Headquarters Abuja. The body was recovered from an abandoned well in Guchwet, Shen District of Jos South Local Government. Alkali went missing on his way to Bauchi after leaving Abuja in the morning of Sept. […]
Six Detained for Murder, As Former Lagos Speaker Gets Bail
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrate Court on Tuesday remanded six persons in prison custody for the murder of a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Akindele Akingbolu of the Anti-Cultism Unit of the Lagos State Police Command. Another suspect arraigned with them, a former Speaker, Lagos House of Assembly, Mr Jokotola Pelumi was however granted bail. […]
Togolese Cook Kills Nigerian Master at Lagos’ Parkview Estate
Three days after he was brought in from Ondo State to serve as a cook, a Togolese has stabbed his boss to death in Lagos. According to reports, the cook, who is yet to be named, sneaked into the bedroom of his boss, Chief Ope Bademosi, and drove a knife into his heart. A picture in […]
Governors Agree on N22,500 Minimum Wage
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Tuesday agreed to pay a national minimum wage of N22,500 from the existing N18,000. The Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Zamfara State, Abdul’aziz Yari disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the end of its 2nd emergency meeting held in Abuja. Yari said that the decision was arrived at after […]
Shi’ite: Commissioners of Police on Red Alert
The Inspector- General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris has placed all Commissioners of Police on red alert over the activities of members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN). In a statement by the Force Police Pubic Relations Officer, acting DCP Jimoh Moshood, asked the commissioners, especially those facing likely threats by the Shi’ites, to […]
Anenih: A trough of Bitter-Sweet Memories By Louis Odion, FNGE
Our first encounter in 2000 was simply apocalyptic. The old cop was at his bewitching best – marshalling provincial tactics of intimidation and seduction. An editor with THISDAY then, I was in Benin City for the weekend and happened to have been with then Governor Lucky Igbinedion at the White House that evening before the […]
