2019: Amosun Looses Former Campaign DG to Dapo Abiodun
Former Director-General of the Governor Ibikunle Amosun Campaign Organisation in the 2015 elections, Chief Bode Mustapha, has urged all members of the All Progressives Congress in Ogun State to support the party’s candidate, Prince Dapo Abiodun, in the governorship election in 2019. Mustapha made the appeal at the residence of Abiodun in Iperu, Ogun State, […]
No Cause for Alarm; I will Submit Myself to EFCC – Fayose
Governor, Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has declared that he will submit himself to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for questioning immediately after leaving office. He also stressed that he won’t escape from the commission. The outgoing governor, who shortly after a farewell service in Ado Ekiti, claimed to be on his way […]
Fayose Weeps Again! ‘Painfully’ Leaves Ekiti Govt House
It was a shocking picture of a once vibrant and tough talking governor now reduced to jelly at the Ekiti State Government House on Sunday as outgoing Governor Ayo Fayose wept profusely while vacating the state’s number-one seat. Fayose shed tears shortly after attending a thanksgiving service to mark the end of his tenure held […]
Nigeria’s 100-Year-Old Death-Row Inmate Seeking pardon
Death-row inmate, Celestine Egbunuche has been dubbed Nigeria’s “oldest prisoner” amid a campaign calling for his release. He is 100 years old and has spent 18 years in jail after being found guilty of organising a murder. Small and slightly hunched over, he looks wistfully into space as he sits on a tightly packed bench […]
FG Wields Big Stick, Bans 50 Persons on Watch-list from Foreign Trips
The Federal Government has placed no fewer than 50 high profile persons directly affected by Executive Order 6 (EO6) on watch-list and restricted them from leaving the country pending the determination of their cases. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, confirmed this development in a statement in […]
Court Reinstates Sacked Unity Bank Executive Director
The National Industrial Court in Ikoyi, Lagos has declared Mrs Arese Alonge a subsisting Executive Director of Unity bank and ordered the bank to pay all entitlements and benefits pertaining to her office. In a judgment on Monday, Justice J. D Peters held that Unity Bank had not followed the mandatory provisions of Sections 262 […]
Buhari Wields Power to Seize Properties Linked To Corruption – Court
The Federal High Court, Abuja has held that President Muhammadu Buhari’s Executive Order 6 is in line with the 1999 Constitution. The judge, Ijeoma Ojukwu, made the pronouncement while delivering judgment in a suit filed by two lawyers; Ikenga Ugochinyere and Kenneth Udeze, challenging the legitimacy of the order. Mrs Ojukwu held that it was […]
Breaking: Atiku Settles for Peter Obi as Running Mate?
In what looks like a deft move to neutralise the strength of the incumbent administration, there are indications that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, may have picked a former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, as his running mate in the 2019 presidential race. Atiku was said to […]
Breaking: Overland Aircraft Catches Fire at Lagos Airport
There was pandemonium leading to temporary breakdown of flight protocols as an aircraft belonging to Overland Airways suddenly caught fire at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MM1), Lagos. The fire reportedly broke out at about 10.30 am this morning at one of the hangers at the Lagos entry point and ravaged the aircraft. A witness said […]
Ogun Governor, Amosun Dumps APC for Accord Party.
The Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun may have fallen out completely with the party that brought him to power, the All Progressives Congress, APC and may have decided to pitch tent with another party in the state, the Accord Party. The governor recently had his wings cut short by those that matter in […]
