Ekiti: Election Tribunal Relocates As Violence Mars Sitting
The Ekiti State Election Petition Tribunal started sitting today at Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital on a violent note as thugs invaded the Ado-Ekiti High Court premises where the tribunal is scheduled to sit, wielding sticks, cutlasses and other dangerous weapons. Owing to security concerns, the venue of the sittings of the Tribunal has been […]
Calabar Carnival to Host 1 Million Tourists to ‘Africanism’
Nigeria’s economy is set for another major boost in the tourism sector as Carnival Calabar, organisers of the annual Calabar Carnival, promised to attract one million tourists to participate in this year’s event. According to the Chairman of Carnival Calabar, Mr. Gabe Onah who featured at the recently held Akwaaba Africa Travel Market in Lagos, […]
Abuja Airport Wins 2018 ACI Safety Award
Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja has been chosen as “the best improved airport in safety” by Airports Council International, Africa region. The airport emerged the winner of the category, following an extensive evaluation process that considered entries from several other airports in Africa. In a letter dated 13th September, 2018, addressed to Captain Rabiu Yadudu, Director […]
I Won’t Follow Dogara to PDP – Deputy Speaker
The Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr Yussuff Lasun, on Sunday, denied reports that he has dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC). It would be recalled that a pro-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) group in the House, under the auspices of Parliamentary Democrats Group (PDG), had described Lasun’s defection to PDP as a forgone issue. The […]
APC Supporters Attack Zamfara Governor
Governor Abdul’aziz Yari of Zamfara State has condemned attack on his convoy by All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters who are loyalists to aggrieved governorship aspirants in the state. Yari, in a statement issued on Sunday in Gusau by Malam Ibrahim Dosara, his Special Adviser on Media and Public Enlightenment, cautioned his loyalists to desist from […]
Leadership Style: I have no Regrets – Oshiomhole
Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, a former Governor of Edo State and now Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) has told anyone who cares to listen that he has no apology for his style, saying, “My background has helped me to understand the complexity of the country and also equipped me with the things I needed to deal […]
EFCC Writes Customs, Watch-Listing Fayose
An official letter believed to have been written by the acting chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu to the Customs service placing the controversial Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Peter Fayose on its Watch-listing has leaked. There are also indications that Magu may have sent a similar communication to INTERPOL, western embassies and other […]
Ikuforiji: Court Sustains Forgery Case
Justice AbdulAziz Anka, of a Federal High Court, Lagos, kas ordered Chief Olajide Ikuforuji, the Balogun of Epe Kingdom, to prepare for his defence over alleged forgery case levelled against him by the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigerian Police Force. Justice Anka made the order after dismissing Ikuforji’s no-case-submission, filed before the court […]
Aare Ona Kakanfo,Gani Adams Losses Dad
Father of Yoruba Generalissimo and the Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba Land, Iba Gani Adams, Pa Lamidi Adams, is dead. Pa Adams, according to close family source, passed on in the early hour of Saturday in a private hospital in Lagos. He died at the ripe age of 84 and was a staunch Muslim during his […]
‘I Must Do The Honourable Thing’: Full Text Of Adeosun’s Resignation Letter
The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, on Friday resigned almost three years after she was appointed to the role by President Muhammadu Buhari. Mrs Adeosun who found herself in a scandal after online media organisation Premium Times published a report alleging that she forged her NYSC exemption certificate explained how she secured the certificate […]
