INEC releases timetable for 2019 elections
Ahead of the 2019 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission has released guidelines and schedule of activities for the election. This is just as the commission stated that it would make public its budget for the 2019 election on Thursday. The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, announced the guidelines during a press conference […]
Don Waney’s mansion demolished by FG
The Federal Government on Tuesday demolished a multi-million naira mansion at Omoku, in the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, belonging to the slain Niger Delta militant and notorious kidnapper, Don Waney. It was also learnt that the house was bulldozed under the watch of heavily-armed security agents, who mounted guard at different angles […]
I Washed Dead Bodies For 8 Years To Pay Tuition- Gov. Ajimobi
The governor of Oyo state, Southwest Nigeria, Abiola Ajimobi, says he washed dead bodies throughout his eight years of schooling abroad. Ajimobi who spoke at south-west youth regional summit in Osogbo, Osun state capital on Tuesday, January 9, said without doing so he would not have been able to raise his tuition fees. The Oyo […]
Buhari, Ortom Meet Behind Closed Doors
President Muhammadu Buhari and the governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, just concluded a meeting inside the State House, in Abuja. The meeting was held behind closed doors. Reporters are currently waiting to get further details from the governor on the outcome of the meeting. This is the first time the two leaders will meet […]
JAMB announces dates for 2018 UTME, postpones mock exams
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the dates for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Ishaq Oloyede, the registrar of the board, said the examination will be held between March 9 and 17. Oloyede made this known at a meeting with stakeholders on Tuesday. He said the examination initially scheduled to […]
Buhari: Between Yesterday and Tomorrow By Reuben Abati
I wrote the following piece, presented in italics, shortly after the postponement of the 2015 Presidential elections. It is important that the reader approaches it with an open mind, with an understanding of the context of its construction. The piece, titled “Buhari’s One Chance Campaign” never got published. One of my colleagues to whom […]
Court case against olukere stalled as he falls sick and absent from court
The arraignment of the Olukere of Ikere-Ekiti, Oba Ganiyu Obasoyin, before a Magistrate’s Court for alleged murder was stalled on Monday due to the absence of the monarch on account of ill health. The monarch and five others were remanded in prison custody on December 27 by the court. The other accused persons were, however, […]
Fayose got to government by accident
A former governor of Ekiti State, Otunba Niyi Adebayo, said on Monday that Governor Ayodele Fayose became governor “by accident.” Adebayo said this while fielding questions from reporters at the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress in Abuja. He was responding to questions about the level of the APC’s preparedness for the 2018 governorship […]
Brothers arrested for alleged murder of grandmother
Two brothers have been arrested for the alleged murder of their 67-year-old grandmother in the Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State. The brothers allegedly killed the 67-year-old woman, one Grace Ovbiebo, for money ritual in connivance with two other relatives. The incident was said to have occurred on Asowota Street, Ohovbe quarters, in Benin, […]
Policeman killed son over missing money
Tragedy struck on Rasak Okunola Avenue, Ijagemo, in the Ijegun area of Lagos State, after a police sergeant, Oludele Olosunde, allegedly beat his son, Ibukun, to death. The suspect was said to have immediately buried the 17-year-old at the Apapa Cemetery. It was learnt that Ibukun had just secured admission into a university and was […]
