Unidentified assassins have murdered a former Imo state chairman of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), N.H Nwankwo Esq. amid fear and panic. It was gathered that the ex-NBA boss was assassinated in his office on Saturday by unidentified bandits. According to studies, the lawyer went to the office on Saturday and did not return to his residence at School Road, Owerri, …
Director-General of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), Salihu Lukman, has dispelled rumours that some leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are opposed to the ongoing nationwide membership registration and revalidation. He dismissed insinuations making round that comments by the party interim National Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande while revalidating his membership on Thursday at Ila Orangun and the …
Popular Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, has hit the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, for allegedly failing to represent the Yoruba nation well during his recent meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on killer herdsmen in the South West. The monarch, he alleged, didn’t communicate the anger and pains of the Yoruba nation to the President during …
By Daniel Atayi No doubt that there is always no smoke without fire as it said in African proverbial literature. Also, the fact that in politics, what is permanent is interest and not enmity! At present, the clamour and agitation for power shift to the Southern part of Nigeria are heating up the polity. While the Southwest is formidable in …
The Northern Nigerian Security and Public Safety Concern, NSPSC, has expressed concern over the emerging trend of lobbying the presidency for the appointment to the post of the Inspector General of Police, IGP. The Coordinator, North Central of NSPSC, Benedict Ene, in a statement lamented that interest groups and sectional champions are lobbying for candidates for succession to the IG …
Popular Afro-pop singer and dancer Yemi Alade has revealed how she ignorantly ghosted popular American Singer Beyonce for two months. According to her, her management was in charge of her emails and they had no idea why she received the email incessantly. It was on the manager mentioning “email from Parkwood” that she realized that it was Beyonce. She said: …
Uncontrovertibly one of the most intellectually engaging historians of our time, Professor Abdul Gafar Siyan Oyeweso, manifests by the day in several discourses on account of his selfless services. I had just been part of a radio programme on Friday, January 8, 2021, when one of the promoters of the online broadcaster, Spirit of Nigeria, Dotun Atilade, called me. In …
Worried by the economic hardship in the country, the Lagos State chapter of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Lagos State Government to ameliorate the sufferings of the people, saying that the poverty in the land was alarming. Its Lagos State Chairman, Adedeji Doherty, made this call at the Chairman’s Virtual Town Hall Meeting recently. He said …
Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello released N3.8 billion for capital projects for the first quarter of the year, Finance, Budget and Economic Planning Commissioner Asiru Idris said on Sunday. He said the projects cut across the three senatorial districts, adding that the governor has proven himself as a detribalised leader. The commissioner said in a statement that the implementation of …
As Young Africa Works and International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), begin training of 30,000 young Nigerians on agribusiness in Lagos, Kaduna and Kano, Professor of Agriculture, Emmanuel Ikani, has called for deliberate government policies to bring Nigerian youths into mechanized agriculture. Prof. Ikani, who is the Executive Director, National Agricultural Extension Research Liaison Services (NAERLS), Zaria made the call …
President Muhammadu Buhari has celebrated Nigeria’s first female newspaper editor, Dr Doyin Abiola, as she clocks 75. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, the President recalled Dr Abiola’s contributions to responsible journalism, commending her for nurturing many young Nigerians into building successful careers in the media industry. While encouraging Dr Abiola, who …
Babatunde Bello, popularly known DJ Babus, has died of coronavirus. The famous disk jockey passed away on Friday. He was a Talent Manager at KnightHouse from 2011 to 2014. Babus graduated from the University of Baltimore in 2010 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems and Technology Management. A one-time DJ at Four Points by Sheraton, Lagos, he was the …
Police in Ogun State have arrested “three members of Eiye confraternity for threatening to kill one Teslim Lateef, who refused to be initiated into their cult group. The suspects, Olajide Shittu, Emmanuel Fidelis and Sunkanmi Ifelodun were arrested on Thursday following a report lodged at Ajuwon police station by Lateef. Lateef told the police that the three suspects had been …
An Igbo socio-political group, World Igbo Peoples Assembly, (WIPAS), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government to appoint an Igbo man as the next Inspector General of Police, IGP. This is as the tenure of the incumbent IGP, Mohammed Adamu gradually comes to an end. The Igbo group also lauded the appointment of Major General Leo Irabor as Nigerian …
Oil output of the Group of the Petroleum Exporting Nations (OPEC) rose for the seventh straight month in January, with Nigeria recording the most important output decline, in keeping with a Reuters survey. Read also: LEKOIL provides Trading and Operational update on the Otakikpo Marginal Field The output elevated by one hundred sixty,000 barrels per day (pbd) to achieve 25.seventy …
The Federal High Court, Abuja, ruled on Wednesday, that it would give an accelerated hearing to a suit challenging the appointment of a consultant to monitor the spending of the $311million repatriated loot of the late former Head of State, Sani Abacha. The suit filed by PPP Advisories Consortium, which claims to be better qualified as the monitoring consultant, is challenging …
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Wednesday said the state has deployed 200 officers of the Oyo State Security Network, otherwise known as Amotekun to the troubled Igangan in Ibarapa Local Government Space of the state. Makinde disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, adding that the move followed a meeting with safety businesses and stakeholders from the disaster-ridden area. Igangan, …
The Governor Kayode Fayemi-led government of Ekiti State on Wednesday debunked claims that herdsmen fleeing Ondo State are relocating to Ekiti forest. The Maize Growers Processing Marketer Association of Nigeria (MAGPAMAN) in Ekiti State had on Tuesday informed newsmen in Ado Ekiti that its members’ farms price N10 million was destroyed by suspected herdsmen. It stated the maize farms, over …
Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), popularly known as Shiites, clashed with the Police in Abuja on Tuesday evening. The clash occurred near Transcorp Hilton in Abuja. One person has been reported dead and an unspecified number of people injured. Read Also: One person shot dead during a clash between anti-riot policemen and protesting members of the Islamic Movement …
Urukpota Mobile Court in Benin on Tuesday sentenced 32 persons for violation of face masks rules imposed by the Edo State government in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The mobile court is part of the state government’s strategy to curtail the spread of the Coronavirus in the state. Prosecuting counsel, Mr Orubosa Okubor said the 32 persons were apprehended within …
