As SERAP urges Buhari, Osinbajo, others to emulate By Olasunkanmi – Akoni The Deputy Governor of Kebbi State, Mr. Yombe Samaila has declared his assets landed property and cash in banks, valued at N353,136,378.56 among others. Consequent upon the declaration, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and his Vice, …

File photo. The Police Command in Anambra State has rescued a day-old baby wrapped in a cloth and abandoned inside a drainage in Abuja Estate in Awka. The spokesman for the command, SP Haruna Mohammed, said this in a statement in Awka. Mohammed said efforts made to trace the mother of the baby proved abortive. …

The Police Command in Anambra State has rescued a day-old baby wrapped in a cloth and abandoned inside a drainage in Abuja Estate in Awka. The spokesman for the command, SP Haruna Mohammed, said this in a statement in Awka. Mohammed said efforts made to trace the mother of the baby proved abortive. “On Oct. …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Professor Yemi Osinbajo to “follow the good example of Mr Yombe Dabai Samaila, deputy governor Kebbi state, by immediately publishing their asset declaration forms.” Mr Samaila while responding to SERAP’s suit had last week forwarded his asset declaration form to the organization. The …

…I have a video in which the man admitted being in bed with Precious — Family source By Idowu Bankole A former Aviation Minister and a chieftain of the people’s democratic party, PDP, Chief Femi Fani Kayode has reacted to a viral video which revealed him abusing his estranged wife, precious Chikwendu. Fani-Kayode denied abusing …

IGP, Mr. Mohammed Adamu By Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, has approached the Supreme Court urging it to overturn last Wednesday’s judgment of the Court of Appeal which nullified the recruitment of 10,000 constables carried out by him and the Nigeria Police Force in 2019. Recall that the Court of …

Nigerian Police The Police Command in Ekiti has launched an investigation into the death of a policeman attached to Aramoko Division, after he was allegedly crushed by a vehicle on his way to work. READ ALSO: Panic as robbers attack Ekiti bank Mr Sunday Abutu, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), said this while speaking with …

The Domestic Refinery Owners Association of Nigeria (DROAN), have thrown their weight behind the Federal Government’s removal of oil subsidy in the country. The National Chairman of the association, Mr Godwin Sunday, made this known in a press conference organised by the association in Uyo on Saturday. Sunday said that the association was in full …

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has said that the spate of kidnappings in the state has reduced to the barest minimum. He stated this on Saturday at the Senate Press Corps’ Retreat 2020, held in Lokoja, Kogi with the theme, “Democracy and Development in a Federation: Roles of Media, States …

…Police read the riot act …45 suspected thugs arrested By Dayo Johnson, Akure THE spate of thuggery, blood-letting and violence ahead of the Ondo State governorship election scheduled to hold on Saturday has reached an alarming proportion. Suspected thugs have literally held the state by the jugular as they maim, destroy and rupture peace in the …

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq at the weekend led the cutting of grass at the Mount Carmel College in Ilorin ahead of statewide school resumption on Monday, saying his action is meant to inspire people to take responsibilities for government facilities located in their areas. Clad in jeans, fez cap, shirt and his signature get-ready-for-work shoe, …

TY Danjuma …Preach one ideology as solution to Nigeria’s problems …Lament tiny tribe ruling nation …‘Oputa Panel job not thorough, we need Truth and Reconciliation Commission’ In the second part of their open letter to Nigerians born on October 1, 1960, some Nigerian leaders under the auspices of the National Christian Elders Forum (NCEF) speak on …

Professor Yemi Osinbajo Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed disagreement on comments reflective of a bleak view of Nigeria’s history. He said that despite the onerous challenges Nigerians faced and endured as a people, over the past 60 years, there was still reason to face the future with hope. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement in Abuja, …

By Bashir Bello A jealous house wife, Hauwa, has allegedly killed two of her children because her husband, one Ibrahim Haruna Aminu, married a second wife. The deceased kids were identified as Yusuf (5-year-old) and the Zahra’u (3-year-old). It was gathered that the incident occurred  yesterday morning in Diso village in Gwale Local Government area …

By Ozioruva Aliu A principal lecturer in the Department of Adult Education of the defunct College of Education, now Tayo Akpata University, Ekiadolor, Benin, Friday Orobator, has committed suicide over alleged 13-month unpaid salary. The lecturer, who was in his 50s and whose wife had just been delivered of a baby, hanged himself at his Obakhazbaye, …

By Dayo Johnson, Akure THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) in Ondo State, yesterday, ruled out plans to form an alliance ahead of Saturday governorship election in the state. Speculation had been rife that the governorship candidates of the two parties, Eyitayo Jegede of the PDP and Hon Agboola Ajayi of …

Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi (Ojaja II), has called on government to return public schools to their original owners to allow stakeholders, including alumni associations, contribute fully towards the development of the institutions. Ogunwusi made the call on Saturday, during the inauguration of projects worth …

Chief Olusegun Osoba …On restructuring: We didn’t sell out, Adebanjo scuttled plan on true federalism …‘I am not one of those he made governor’ …Accuses S/West leader of trying to railroad Yoruba into supporting Igbo President in 2023 By Yinka Ajayi A former governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, speaks on his disagreement with Yoruba …

Chevron Nigeria Limited By Festus Ahon CHEVRON Nigeria Limited, CNL, operator of the joint venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC and CNL (the NNPC/CNL JV) together with its affiliates, Friday said it would reduce its workforce by 25 percent across the various levels of the organization in Nigeria in the light of the changing …

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), had inaugurated the Local Organising Committee (LOC), for the 13th edition of the e-Nigeria conference, exhibitions and awards. Mrs Hadiza Umar, Head, Corporate Affairs and External Relations, said this in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja. The statement said that the conference, which is the flagship IT event …