Osun 2022: Faleke lambasts Aregbesola for attacking Tinubu
A member of the House of Representatives, James Faleke, has accused the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola of lying against the National leader of the APC Bola Tinubu. Faleke said contrary to Aregbesola’s claim, Tinubu has never played God to his political followers and associates and he has a large heart. The Lawmaker insisted that […]
Prof Akintoye clocks 87, speaks tough on actualisation of Yoruba Nation
The Leader of the Umbrella body of Yoruba Self-Determination Groups, Ilana Omo Oodua Worldwide, Professor Banji Akintoye, clocked 87 today (Friday), February 18, 2022. In a statement, he issued as he marked his birthday, through the Communications Secretary of the Self-Determination Movement, Mr Maxwell Adeleye, Akintoye called Yoruba people who believe in the actualisation of […]
NYSC mandates COVID-19 test for incoming corps members, to disqualify positive persons
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has insisted that everyone aiming to gain entrance into the NYSC camps must undergo a compulsory COVID- 19 rapid diagnostics test, saying only those that tested negative would be admitted for the orientation course. This comes ahead of the 2022 Batch A Stream 1 orientation exercise. NYSC Director-General, Major […]
Lagos State drags Buhari government to Supreme Court over Magodo Estate crisis
The Lagos State Government, on Friday, announced its return to the Supreme Court despite the court’s initial ruling on the occupation of Magodo. The announcement was made by the state’s information commissioner, Gbenga Omotoso. Amid the contention over the ownership of the land, the Federal government accused the Lagos State Government of delaying the enforcement of the […]
How thugs almost slaughtered journalist over land in Bayelsa
A journalist, Amaebi Alamene, attached to Bayelsa State Ministry of Information, Orientation and Strategy, has survived death by whiskers over a disputed land at Akenfa in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state. Thugs, said to be hired by a land-grabber in the state, were said to have attacked him and almost slaughtered him before […]
Buhari’s minister, Isa Pantami’s professorship questionable – FUTO alumni
The alumni association of Federal University of Technology Owerri said the award of professorship on Isa Patani was inappropriate. This is contained in a statement co-signed by Mr Kingsley Azuaru, National Secretary, and Mr Ndubuisi Chijioke, National President of the association. The association said the Academic Staff Union of Universities was right in advising FUTO […]
Obasanjo, others built Second Niger Bridge for 16 years with mouth – Femi Adesina
Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, and his successors elected under the Peoples Democratic Party platform built the Second Niger bridge with a mouth for sixteen years. Adesina, who made the claim in an article on Friday, said the successive PDP governments only […]
BREAKING: Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare banned for 10years over doping violations
Nigerian sprinter, Blessing Okagbare, has been banned for a total of 10 years for multiple breaches of anti-doping rules, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Friday. Okagbare, who has an Olympic silver medal in the long jump from the 2008 Beijing Games, was provisionally suspended before the 100 metres semi-finals at the 2020 Tokyo […]
Arewa Youth cautions Akeredolu over harassment of Northerners by Amotekun
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum ( AYCF) has cautioned the Governor of Ondo State Rotimi Akerelodu to tread cautiously in “condoning the latest round of harassment of Northerners in State”. In a terse media statement signed by the Forum’s National President, Alhaji Yerima Shettima took a swipe at the Ondo State government’s “looking the other […]
Buhari demands weighty sanctions to stem tide of unconstitutional leadership changes in Africa
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Brussels, Belgium called on European leaders as partners in promoting democracy and good governance to lend their weight behind measures put in place by the African Union to stem the tide of unconstitutional leadership changes, rearing its head again on the continent. In his contribution to the roundtable discussion on […]