Gbenga Omokhunu and Nicholas Kalu, Abuja Policeman, man killed in Lagos Buhari promises‘extensive reform’ ‘Why protest may continue’ Protesters campaigning against the Police Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) excesses on Monday grounded Lagos, Abuja and some major cities across the country. The protest turned violent in Lagos where two people, including […]
The National Association of Community Pharmacists in Nigeria (NACPN) has donated N1million to support the campaign of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. It said the financial support was to boost the governor’s campaign. NACPN National Chairman Dr. Sam Adekola, who presented the money to the governor in Akure, said the body believed […]
Mr. Tokunbo Abiru, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the October 31 Lagos East senatorial election, on Tuesday took his campaign to Ikorodu riverine. He promised the people empowerment and poverty alleviation. Speaking at a rally at Ijede, he said he would focus on poverty alleviation, empowerment and welfare […]
There was heavy shooting Sunday morning along Oba Adeshida road in Akure, Ondo State capital as clash between supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) and the All Progressives Congress(APC) escalated. The Sunday morning clash was said to have been a reprisal attack over the killing of an APC member in […]
EDO State Governor Godwin Obaseki has described his victory in last Saturday’s election as a unifying factor for the Southsouth. He spoke on Wednesday in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, at a state dinner in his honour. Obaseki said the victory, which brought all the states in the region under […]
As part of efforts to bring government close to the grassroots, Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has hinted of plans to carve additional Local Government Area from Ose LGA. The governor made this pledge when his campaign train visited the Ose LGA in continuation of his bid to […]
Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has promised to focus more on rural transformation in his second term. He said his first tenure had delivered landmark projects that touched all sectors of the economy. Akeredolu, speaking at the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign in Ondo East Local Government, said he would […]
1,083 people have died of Coronavirus in Nigeria This is according to a tweet released by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, (NCDC) on Monday night. The NCDC further revealed that the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria is now56,388 , with 44,337 patients discharged. This is following the […]
All the three leading candidates in next month’s governorship election have demanded an investigation of Thursday night’s fire at the Akure, Ondo State secretariat of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Five thousand one hundred and forty-one (5,141) voter cards were reckoned to have been burnt in the fire, the […]
The National Assembly on Friday postponed resumption of plenary sessions by two weeks. The Acting Clerk to the National Assembly, Arc. Olatunde Ojo, in a statement in Abuja, said lawmakers would now resume on Tuesday 29th September, 2020. It will be recalled that the Senate and the House of Representatives […]
Vice Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has underscored the importance of access to education to poverty reduction. Obi said that Nigeria would successfully move millions of people out of poverty if ‘we invest more in education which remains a […]
Barring any last- minute change, the first local government election in five years in Kogi State will hold by December. The chairman, Kogi State Independent Electoral Commision (KSIEC), Mamman Nda Eri, announced the poll holds on December 12, 2020 during a stakeholders’ meeting, in Lokoja. He assured the […]
There are 24 hours in a day, but Benin-City, Edo State, appears to defy this basic, universal principle of time. The time cycle in the state appears to have shrunk. All social, economic and cultural activities are squeezed into a 12 to 15 hour time duration. By 9p.m, the City […]
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has said that there are threats to the ambition of former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, becoming the presidential flag-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election. Fani-Kayode made this known in an interview with Dele Momodu on Monday night. Fani-Kayode […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has faulted the plan by the Federal Government to reopen public universities in the country. Prof. Lawan Abubakar, the Bauchi Zonal Coordinator of the union, who made this known during a news conference on Tuesday in Jos, said that the move could be […]
Ondo Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has urged his Kogi counterpart Yaya Bello, to continue his good work following the judgments of the Supreme Court, which affirmed his election in the November 16, 2019 governorship election. Akeredolu, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Segun Ajiboye, said the Supreme Court’s judgments […]