Category Archives: Politics

Randy Prof Akindele Sacked By OAU

June 21 Politics no comments

.For Demanding Sex To Give Student Marks – The Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife has sacked Professor Richard Akindele for allegedly demanding sex from Monica Osagie to upgrade her mark. Reports say Richard Akind...

Anambra Govt. Begins Revalidation Of Land Title Documents

June 19 Politics no comments

Anambra State Government through its Ministry of Lands is to carry out a revalidation exercise in some Government Layouts in the state. This is contained in a press release signed by the commissioner for lands, Mr Nnamdi...

Ex-Plateau Gov. Dariye Jailed 14 Years For Corruption

June 13 Politics no comments

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Gudu, Abuja, on Tuesday sentenced a former Governor of Plateau State and serving senator, Joshua Dariye, to 14 years’ imprisonment on charges of criminal breach of trust a...

Ambode Unveils MKO Abiola Statue In Lagos

June 13 Politics no comments

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday unveiled a 46-feet statue of Nigeria’s symbol of democracy and adjudged winner of the June 12, 1993 Presidential Election, Bashorun Moshood Kasimawo Olawale Abiola (M...

Buhari Immortalizes MKO Abiola, Announces June 12 As Democracy Day

June 7 Politics no comments

.Ambode Hails President’s Declaration – Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari says the annual May 29 Democracy celebration will now hold on June 12, arguing that June 12, 1993 — the date of the election popularl...

30,000 Nigerians To Be Deported From Germany

June 7 Politics no comments

There is trouble for Nigerians seeking asylum in Germany as the German government is set to deport close to 30,000 of them. The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Diaspora and Foreign Affairs, Hon....

Freedom Of Information Workshop Begins In Awka

June 6 Politics no comments

A 2- day sensitisation workshop on the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, has been declared open in Awka, by the Anambra State Head of Service (HOS), Barr Harry Uduh. Declaring open the workshop, Uduh, who was represented...

Dangote To Launch 200 Housing Units For IDPs

June 4 Politics no comments

.R-L: Chairman, Aliko Dangote Foundation, Aliko Dangote; Emir of Lafia, HRH. Dr. Isa Mustapha Agwai and former Governor of Ekiti State, Otunba Niyi Adebayo at the Emir’s Palace during a courtesy visit by the Board of Dan...

Anambra Ahead In Measles Campaign

June 4 Politics no comments

Anambra is ahead of other South East states in the Measles Campaign, a top official has observed. Executive Secretary, Anambra State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (ASPHCDA), Dr Chioma Ezenyimulu said Anambra scor...

Police Invites Senate President Saraki Over ‘Offa Bank Robbery&#...

June 4 Politics no comments

Senate President Bukola Saraki has been officially invited by the Nigeria Police to answer allegations indicting him from confessions of Five Gang leaders arrested for active participation in Offa Bank Robbery and Killin...

Nyame Ex-Taraba Gov Jailed 14 Years For Stealing

May 31 Politics no comments

A former Governor of Taraba State, Jolly Nyame has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for criminal breach of trust by misappropriating the sum of N1.64bn preferred against him by the EFCC. Justice Adebukola Banjoko ...

Nigeria Troops ‘Rape Starving Women’ -Amnesty

May 24 Politics no comments

Nigerian soldiers have allegedly raped women and girls who fled the insurgency by militant Islamist group Boko Haram, Amnesty International has said. Troops separated women from their husbands and raped them, sometimes i...

North Korea Nuclear Test Tunnels At Punggye-ri ‘Destroyed’...

May 24 Politics no comments

North Korea appears to have blown up tunnels at its only nuclear test site, in a move to reduce regional tensions. Foreign journalists at the Punggye-ri nuclear testing site in the north-east said they witnessed a huge e...

Kwara Govt. Shuts 40 Illegal Schools

May 24 Politics no comments

A report says Kwara State Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development has closed no fewer than 40 schools operating illegally across the three senatorial districts of the state. According to the Permanent Secreta...

Ambode Grants Scholarship, N5m To Best Graduating Student Of Lagos Var...

May 24 Politics no comments

It was an emotional laden moment filled with joy, excitement and sense of fulfillment when Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi on Wednesday granted scholarship and N5million cash reward to the overall best graduating stud...

Lagos Gov. Approves Construction Of Fagba Flyover Bridge

May 23 Politics no comments

.Abule-Egba flyover bridge, the Lagos State Governor Ambode plans to construct same in Fagba – Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday approved the construction of a flyover bridge at the Fagba interse...

Nigeria Senate Passes 2018 Budget

May 17 Politics no comments

The Nigeria Senate has passed the 2018 budget presented before the National Assembly back in November 2017. Aside the increment, another highlight of the passed budget is the raising of the crude oil benchmark from $45/b...

Dangote Among 75 World’s Most Powerful People

May 11 Politics no comments

Nigeria’s foremost entrepreneur, Aliko Dangote has been ranked among 75 most powerful persons on the planet, ahead of the Vice President of the United States of America, Mike Pence. According to the Forbe’s latest 2018 r...

Ebola Returns To Congo

May 9 Politics no comments

An Ebola outbreak has been declared in the north-west of the Democratic Republic of Congo. There are two confirmed cases of the virus and 17 deaths, the health ministry said on Tuesday. The incident in the town of Bikoro...

Buhari For Another Medical Trip To London

May 8 Politics no comments

Latest report indicates that Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari is to proceed on a four-day medical trip to London. Buhari’s aides hinted that in the course of a “technical stopover for aircraft maintenance i...

Gunmen Kill 51 In Kaduna, Nigeria

May 6 Politics no comments

A gang of what are said to be former cattle rustlers has killed at least 51 adults and children in a village in northern Nigeria, burning down homes. Amongst the rows of dead bodies in Gwaska, in the Birnin Gwari area of...

Lagos Governor Swears In Three New Judges

May 2 Politics no comments

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday swore-in three new Judges of the State High Court, with a charge on them to be fearless in the discharge of their duties and to always allow professional ethics to ...

Presidents Trump, Buhari Hold Meeting

May 2 Politics no comments

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari and United States President, Donald Trump, held a bilateral meeting at the White House in Washington D.C. Monday. At the meeting were top government officials of both countries.