Day: June 7, 2014

After a successful political outing in Lagos State, the diminutive and successful member of the Federal House of Representatives, Ganiyu Hamzat, has finally relocated his political structure to Ogun, his home state, as if to confirm that there is no place like home. The lawmaker, who hails from Ewekoro in Ogun Central Senatorial District, at…

Nigeria’s former Minister of Information, Professor Dora Akunyili, has passed on. The renowned Pharmacist breathed her last in the early hours of Saturday, June 7, 2014. Dora, also a former Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, died in an India hospital where she has been receiving treatment…

Authorities of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, have cancelled the increment on late registration of course fees they earlier imposed on the student, which sparked a protest. Addressing the demonstrating students on Friday at the Senate Building, the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic & Research, Prof. Babajide Alo, ordered the reversal of the hiked fees for…

The remains of the late Emir of Kano, Ado Abdullahi Bayero, was finally laid to rest on Friday evening after he died in the morning in Kano. The deceased passed on after a battle with an illness. His burial attracted a mammoth crowd in Kano. The Federal Government delegation to the burial on Friday was…