The Registrar of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Osun State, David Awoyemi, has been directed to announce the reopening of the institution as soon as possible. The school has been under lock and key due to appointment of a new Vice Chancellor, which some members of staff of the university kicked against. According to…
**Splashes N75 million on Kemi Nelson, others A civil rights movement named Committee for the Defence of Women’s Rights, CDWR, has claimed that wife of a former governor of Lagos State and chairman, Senate Committee on Women Affairs, Mrs Oluremi Tinubu, is planning to sponsor a protest against Senator Dino Melaye on Wednesday in Abuja.…
The Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘A’ Ikeja, Lagos, of the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, says it got about N1.2 Billion from seizures and interventions between January to June, 2016. This, it said, followed the aggressive anti-smuggling activities embarked upon by the Unit in its attempt to re-define its mandate for a paradigm shift. It further…
A top traditional ruler in Plateau State has been murdered by some gunmen suspected to be herdsmen. It was gathered that the monarch in the Ron/Kulere tribe of Bokkos LGA in Plateau State, Sir Lazarus Agai, was killed on Monday evening on his way from his farm at Sha village in Bokkos. He was said…
The Senator representing Lagos Central Senatorial District in the Senate, Oluremi Tinubu, has requested police protection from the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, following a misunderstanding she had with Senator Dino Melaye from Kogi State last week. Mrs Tinubu claimed that last person Melaye had issues with while at the House of Representatives, died…
Not less than 72 former agitators from the Niger Delta region of the country have graduated from the Institute of Oceanography, University of Calabar, Cross River State. Speaking at the ceremony, Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Paul Boroh, described agriculture as the future and mainstay…
elta Members of the deadly militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers, have blown up another oil facility belonging to Shell. It was learnt that the militant group attacked a crude oil trunkline belonging to the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria in Batan, Warri South West Council Area of Delta State. The ugly incident reportedly…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday had a series of meetings with some former leaders of the National Assembly. The meetings were held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Some of those who met with the President behind closed doors were two former Senate Presidents, David Mark and Ken Nnamani as well as a former Speaker of…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has fixed October 6, 2016, to hear an appeal filed by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, challenging his criminal trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. On Monday, Justice Abdul Aboki, leading four other Justices of the Court, gave the date at the instance of counsel to the parties.…
Former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, has been granted the permission to travel abroad for medical attention. Okahim was given the nod on Monday by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. The former governor is standing trial on corruption and money laundering charges and had applied for permission from the court to travel…