The travel ban placed on Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has been condemned by the Ekiti State House of Assembly. Members of the House on Thursday warned that the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to allegedly ban Fayose from travelling abroad throw the country into anarchy. Speaker of the House, Kola Oluwawole, disclosed that…
A meeting between the governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko, and labour leaders in the state ended in a stalemate on Thursday. Workers in the state embarked on an industrial action over the non-payment of their five months’ salaries. Mimiko had called the meeting with the workers to appeal to them to return to work,…
A man who claimed to be an herbalist in Lagos has duped a banker of about N2.5 million. The suspect, Seyi Ade, told police in Lagos that the victim approached him for money rituals and was told to make available the said amount. It was gathered that a concoction was prepared for the employee of…
Some gunmen suspected to be militants have abducted younger sister to a member of the House of Representatives, Henry Ofongo. The victim, Mrs Seighe Dike, was kidnapped on Thursday at Igbomotoru in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. It was learnt that the hoodlums stormed the area in two speedboats, carried out their…
In continuation of its relentless efforts in bringing corrupt public officers to justice, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, June 2, 2016 arraigned Air Vice Marshall Olutayo Tade Oguntoyinbo. The military officers was brought before Justice Olukayode A. Adeniyi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja on one…
Coach of the Under 23 team, Samson Siasia, claimed fatigue was responsible for his side’s loss to South Korea in the opening game of the 4-Nation Suwon Invitational Tournament in the Asian country. Nigeria’s Under 23 team lost 1-0 to the Korean side in their first game at the Suwon World Cup Stadium through Choi…
The Board of Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has insisted that the National Caretaker Committee led by Ahmed Makarfi has not been sacked as being reported in the media. This clarification was made on Thursday via a statement issued in Abuja by Head of Publicity Division, Chinwe Nnorom. It was disclosed by…
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has backed the cleanup of Ogoni land launched by the Federal Government on Thursday, June 2, 2016. Wike, speaking at the flag off of the exercise, promised that the people of the state, especially from Ogoni, will support the programme. The governor explained that for decades, the entire Niger Delta…
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has appealed to herdsmen and farmers across the country to maintain peace as the National Assembly is ready to proffer lasting solution to the perennial clashes over grazing by cattle. Saraki was speaking on Wednesday when a group of herdsmen from Kautal Hore Socio-Cultural Association Jigawa state branch visited…
The Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME, conducted by higher institutions in Nigeria for candidates seeking admission into their schools has been scrapped. The cancellation of the exams, commonly called post-JAMB, was announced by the Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja during the 2016 Combined Policy Meeting on Admissions to Universities, Polytechnics and other higher institutions…