President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to start a process that would try those involved shady oil deals in the country. The President made this known on Sunday during a meeting with President Xi Jinping of China at the 70th General Assembly of the United Nations in the United States. He further said that all those…
The senator representing Lagos West Senatorial District, Solomon Adeola has commended the choice of commissioner-nominees and advisers submitted to the State House of Assembly by the governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, saying they have what it takes to move the state forward. Speaking on the side of participation in a festival in Epe with…
The Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido, according to several reports, has taken a new wife, which is his fourth. The former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, was said to have taken an 18-year old girl, who is an Adamawa princess, as wife. The wedding ceremony reportedly took place on Friday in Yola, the…
Brother to the immediate past Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Attahiru Jega, Abdulkadir, has been confirmed as one of the Nigerians that died in the Hajj stampede in Mecca, Saudi Arabia last Thursday. Abdulkadir, who is a judge, was among the two Court of Appeal Justices that lost their lives in the…
Support for the Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, mounted on Saturday as prominent Sapele political leaders lauded his leadership qualities, saying he is running a government based on honesty and fairness. The leaders also praised the Delta State House of Assembly Speaker, Ovwigho Igbuya for his contributions to the development of Sapele. “The contributions of…
Eighteen-year-old Sound Engineering graduate of the SAE Institute, Cape Town, South Africa, Jeffrey Akoh, has emerged winner of the eighth edition of MTN Project Fame West Africa after eight weeks at the Academy. Jeff, as he is fondly called, beat other five finalists to pick the grand prize of N5 million cheque, an SUV and…
No doubt, the City of David Parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Lagos is one of the highly rated branches of the Pastor E.A. Adeboye-led denomination. Those who matter in the society attend the church and it is believed that the parish financially contributes immensely to the RCCG worldwide, which is…
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has commiserated with the management and staff of the Nation newspaper over the death of one of its Assistant Editor, Dada Aladelokun. Aladelokun, Assistant Editor and Head of the City Beat desk of the Nation newspaper, died early Friday, September 25, 2015 after a brief…
A lawmaker in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Ishola Akeem Shokunle from Oshodi/Isolo Constituency 1 has come hard on corrupt public office holders, saying that any public officer that is guilty of corruption should be executed. He said; ‘I support total or absolute punishment for corrupt public office holders, it is Sharia Law.…
Greed, unrighteousness, corruption and covetousness among the political class and Nigerians in general have been identified as the bane of the country’s development and these must be cured, if the nation is to make headway. Revd./Prophet Oladipupo Funmilade-Joel, the Presiding Overseer of The Way of Reconciliation Evangelistic Ministries (TWOREM) Int’l a.k.a Prophetic & Solution Chapel,…