Following the tension created over reports that the Federal Government is planning to move some Boko Haram prisoners to Anambra State, the governor of the state, Willie Obiano, has urged residents to remain peaceful while he makes more consultations on the matter. Obiano was reacting to cover stories published on Vanguard and Daily Independent newspapers…
No fewer than 28 countries will take part in the 2nd Lagos International Badminton Classics slated for July 15 to 18, 2015, the organisers have said. At a press briefing held at the Teslim Balogun Stadium last Thursday, the Vice President of Nigeria Badminton Federation, who also is the Chairman, Lagos State Badminton Association, LSBA,…
Former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has denied speculations that he was put under house arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. In a statement issued on Friday by his media aide, Muhammad Inuwa Ali, Kwankwaso stressed that his political enemies are bent on tarnishing his image. The former governor, now a…
A former Board of Trustees, BoT, member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dayo Okondo, has turned down his membership appointment into the Governing Council of the College of Education, Ikere Ekiti. The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, recently announced Okondo as member of the institution’s Governing Council. But speaking with journalists on Friday at…
President Muhammadu Buhari has advised legislators of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the National Assembly to accept the party’s supremacy in the interest of democracy. Buhari, delivering his opening speech at the ongoing meeting of the National Executive Committee, NEC, of the APC in Abuja, said the lawmakers should shelve their personal interests and…
National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, is absent at the ongoing National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting of the party in Abuja. The meeting was called following crisis rocking the ruling party over leadership of the National Assembly. Also not present at the meeting is former National Chairman of the party, Bisi…
The Senator representing Lagos West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Solomon Adeola, has described the victory of the Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode at the Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal against his opponent, Jimi Agbaje is a further vindication of the preference of residents of the state for progressive developmental politics as…
…No, I Did Not Touch Her Rather than enjoying life after his eight years of ruling Benue State peacefully, Gabriel Suswam is battling to clear his name of an alleged battery of his wife, Yemisi, at their London home, where he hibernated after leaving office in May 2015. It was reported that the former governor…
Lagos State Government has urged residents of the state to remain calm over the recent reported cases of the resurgence of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, in neighbouring West African countries like Liberia and Sierra Leone. The government wants members of the general public to ensure and maintain adequate personal and environmental hygiene at…
According to the Lagos State Government, the rumour that it demolished the popular auto spare parts market at Ladipo is not true. The government, in a statement issued on Wednesday, disclosed that contrary to reports in some sections of the media that the market was under lock and key, “business activities went on at the…