By Fidel Njamanze Politicians and political office holders in Sapele on Wednesday warned the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate in the April 11, 2015 House of Assembly Election in Sapele Constituency, Felix Anirah, against provocative statements. Rising from a meeting in Elume, the leaders accused Anirah of engaging in a fruitless campaign against Delta State…
Professor Olanrewaju Adigun Fagbohun has been appointed as the 8th substantive Vice-Chancellor of the Lagos State University, LASU. Prof Fagbohun’s appointment was confirmed on Wednesday by the Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode. The new VC of LASU is a Professor of Environmental Law and until his appointment, he was the Director of Research at the…
In keeping with his promise to accord priority to the welfare of workers, the Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has assured workers that their January salaries would be paid on the 15th. Umahi gave the assurance in his country home, Uburu when the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress paid…
Striking teachers in Kwara State have been asked to shelve their action. This plea was made to them by the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Teachers in state-owned primary schools embarked on an industrial action on Monday after they had given notice to the government on this. They are angry over non-payment…
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State and former Governor Sam Egwu last Wednesday openly narrated how they outwitted the immediate past governor of the state, Martin Elechi and his allies, to emerge victorious in the April 2015 elections. They said during a thanksgiving service by Egwu, who is the current Senator representing Ebonyi North senatorial…
Immediate past Secretary to the Delta State Government, SSG, Comrade Ovuozourie Macaulay, recently donated N2 million to an orphanage home in the state. Macaulay also gave out gift items, including two bags of rice and a cow to the inmate of orphanage home, Human Welfare for Empowerment and Development Initiative, located in Irri, Isoko South…
An insight into the robust and pleasant relationship between the legislature and executive in the state was on Monday given by the Delta State House of Assembly Speaker, Monday Igbuya. The speaker, in an interactive session with key local government functionaries in Delta State said, “the bitterness that has pervaded the passing of state appropriation…
Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Monday Igbuya, on Monday pledged to work towards a robust Nigeria Union of Journalists in the years ahead by giving all the support, encouragement and cooperation in the realization of the union’s set goals, saying,“I am aware that the practice of journalism has become more expensive due…
The impeachment of the former deputy governor of Enugu State, Sunday Onyeabuchi, has been declared illegal. Onyeabuchi was removed from office after the State House of Assembly found him guilty of gross misconduct and running a poultry at the Government House. He was impeached by majority of the House. But in a ruling by Justice…
Paramount Ruler of Yewaland and Olu of Ilaro in Ogun state, Oba (PST) Kehinde Olugbenle, has urged the state governor, Ibikunle Amosun, to work towards the emergence of a candidate of Yewa extraction as governor of the state in 2019. The monarch said since the creation of Ogun State 39 years ago, no one from…