Some teachers in Abia State, mostly women, on Thursday took to the streets to show their displeasure over government’s refusal to pay their salaries. The demonstrator carried placards displaying various messages all pointing to non-payment of their salaries for months by their employers. They paraded streets of Umuahia, the state capital, urging the government to…
A former deputy governor of Cross River State, Mathias Offoboche, is reportedly dead. Offoboche was said to have passed on in a London hospital after a protracted illness. He reportedly breathed his last on Sunday. According to information gathered by our reporter, Offoboche was a deputy governor under the administration of Dr Clement Isong of…
Ogun State governor, Ibikunle Amosun, will lead top dignitaries to the 2015 edition of the Oronna Ilaro Festival themed ‘Festival of Achievement’ later this year. Some of the top personalities expected to grace the occasion include Aliko Dangote and both federal and state lawmakers. The weeklong festival kicks off from November 14 to 22, 2015…
Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State in the April, 2015 election, Dr Dakuku Adol Peterside, has empathized with communities in the state recently ravaged by devastating flood which rendered some residents homeless. The flood affected Joinkrama, Akinima and Ubie communities in Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State. The…
No fewer than three people were said to have been trapped in a three-storey building that caved in on Wednesday morning in Lagos. Our reporter learnt that the unfortunate incident occurred at Odunfa Street inside Lagos Island area of the state. As at the time of filing in this report, rescue operations were on-going and…
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos on Monday sworn-in Commissioners and Special Advisers at a well-attended event held at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium in Alausa, the state’s seat of power. The newly appointed cabinet members were full of excitement as they were being given portfolios by the governor in the presence of dignitaries including Brig Mobolaji…
Ogun State governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has reiterated his administration’s commitment to diversify the economy of the state and create wealth for its people. Amosun made this known while receiving Atsuko Toda, Country Programme Manager of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Value Chain Programme in his office on Friday at Oke Mosan, Abeokuta. According…
Igbo traders in Akure, the Ondo State capital, are at loggerheads with indigenes and monarch of the town over an alleged plan by the Deji of Akure to dethrone their Eze Ndigbo, Sir Gregory Iloehike. Trouble started when Iloehike was allegedly assaulted at the palace of Deji during the visit of the former to the…
Managing Director of the Lekki Free Zone Ltd, Tajudeen Disu has been shot dead in a fracas that broke out in Lekki area of Lagos State on Monday morning. Disu was said to have gone to a community near Ibe-Lekki called Okunraiye, where villagers protested the “forceful takeover” of their land. It was said that…
The Ogun Grassroots Development Awareness Forum has described the immediate past Commissioner for Finance in the state, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, as an innovation-driven goal getter that Nigeria needs in her march to a new culture of governance that is based on integrity and performance. Adeosun is among the 21 persons awaiting screening by the National…