There was pandemonium at the eid-il-Kabir praying ground in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital today as aggrieved faithfuls went on the rampage hauling missiles in the direction of the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, and other dignitaries. Saraki Witnesses said the protesters were angered by the inability of the …
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Falae released by kidnappers
The abducted former secretary to the government of the federation, Chief Olu Falae has been reportedly released. He was frisked away by unknown gunmen on Monday at his farm in Ondo State. It would be recalled that the kidnappers had demanded for a N100 million ransom before the elder statesman …
Read More »‘I will be at the Tribunal tomorrow’ – Saraki
Nigeria’s embattled Senate President, Sen.Bukola Saraki has said he will be at the Code of Conduct Tribunal tomorrow,September 22nd as a mark of respect for the rule of law. He said this in a statement he released this afternoon on his Facebook page. This is his reaction to the order given …
Read More »Breaking: Ambode appoints Commissioners,send list to Assembly
Lagos State Governor,Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, has appointed 23 commissioners and 13 special advisers into his cabinet. Amongst the names are six former cabinet members from the Babatunde Raji Fashola administration; Gbolahon Lawal, Dr. Jide Idris, Folarin Coker, Seye Oladejo, Engr. Ganiyu Johnson and Babatunde Hunpe. Ambode The Governor has named …
Read More »‘Resign Now’,Northern group tells Saraki
The battle facing the Senate President Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki seems to be just coming up as the Northern Ethnic Nationalities Unity Congress (NENUC) has called for the resignation of the Senate President. The call came just as the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) secured a bench warrant for the …
Read More »Bola Ige’s killers trying to destabilise Osun state
Osun State governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on Thursday said the killers of the former Attorney General and Minister for justice, Bola Ige, are the same persons trying to destabilise the state. Aregbesola said this while opening the Bola Ige Mechatronic Institute, at the Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke. Aregbesola …
Read More »PDP governors: Nigeria sliding into dictatorship
Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said Nigeria was gradually sliding into dictatorship under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Rising from a meeting of the PDP Governors Forum (PGF), held in the inner chamber of the Bayelsa State Governor’s office, Government House, Yenagoa, …
Read More »Rivers better without Amaechi,says Wike
On a day Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike led members of the independent media on a project tour, a frightened defeated All Progressives Congress ( APC ) in Rivers State had to take refuge in falsehood, just to distract attention from the superlative performance of the people’s governor. They released a …
Read More »Kaduna approves Fiscal Responsibility Bill … stop payment of Admission fees by Students
The Kaduna State Executive Council has approved a draft Fiscal Responsibility Bill. The bill, which provides for an independent commission to monitor and enforce the provisions of the proposed law, will now be submitted to the state’s House of Assembly for legislation. The council also decided to abolish payment of …
Read More »FG’s School Feeding Program: Aregbesola vindicated
The All Progressives Congress in the State of Osun has told critics of Gov. Rauf Aregbesola’s investment in education,especially his feeding programme of school children, to get wiser to common sense as the Federal Government has comprehensively vindicated the governor on that project. According to the party, ‘if that project …
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