Veteran news man turn politician, Aremo Olusegun Osoba, is a household name in the Gateway State, Ogun, especially when it comes to the issues of partisan politics. It is not an understatement to say that he is an illustrious son of the state are abound. However, it could be said that for sixteen years, […]
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahaman AbdulRazaq on Saturday welcomed thousands of members of the major opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the fold of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. AbdulRazaq received the defectors at a ceremony organised to celebrate June 12 Democracy Day in Ilorin, the state capital. The defectors […]
Worried by the alarming security situation in Nigeria, elder statesman and Chairman, Ohaneze Ndigbo Council of Elders, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has described the unfolding events in the country as extremely disturbing while urging Northern and Igbo leaders to reach out across the Niger and discuss the matters at hand. Iwuanyanwu, a former presidential aspirant […]
Two Nigerian women, Alicia Edosa, 44, and Edith Enoghaghase, 31, have been found guilty of running a prostitution ring in Mullinger, Ireland. According to midlands103. com, a news website, the women were found guilty of human trafficking offences in what is believed to be the first conviction of its type in Ireland. Edosa and […]
Aareonakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams has said the late Aare MKO Abiola will never be happy in his grave that the democracy he lived and died for turns out to be autocratic in nature and practice. Speaking yesterday at the annual June 12 commemoration anniversary organized by the Oodua Peoples Congress in Lagos, Adams […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as sacrilegious, the violent clampdown on peaceful demonstrators on Democracy Day by agents of the Federal Government. PDP in a statement by the National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan said the clampdown was a demonstration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) aversion to democracy. The party described […]
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has expressed deep happiness at the open positions of the apex Igbo socio – cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo’s belief in a united Nigeria. Ganduje, who made this known Saturday, at a reception to formally welcome three governorship candidates and 27 State assembly members of the Kwankwasiya (PDP) , […]
Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, yesterday called those asking for the disintegration of Nigeria to shelve the idea, saying the best way for Nigerians to immortalise and celebrate late MKO Abiola and June 12, is to build bridges and demolish sectarian fences. Abiodun stated this on Saturday in his speech at the 2021 Democracy Day […]
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has congratulated Nigerians for marking 22 years of uninterrupted democracy. The Speaker said since the return of democratic governance in 1999, Nigeria has witnessed progress and development in terms of physical infrastructure and freedom of choice and expression, which are part of the key […]
The Federal Government has suspended the salaries of 331 Civil servants for alleged failure to comply with the rules of Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS ). Information from the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation said the sanctioned workers failed to update their online records and also participate in the […]