Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the problem of extreme poverty in Nigeria keeps him up at night. Osinbajo disclosed this at a dinner and Interactive Session with Faculty Members, Harvard Business School (HBS) on Tuesday in Lagos. The vice president featured alongside Srikant Datar, Professor of Business Administration (HBS), and Bayo Ogunlesi, a Nigerian investment…
The management of the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic Owo, Ondo State, on Tuesday, shut the school after members of its chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics staged a peaceful protest against the non-payment of their five months’ salaries. It was gathered that the demonstration by the lecturers paralysed social and academic activities on the…
A former assistant director of the Department of State Services, Dennis Amachree, says the DSS has always informed the President about ministerial nominees with fake certificates. He, however, said some still scale through based on political considerations. Amachree said this during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday. He was asked why some…
Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan on Tuesday approved the appointments of Babagana Muhammad Aji and Festus Adedayo, as his Chief of Staff and Special Adviser on Media and Publicity respectively. A statement by Special Adviser to the Senate President on Administration, Dr. Betty Okoroh, said that the appointments are with immediate effect. It said that…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has made a U-turn, insisting that he never promised to solve the Apapa gridlock crisis in 60 days. The governor said this while fielding questions from State House correspondents in Abuja on Tuesday. Sanwo-Olu, who was still governor-elect on May 18, 2019 had during an interactive session with his classmates…
Sequel to the judgement of the Ondo State High Court, the Independent National Electoral Commission has withdrawn the Certificate of Return issued to Mr. Sina Akinwumi, an All Progressives Congress lawmaker, who had earlier been declared the winner of the March 9, 2019, House of Assembly election, in Okitipupa constituency II. Akinwumi was sacked by the…
Otunba Nicholas Tofowomo, the Senator representing Ondo South Senatorial district of Ondo State, has condemned the brutalisation and shooting of innocent protesters with live bullets by Nigerian Police at Governor’s Office yesterday in Akure, Ondo State. This was contained in a personal statement made available to newsmen by his Special Assistant Media and Publicity, Pastor…
Imo State Governor Emeka Ihedioha has suspended chairmen, vice chairmen, councillors and political appointees of the local governments for six months. The suspension is contained in the instrument signed by the Governor, pursuant to the recommendation made to him by the Imo State House of Assembly. This is in pursuant also, to the provisions of…
Investigators are hitting the road today in search of lawmakers’ N900b constituency projects in states. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) is verifying constituency projects executed by immediate past senators and members of the House of Representatives. The commission said it will make recoveries on projects/contracts confirmed to have been inflated…
Atiku Abubakar’s running mate in the February 23 presidential election Peter Obi says the Peoples Democratic Party will compel the Independent National Electoral Commission to produce the results of the 2019 polls from its server at the Election Petitions Tribunal. INEC has since denied it had no server where the results of the polls were…