Prominent Yoruba leaders on Thursday re-echoed the legacies of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, as they reviewed cases of kidnapping in the South-West region of the country. The leaders, who converged to honour the memory and legacies of Awolowo at the book presentation of the Yoruba translation of his autobiography titled ‘Awo’ by Alaroye,…
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has promised to improve upon his present performance if given another term to serve the state as governor. Bello, who made the promise on Thursday in Lokoja during a stakeholders meeting of the All Progressives Congress ( APC), also appealed to the people of the state not to lose…
The immediate-past Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, will appear before a Federal High Court in Abuja over his role in the payment of N2.5bn by the National Broadcasting Commission for the Federal Government Digital Switch-Over programme. According to a statement signed by the spokesperson for the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences…
The Independent National Electoral Commission and President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday lost its bid to have the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal dismiss the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Movement and its presidential candidate in February 23, 2019, Pastor Haminchi Habu. Habu and the PDM are by their petition challenging the victory of Buhari and…
A three-storey building on Wednesday night collapsed at Iju area of Lagos state. It was gathered that the building, which was under construction, left many people trapped in the rubble Confirming the incident, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the newly appointed General Manager of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said: “This is just to inform you…
The Police Service Commission will on July 1 start the screening of 210,150 shortlisted applicants for recruitment into the Constable Cadre of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). The Commission said the exercise will hold from July 1, to July 28, in the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Commission…
States operating the Contributory Pension Scheme refused to remit about N3.4bn pension contributions deducted from their workers monthly remunerations into their respective Retirement Savings Accounts with their Pension Fund Administrators. The acting Director-General, National Pension Commission, Aisha Dahir-Umar, disclosed this during the second quarter consultative forum for states in Lagos on Wednesday. The forum was…
Ilutitun Youths Development Forum (IYDF) in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State has expressed their appreciation to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu for the appointment of their son Omooba Abayomi Adesanya as Caretaker Chairman of Okitipupa Local Government. “Ilutitun Youths Development Forum, the executives congratulate our brother and son on his appointment as the Caretaker Chairman…
A middle-aged housewife, Mrs Yemi Samuel, has been arrested by men of the Kwara State Police Command for allegedly faking her own kidnap in Kabba, Kogi State. Samuel was among the nine suspects paraded by the police in Ilorin on Wednesday. Three other suspects, Jenmo Usman, 27; Iliashu Mohammed, 25; and Maude Umaru, 21, suspected…
The long arm of the law has caught up with a 65-year-old man, Bayo Akinwete, who was dragged before an Ado Ekiti Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday for serially raping his 5-year-old daughter (name withheld). The court presided over by Mrs. Kehinde Awosika also heard that Akinwete gave the small girl alcoholic drink to intoxicate her…