The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi has said he will step down as President if he fails to increase electricity generation if he wins in 2023. Obi made the vow while addressing his supporters at the Beverly Hilton Los Angeles flag-off during his US speaking tour. The LP flag bearer listed countries that had…
The Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo has been arrested. According to DailyPost, Oluomo was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC over allegations of offences bordering on financial crimes. EFCC arrested the Speaker on Thursday morning at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Ikeja, Lagos State. The Speaker was…
The naira has depreciated against the dollar at the black market on Tuesday, August 30, 2022. Reports by Nairametrics revealed that naira is now trading at N705/$. Similarly, the rate on the cryptocurrency P2P Exchange market has dropped to N701.89/$1. This is according to information gathered from several black market forex traders, who spoke to…
After the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) announced an indefinite strike, the Federal Government pleaded with the organization to reconsider. During an oversight visit to the Federal Ministry of Education on Tuesday in Abuja, Minister of State for Education Goodluck Opiah made a presentation to the Senate Committee (Tertiary Institutions and TETfund) in which…
Suspected bandits reportedly sent a threat letter to residents of Ishara and Ogere in Ikenne and Remo-North Local Government Areas of Ogun State. Residents said they received a letter purportedly written by bandits who threatened to attack the communities. “I was in a prayer group yesterday when we were told that bandits wrote a letter…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Lagos branch has denied reports that it has suspended its ongoing strike. According to the union, its strike is still ongoing. A statement issued on Tuesday by the Chairperson of the branch, Dele Ashiru, read in part, “The attention of the leadership of ASUU-UNILAG has been…
A 50-year-old man identified as Fatai Gbeminiyi has been remanded at the Abolongo Correctional Centre, Oyo Town, by an Iyaganku magistrates’ court in Ibadan on Monday, August 29, for allegedly killing a woman. The prosecutor, Insp Iyabo Oladoyin, told the court that Gbeminiyi unlawfully caused the death of one Tinuke Olayiwola, 39, on August 20….
The late activist and representative for the Yoruba socio-cultural group Afenifere, Elder Ezekiel Odumakin, has gone away. The eldest Odumakin passed away on Monday at the age of 116. His late son’s widow, Joe Okei-Odumakin, posted a notice of his passing on Facebook. She said, “Pa Odumakin translates at age 116. First the seed, now…
Lecturers at the Federal College of Education (Technical), Umunze, Anambra State, have protested over six years of unpaid benefits. On August 29, 2022, Monday, there was a demonstration. They alleged that the Provost and management of the institution were intimidating them not to protest. They, therefore, warned them to stop intimidating their members over the…
Instagram model Courtney Clenney has been charged with second-degree murder. The comes after she was accused of stabbing her boyfriend Christian Toby Obumseli to death at an apartment they both shared. She also appeared in bond court on Saturday morning. New York Post reported the 26-year-old American Clenney who has more than 2 million followers…