The management of Osun State University hereby states that the just concluded virtual matriculation which is the first of its kind in the history of the Nigerian University system was a huge success. One of ASUU’s zonal coordinators’ statements that the virtual matriculation is a scam has no valid facts and evidence so we consider…
Bayelsa State leaders from Ward Five in Ekeremor Local Government Area have endorsed the aspiration of former Governor Seriake Dickson to contest the Bayelsa West Senatorial by-election. Different stakeholders have been calling on the former governor to contest the poll to represent the zone, which comprises Ekeremor and Dickson’s Sagbama local government areas. Before the…
HOUSE of Representatives spokesman Benjamin Kalu has raised the alarm over the safety of the National Assembly. He said that the place was no longer safe for them to work. Kalu’s office located on the first floor of the new House of Representatives complex was burgled by unknown persons, who ransacked the place. The door…
A warrant for the release of former Director Finance and Account at the Abia Government House, Ude Udeogu, who was convicted alongside former Governor Orji Uzor Kalu, has been issued. The Supreme Court issued the warrant for the release of Udeogu from Kuje prison, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). It was learned he may…
The Nigeria Correctional Service has said it has not released a former Abia State Governor, Orji Kalu, from the Kuje custodial facility because no warrant for his release from the Supreme Court has been received. The NCoS spokesman, Chuks Njoku, said this in reaction to reports that Kalu had been released from custody where he…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it is ready to commence the trial of former Governor Orji Kalu immediately. The EFCC said this in a statement by its Spokesman, Dele Oyewale, on Friday, while reacting to a judgment by the Supreme Court. The apex court had upturned Kalu’s conviction and ordered a fresh trial,…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday restrained the Federal Government from taking fresh steps to extradite the former Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Buruji Kashamu, to the United States of America on allegation of complicity in illicit drug deal. Justice Okon Abang, in a judgment, held that no fresh application for Kashamu’s…
Ahead of PDP Primary and gubernatorial election on October 10, 2020, in Ondo State, not less than 21 members of the Executive members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State appended their signatures in an endorsement paper in support of Banji Ben Okunomo, popularly known as BBO, as…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to come clean on the N5.8 billion National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) scandal for which he was reportedly fingered by an investigative committee of the House of Representatives. The party also charges the Buhari Presidency to immediately prosecute the sacked Director-General of NEMA, Engr….
An elder statesman and member of the Board of Trustees of the People’s Democratic Party ( PDP), Senator Olu Alabi, has declared that Dr. Eddy Olafeso, has already informed the leadership of the PDP that he is no longer interested to contest for the party’s primary ahead of the October governorship election in Ondo state….