Lagos residents have faulted the governor of the state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, over the $5,000 he donated to each Nigerian player for the Round of 16 victory over the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. The governor made the donation, which amounts to $115,000 (N41.4m) for 23 players in…
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, and Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, have called on Nigerians across state demarcations to defend the sanctity of their ancestral lands against usage for Ruga cattle settlements. The call was contained in a communiqué issued on Sunday to document highlights of last Thursday’s meeting between the monarch and…
Some new members of the National Assembly have begun the process of taking bank loans to meet their accommodation challenges pending the payment of their welcome package. The money, which has been conservatively put at between N65m and N70m for each lawmaker, is meant for their accommodation, personal vehicles, quarterly allowances and others for furniture…
The Police will this week file criminal charges against Senator Elisha Abbo for allegedly assaulting a nursing woman at an adult toy shop in Abuja. The embattled senator, who represents Adamawa North in the Senate, allegedly slapped the woman following a brief argument. The viral video footage had generated outrage among Nigerians with activists marching…
The Federal Government and the Nigeria Governors’ Forum have proposed to recruit National Youth Service Corps members and graduates of the N’Power Programme to beef up the manpower needs of the Nigeria Police Force. The corps members and N’Power cadets are to make up for the inadequacy of the ongoing recruitment of 10,000 additional hands…
The Peoples Democratic Party on Friday suspended the House Minority Leader, Mr Ndudi Elumelu, and six other members of the party in the House of Representatives for “indiscipline, insubordination and disobedience”. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, told reporters at a press conference in Abuja that the suspension was the outcome of the meeting…
President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed his Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari and Boss Mustapha as Secretary to the Government of the Federation. This was disclosed on Friday by the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. According to him, both appointments take effect from May 29, 2019.
The Supreme Court has upheld Gboyega Oyetola, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the governor of Osun state. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Oyetola winner of the Osun governorship election after a controversial rerun in September 2018. Dissatisfied with INEC’s declaration, Ademola Adeleke, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, filed a…
The All Progressives Congress and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party are concluding various spiritual interventions to have a favourable verdict as Supreme Court gives its judgment on the Osun State governorship election today. The notice of the judgment was made available to the parties in the matter, ever since then the APC and the PDP…
Senator Elisha Abbo who is in the eye of a storm for beating a woman who tried to prevent him from assaulting another woman has been alleged to be involved in another assault of a man sometimes last year October 2018. The embattled Senator Elisha Abbo, ordered the arrest of a man that allegedly broke…