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Lagos State House of Assembly has rejected three of the 38 nominees sent by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for his cabinet. Those rejected are Ms. Adekemi Ajayi-Bembe, Obafemi George and Lanre Sanusi. The confirmation followed the presentation, debates and adoption of ...
Read More »Tiv/Jukun crisis in Taraba a disgrace, shame, says group
The Mdzough-U-Tiv, umbrella body of the Tiv in Nigeria, has expressed disgust over the lingering crisis between the Tiv and Jukun in Taraba State, describing it as a disgrace and shame to the two sister ethnic groups. President General of ...
Read More »CDHR seeks release of Nigerian awaiting execution in S’Arabia
Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has sought Federal Government’s intervention to release Sulaimon Olufemi, who was sentenced to death in 2005 by a Saudi Arabian court for the alleged murder of a policeman in Jeddah in 2002. ...
Read More »Audu, Aganaba want direct primary in Kogi, Bayelsa election
Governorship aspirants in Kogi and Bayelsa states under the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mohammed Abubakar Audu and Preye Aganaba have asked the party to adopt direct primary to select candidates in the November 16 polls. The duo spoke separately to ...
Read More »Imo raises panel to probe contracts awarded by Okorocha, others
Governor Emeka Ihedioha has set up an eight-man panel, chaired by Justice B. C. Iheka, to investigate the contracts awarded by the administrations of Chiefs Achike Udenwa, Ikedi Ohakim and Rochas Okorocha in Imo State. A statement issued in Owerri ...
Read More »HURIWA flays alleged violation of Nigerians’ rights
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has deplored President Muhammadu Buhari’s continued deployment of the armed forces to allegedly emasculate the civil rights of Nigerians. The group stated this yesterday in a statement by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel ...
Read More »RUST recants as ASUU demands probe of FUOYE VC for alleged illegalities
The Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RUST), Port Harcourt, as the unions declined to join the warning strike yesterday. NASU chairman, Bari Jonah, said the decision was predicated on the fact that the executive did not receive any ...
Read More »SSANU, NASU warning strike paralyses activities in nation’s varsities
The five-day warning strike embarked upon by Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the None Academic Staff of Universities (NASU) paralysed major activities at the nation’s ivory towers. At Nigeria’s premier University of Ibadan (UI), the workers complied with ...
Read More »Awori seek governorship slots, other positions in Lagos, Ogun states
The Awori have argued that it was high time they got the governorship positions in Lagos and Ogun states. Speaking at the celebration of Deputy Governor of Ogun State, Noimot Salako-Oyedele, on her leadership position, they charged Lagos and Ogun ...
Read More »Oyo-Ita resigns as head of service, citing family pressure
Family pressure may have forced the Head of Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita, to throw in the towel as she has allegedly offered to proceed on an immediate retirement. Sources disclosed that her decision to bow out of ...
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