Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has pleaded with the Federal Government to urgently review the revenue formula to enable states and local governments to pay the new N30, 000 minimum wage. He said Ondo State was not against the new ...
Read More »EKSU medical college students graduate 10 years after
The Ekiti State University College of Medicine has graduated the first set of medical students of the institution after 10 years of study. A statement issued by EKSU Public Relations Officer (PRO), Bode Olofinmuagun, at the weekend disclosed that the ...
Read More »Many aspirants in Kogi guber race good for democracy, says Idris as PDP reelects Uhuotu state chairman
A former Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the large number of aspirants jostling for the governorship position is good for democracy. This is coming as National Publicity Secretary of ...
Read More »Senate President Lawan, Bello task APC elected officials on dividends of democracy
Senate President, Ahmed Lawan and Niger State Governor Abubakar, Sani Bello, have charged APC members and elected officials to remember that campaigns were over and that it was now time to deliver dividends of democracy to their people. Lawan spoke ...
Read More »Rewarding indicted persons with appointments makes mockery of anti-graft campaign, ASUU tells presidency
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly compensating indicted persons, especially vice chancellors with federal appointments. It stated this yesterday in a statement jointly signed by the University of Ibadan (UI) Chairman of ...
Read More »Odigie-Oyegun, Oshiomhole disagree on Edo Assembly crisis, party ex-chairman tasks governors on intervention
Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, and his successor, Adams Oshiomhole, have expressed different views on the crisis in the Edo State House of Assembly. Reacting to the moves by the House of Representatives ...
Read More »Mali’s standoff time bomb for Nigeria, others, ECOWAS warns as parliamentarians decry aloofness, urge swift resolution
The Parliament of the Economic Community of West Africans States (ECOWAS) has raised the alarm over the isolated treatment of the Malian impasse by member-states, warning that the rest nations in the sub-region were sitting on a keg powder on ...
Read More »SERAP takes Federal Government to ICC over 13.2m out of school children
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the Federal Government for allegedly leaving 13.2 million children out of school. The group’s request was contained in a petition to the ICC prosecutor, ...
Read More »NAMA splits Lagos airspace control centre to boost traffic services
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has successfully split the Lagos Sub-Flight Information Region (Sub-FIR) airspace into two sectors, as part of a move to enhance air traffic services. The two sectors – Lagos West Area Control Centre on 120.9MHz ...
Read More »Kidnappers Demand Thirty Million Naira Ransom, From 19year Old Victim
The Operatives of the State Intelligence Bureau (SIB), in following up a petition referred to the Command, by the Force Headquarters Abuja to Ibadan Oyo State, has arrested two suspects namely : (1) Thoa Akorede ‘m’ and (2) Alhaji Muhibudeen ...
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