The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has cried out over plot by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state to rubbish the legacies of former Governor Abiola Ajimobi. According to the party, the plan which is comprehensive includes using the social media, some radio stations whose staff are partial to PDP and…
President Muhammadu Buhari has written the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, to initiate the process of appointing five new justices of the Supreme Court. The President’s decision was made public on Sunday in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu. Accordong to Punch’s report, Buhari…
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Sunday attended the funeral of 25 persons killed by bandits in a fresh attack which occurred on Saturday in three communities in Rabah local government area of the state. According to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Tambuwal together with heads of security agencies, traditional rulers and government officials…
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja will on Monday, resume proceedings on the petition challenging the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari as winner of the February 23 presidential election. The tribunal had on May 22, adjourned further hearing on the case the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar lodged…
The Governor of Oyo State, Mr Seyi Makinde has said his administration will soon establish an anti-corruption agency in the state. He made the disclosure while speaking at a two-day induction programme for members-elect of the 9th Assembly of Oyo State, noting that the move is an indication of the readiness of his administration to…
A sex worker has told a magistrate that her husband forced her into prostitution and they ended up conniving to rob her clients. The woman, her husband and two other men appeared in court for allegedly conniving to rob her clients. Lindiwe Ncube (31), who stays in Sgwindiri Compound, was hired by two clients on…
The Police Command in Lagos State on Sunday said it has arrested a fish farmer, Jeremiah Obifor, 61, for allegedly cutting off the hand of an 11-year-old boy, Goodluck Amechi. According to the Spokesperson of the police in Lagos state, DSP Bala Elkana, the man cut off the boy’s hand who he suspected had come…
The chairman of All Local Government Chairmen of Nigeria (ALGON), Oyo State Chapter, Prince Ayodeji Abass-Aleshinloye has asked the state Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde to deploy his Chief of Staff, Bisi Ilaka to motor park over his unguarded statements in the public space. Aleshinloye stated this in a press release signed by him and made…
Most Nigerians and mobile phone users all over the globe usually lock their phones , thereby making it difficult for anyone to have access to information in them, particularly their account details. But a suspected telephone hacker who was arrested by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Ladipo, Lagos, has revealed that such measure does…
Did Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State realize that, in his first official pronouncement on May 29, 2019 stopping the payment of N3000 by school pupils, he had unwittingly provoked a strong ideological sentiment which had been bottled overtime? Discussions on this issue have polarized indigenes and residents along divides of ideology, class and beliefs….
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