House of Representatives on Tuesday has given the minister of Niger Delta Affairs Godswill Akpabio 48-hours to name the National Assembly members involved in the contracts awarded by Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The House of Reps committee probing the financial dealings and contracts in the NDDC also asked Akpabio to publish names, contracts, dates […]
Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Tuesday described as a painful loss the death of Mallam Isma’ila Isa Funtua. Lawan expressed his heartfelt condolences to the family of the late business mogul, community leader, social and political activist and nationalist. “The news of the death of Mallam Isa Funtua left me with profound sadness,” Lawan said […]
LAGOS State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved an average of 46 per cent increase on bus services on the routes operated by the Lagos Bus Services Limited (LBSL). A statement by the Assistant Director, Corporate Communication, at the Lagos Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LAMATA), Mr. Kolawole Ojelabi, said the increase takes effect from August 1. He […]
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN) has won the governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with a wide margin. He polled 2,458 votes to defeat eight other aspirants that participated in the primary. Olusola Oke (SAN) came in distant second with 262 votes followed by Isaac Kekemeke who garnered 19 votes. The governor […]
NO fewer than 12 Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) officials were suspended indefinitely on Monday. More officials were quizzed by the Presidential Investigation Committee, headed by Justice Isa Ayo Salami (red). Some of those grilled were handling sensitive investigations. One of the officials had his car pushed at the Banquet Hall Wing of the […]
THE Commandant of the Ekiti State Security Network code-named Amotekun, Brig.-Gen. Joe Komolafe (rtd), has said the corps will use supernatural and modern security techniques to combat banditry, kidnapping and other crimes. He spoke yesterday at Efon Alaaye during a sensitisation tour of Ekiti West, Efon Alaaye and Ijero local governments. The commandant said the […]
The Acting Head, Department of Biological Sciences, Benson Idahosa University (BIU), Dr. Emmanuel Odjadjare, has said teaching and learning using online platforms will be a plus for Nigeria’s education system if it complements conventional learning methods. He, however, said that online learning could not replace face-to-face approach. “A number of institutions have started deploying digital […]
Justice Ibrahim Watilat of the Federal High Court, Abeokuta, Ogun State has sentenced one Festus Gbenga Ajayi, to one year imprisonment for internet fraud. Ajayi was prosecuted by the Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on one-count charge of criminal impersonation, having been arrested on October, 2019 in a raid […]
AJIA Hasana Garuba, wife of the late Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, Zakawanu Garuba, was on Monday released by her abductors. She was kidnapped along Okene-Abuja Expressway three days ago on her way to Auchi, her husband’s hometown, for his burial. A source said the kidnappers demanded about N20m but it was not […]
WIFE of the slain immigration officer in Nasarawa State, Salisu Usman Maku, Mrs. Asma’u Salisu Maku has been released by her abductors but it was after N20 million ransom was paid, a family member has said. Mrs Maku was kidnapped on July 14 in her residence in Gudi town, Akwanga council alongside her husband who […]