Former governor of Oyo State and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Adebayo Alao-Akala recently clocked 70. In an interview with reporters at Ibadan, the state capital, the Ogbomoso-born politician spoke on his political career and other issues. Southwest Bureau Chief BISI OLADELE was there. As a major politician, why do you think we […]

Residents of four local government areas in Lagos State, especially those living on flood plains, were on Thursday told to vacate their homes immediately. Those in 15 other councils also got the warning. Environment and Water Resources Commissioner Tunji Bello listed the councils to be worse-hit as Lagos Mainland, Mushin, Ibeju-Lekki and Ikorodu. Bello explained […]

The Chairman, Committee on Information and Strategy of the Lagos House of Assembly, Hon. Tunde Braimoh is dead. Braimoh, who represented Kosofe Counstituency 2 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, was an eloquent lawmaker. Although the Lagos Assembly is yet to come out with an official statement on his death and its cause, there […]

The Ondo State Governorship Screening Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday concluded the screening of its 12 aspirants. The two-day screening, which started on Wednesday, saw Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu and five other aspirants passing through the scrutiny of the Tijjani Tumusa led nine-man panel at an undisclosed hotel in Utako, Abuja. Aspirants […]

The police, yesterday, paraded a nurse, Mrs Ogundimu Monilola, accused of helping a 44-year-old pastor of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Ogo Oluwa parish, Olokuta, Ogun State, Oluwafemi Oyebola, to procure family planning care for his 24-year-old daughter, whom he impregnated three times. Monilola, who claimed to be Assistant Chief Matron at the State General […]

• ‘I moved for Oshiomhole’s suspension to end godfatherism in Edo’ • ERA/FoEN expresses concern over flooding, environmental hazards Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Edo State 2020 governorship election, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, yesterday, challenged Governor Godwin Obaseki to disclose the amount he spent on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket. He charged […]

The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), yesterday, declared support for the use N2 trillion Nigeria Infrastructure Investment Fund to stimulate the economy. NGF also advocated revitalization of the nation’s mortgage bank to support the government’s ambitious housing programme. The governors made these positions known in a communiqué issued by the Governor of Ekiti State and Chairman […]

Group says Magu’s ordeal vindicates 8th senate, demands arrest of cohorts The presidential panel investigating sundry allegations against the suspended chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, yesterday questioned the secretary, Olanipekun Olukoyede, and directors of the commission. Magu is facing corruption allegation by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) […]

The Edo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday raised the alarm over plan by the National Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to seek $500 million from the Nigerian Export-Import (NEXIM) bank to finance the September 19 gubernatorial election in the state. In a statement by its state’s Publicity Secretary, […]

There is a possibility that bands of fleeing terrorists from the North East are migrating to the North West and North Central zones with sophisticated weapons and turning to armed bandits, following the continued air and land bombardment of terrorists’ hideout in the theatres of operation, the army has disclosed. Coordinator, Defence Media Operations (DMO), […]

Some stakeholders in the education sector have expressed support for the Federal Government’s decision not to allow students to sit for the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) amid rising cases of COVID-19 in the country. They spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in Ibadan on Thursday. NAN reports that […]

The governorship candidate of the African Democratic Party (ADP) in Edo State, Ibio Emmanuel, has been abandoned by the State Executive Committee (SEC) and most members of the party. They have joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), thereby collapsing the ADP structure. ADP Edo Organising Secretary Oshodin Izedomwen, who led the defectors yesterday in Benin, […]