A heavy rainfall on Tuesday evening, damaged a large portion of the Kwara Stadium Complex, Ilorin reports. The Stadium Manager, Mr Wale Obalola, said that it was the grace of God that averted the loss of lives during the heavy…
Day: April 4, 2018
ON DESPERATE ATTEMPTS BY HIGH PROFILE PERSONS TO LINK JONATHAN TO CORRUPTION – RENO
My attention has been drawn to a viral video, initially circulated by agents of the All Progressive Congress led Federal Government, and purported to be videos of a police raid of the home of former President Goodluck Jonathan, and in…
DEATH BY HANGING: DELTA PRIME MINISTER’S SON CALLS FOR FG INTERVENTION
First son of Chief Newton Agbofodoh, the embattled traditional Prime Minister (Unuewvodo) of Ekpan in Uvwie Local Government Area, Delta State, Mr. Darlington Newton, has alleged high political undercurrent in the death sentence by hanging, slammed on his father by…
INTERPOL’S DECISION HAS VINDICATED ME – MELAYE
Senator Dino Melaye has said that the International Police Organizaton (INTERPOL)’s decision not to carry out “politically-motivated operations” against him means he has been vindicated. Recall that Melaye who represents Kogi West was reported to INTERPOL by the Nigeria Police Force…
ABACHA LOOT: MATTERS MISCELLANY- SUFUYAN OJEIFO
I got a credible information last week from some grapevines in Abuja that the much-talked about outstanding sum of $322 million (not $321 million as has been widely reported) stashed away in some secret accounts by former military dictator, the…
TENURE EXTENSION: APC MEETING ENDS IN DEADLOCK
A closed-door meeting by President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and 22 governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to resolve the controversy over tenure extension for the John Odigie-Oyegun-led executive ended in a deadlock yesterday. The meeting which…
YAHAYA BELLO ATTENDS PRESIDENTIAL MEETING IN CRUTCHES
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State was reported to have fallen off while alighting from his official car last Friday and injured his left foot, in a statement from the Kogi State Government House, Lokoja, said on Tuesday. The statement…
DINO MELAYE, 4 OTHERS TO BE ARRAIGNED IN COURT
Dino Melaye and the four suspects rearrested by the Police after they escaped from custody will be arraigned for alleged conspiracy and unlawful possession of prohibited firearms at the Federal High Court in Lokoja, Kogi on May 10, the Police…
NPRN CALLS ON BUHARI TO ORDER INVESTIGATION INTO GHOST POLICE OFFICERS’ SCANDAL
The Network of Police Reforms in Nigeria has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order an investigation into the more than 80,000 ghost officers discovered in the police payroll. In a statement on Tuesday, the group said such investigation would…
PROFILES IN FORTITUDE AND COURAGE – LOUIS ODION
For those tempted to give up on the Nigerian identity, three recent events should offer some reassurance. Though disparate in circumstances, they nonetheless collectively tell the story of tenacity in the face of denial, character under temptation and courage under…