Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has called on the Federal Government to publish all the properties it claimed to have recovered and their owners as well as buyers of the properties when they are eventually sold. The governor, who said…
Year: 2018
NEW SECRETARIAT: KOGI APC CRISIS GETS MESSIER
Rumbles in the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kogi State got messier yesterday, as Governor Yahaya Bello opened a new secretariat and announced the constitution of new state executive to pilot the affairs of the party in acting capacity. Members…
OFFA/IJAGBO COMMUNAL CLASH: POLICE ARRESTS SUSPECTS
Communal clash on Wednesday morning broke out between the people of Offa in Offa Local Government Area and the people of Ijagbo in Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara State. One person was reportedly killed and about 21 others, including…
RICE SCANDAL: EDO PDP INSISTS OBASEKI ACCOUNTS FOR MISSING BAGS OF RICE
Edo State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, insisted that the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration must account for the missing 4, 781 bags of rice of the 6,822 approved for the Internally Displaced Persons Camp at Uhogwa in Ovia…
OIL MARKETERS HAVE ABANDONED IMPORTATION OF PETROL- NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Tuesday in Abuja said oil marketers have abandoned importation of petrol due to the losses they incurred. Chief Financial Officer of NNPC, Mr Isiaka Razak, made this disclosure when he appeared before members…
FG WILL NOT SELL REFINERIES- IBE KACHIKWU
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, has said the Federal Government will not sell the nation’s refineries but aim to make Nigeria the refinery corridor for the rest of the continent. Kachikwu was speaking on Tuesday…
HERDSMEN IN EKITI TAKES OATH
Herdsmen in Ekiti State have taken a traditional oath binding on them to assure the host communities in Ekiti and the South West, that they would no longer behave unruly, kill or allow their cows to stray into farms. This…
FRENCH TOURIST ADMITS IMPREGNATING MORE THAN 600 WOMEN IN SIX AFRICAN COUNTRIES
A French tourist has admitted impregnating more than 600 women in six African countries within two years. Forty-year old Jean Michel made the revelation on an online news site “Africa24”. The six countries included Nigeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Togo, Ghana…
FALSE ASSET DECLARATION: ACCUSED SUPREME COURT JUDGE TO KNOW VERDICT, MARCH 21
The Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, will on March 21 deliver ruling on the competence of the criminal charge brought against the Supreme Court Justice, Sylvester Ngwuta, by the federal government on charges of false assets declaration. The tribunal fixed…
BENUE KILLINGS: ARMY PROMISES TO RESTORE NORMALCY
Lieutenant-General Tukur Buratai the Chief of Army Staff, has promised to restore normalcy to the troubled communities of Benue State with the commencement of Exercise Ayem A’ Kpatuma, a special military spike programme launched to stem herdsmen incursions and killings…