The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has reinstanted the suspended commissioner for Finance and Accountant- General of the state. This is as revealed in a statement on Monday in Port Harcourt by Simeon Nwakaudu, special assistant to the governor on electronic media. The statement said the suspension of Commissioner Fred Kpakol and Accountant-General Abere […]
Continue ReadingFollowing what may be termed whistle blowing or “self-indictment” on a live television broadcast by Dr. Temitope Aluko, secretary of the Ekiti chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and his subsequent interrogation by the DSS, the embattled Ekiti State governor believes the federal government if using the DSS to shield Aluko from facing trial. […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Government of Nigeria axed the heads of the six information-related parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture. As revealed by Segun Adeyemi, Special Adviser to the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, the minister announced the disengagement during a meeting he held with the Chief Executives of the Nigerian Television […]
Continue ReadingA widower, Aare Femi Adebayo, who is a businessman, is staging a legal battle with the management of University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan, for the death of his wife, Mrs Funmilayo Adebayo. According to Mr. Adebayo, the death of his wife was caused by incompetence and negligence on the part of medical experts that conducted […]
Continue ReadingIbe Kachikwu, minister of state for petroleum resources, has revealed that his acceptance to serve the country cost him “at least a million dollars every year”. Speaking in Abuja on Sunday, Kachikwu said although his former job was more rewarding financially, he decided to serve Nigeria for the love of his fatherland. He said all […]
Continue ReadingThe chairman of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay, has been strongly condemned by the Rivers State government, for his criticism of the recent Supreme Court judgment upholding the election of Governor Nyesom Wike.Commenting on Sunday, the state government said Mr. Sagay, a professor of Law, launched a “bitter and […]
Continue ReadingIn the face of crashing oil price in the global market, Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, during his tour of agricultural projects backed up by Kano State government, called on state governors in the country to emulate Kano State in its efforts at boosting agriculture, food security and providing jobs […]
Continue ReadingOccupants of the Rauf Aregbesola Market, Iyana Ipaja, Lagos, have appealed to the Lagos State Government to intervene in the conflict between them and Alimosho Local Government Council. The local government on Friday threatened to eject the traders to pave way for the demolition of the structures to upgrade the market. The traders told the […]
Continue ReadingFirst death resulting from Lassa Fever has been recorded in Ogun state. Disclosing this at a press conference in Abeokuta, Ogun State, the state’s Commissioner of Health, Babatunde Ipaye, said the government did its best to save the victim, who died on Sunday, and has contacted the deceased family for approval to bury the victim […]
Continue ReadingThe Nigerian Air Force, NAF, Saturday, debunked rumours purporting it has the location of the the missing girls taken away by Boko Haram insurgents on April 14, 2014 from a school in Chibok, Borno State. The clarification is a response to media reports suggesting that the NAF had found the location where the kidnapped girls […]
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