Category: Politics
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Federal Government to replace collapsed Plateau bridge.
Sofonews.ng reported that the Federal Government has said that it will build a concrete bridge over the Wase Waterways in Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State, as a replacement for the recently collapsed Wase Bridge in the State. The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, said this on Tuesday, in a statement […]
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DSS denies arrest of EFCC acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu
The Department of State Services (DSS) has refuted some media reports that it arrested Ibrahim Magu, the acting chairman of the Economic Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). This was contained in a press statement made available to Vanguard in Abuja on Monday by Peter Afunanya, the Public Relations Officer, Department of State Services. The statement titled; […]
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Osagie Ize-Iyamu Denies Bathing a Student With Acid During His Undergraduate Days.
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, said contrary to what is in circulation, that he never poured acid on a fellow student as an undergraduate but rather drew the attention of the school security and took the victim for first aid treatment. Ize-Iyamu said: “When I […]
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BREAKING NEWS: Former National Vice Chairman of APC is Dead
The Immediate past National Vice Chairman of All Progressives Congress (North West), Inuwa Abdulkadir is dead at the age of 54years old. Sofonews.ng reported that Abdulkadir died on Monday morning. Abdulkadir died at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto in the early hours of Monday after a brief illness. The late Abdulkadir who was […]
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Buhari remembers late Ooni of Ife, 40 years after
According to the Nations newspaper, The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday, paid glowing tribute to the late Ooni of Ife, Oba Adesoji Aderemi, 40 years after his death. Aderemi, a political figure, was the Ooni of Ife between 1930 and July 3, 1980, when he died at the age of 90. The […]
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FG approves ‘safe reopening’ of schools
The Federal Government has announced reopening of primary and secondary schools only for preparatory classes for graduating students and pupils – primary 6, JSS 3 and SS3. Only those sitting the National Common Entrance Examinations, WAEC and NECO examinations, etc are to resume classes as long as the schools comply strictly with the recommended steps […]
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Ganduje, Oyo, Lagos Deputies, others bid Ajimobi farewell
Kano Governor Umar Ganduje; his Ekiti State counterpart Kayode Fayemi; Oyo Deputy Governor Rauf Olaniyan; his Lagos State counterpart Obafemi Hamzat and Lagos Speaker Mudashiru Obasa were among dignitaries that paid last respects to former Oyo Governor Senator Abiola Ajimobi in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Sunday. Ajimobi died of COVID-19 complications at a […]
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SOME APC MEMBERS DECLARE 3-DAY FASTING FOR AJIMOBI
It is no longer news that the ex-governor of Oyo State, Senator Isiaq Ajimobi has been really sick and some individuals are speculating that he is dead. According to Punchng.com, The All Progressives Congress members in Oyo State under the aegis of the Oyo State Aspirants’ Forum have declared a three-day fasting and prayer session […]
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REPS MOVE TO INCLUDE COMPULSORY FREE EDUCATION IN CONSTITUTION
Does it seem Nigerians still have a cause to smile after the COVID-19 pandemic, economic halt, and incessant rape cases? Maybe this new move from the House of Representatives will make us all smile. According to tribuneonlineng.com, The House of Representatives will list for second reading, a bill to include mandatory free education from primary […]
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Lagos State Senator DiedAged 61.
Adebayo Osinowo, Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial district, popularly known as ‘Pepperito’ died at 65 from an unknown illness. The cause of his death is yet to be made public, although family sources quoted stated that he died after a brief illness. Until his death, he was the Senator representing Lagos East senatorial constituency at […]