President Muhammadu Buhari celebrated his seven years in office as Nigeria marked yet another Democracy Day on June 12, 2022. By the next Democracy Day on June 12, 2023, he will be handing over to his successor. He said it was “an occasion to celebrate freedom and unity of our Nation,” a day for Nigerians…
Senior Public Official, Seven Others in Attempted $2 billion Dollars Fraud in Edo
The long arms of the law have caught up with eight suspects in Edo State who allegedly attempted to defraud the federal government of a whopping $2 billion (USD). The arrest, according to the State Police Command, was sequel to a complaint received by its crack team April 25, 2022, via a petition from one…
Obaseki Clamps Down on Union Activities in State-Owned Tertiary Institutions, Suspends Operations by ASUU, ASUP, NASU, SSANU
…Invokes No Work, No Pay Policy Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, has ordered the immediate resumption of academic activities in all state-owned tertiary institutions, even as he came down hard on the various academic and non- academic staff unions in the universities and polytechnics, suspending their operations. The government’s sledge hammer followed the protest by…
How Tinubu Triumphed Over APC intrigues
He is a cat with nine lives. The plots against him were deep and varied. A lot of people believed he was finished for daring the Presidency, the party and the cabal. But like a sphinx, the world watched Bola Ahmed Tinubu rise from the ashes of his multiple battles to clinch the presidential ticket…
You Have No Power to Ban ASUU, Defiant AAU Lecturers Fire Back at Obaseki
The embattled members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, in Edo State-owned Ambrose Alli University, AAU, Ekpoma, has described as “condemnable” the suspension of activities of the union by the state government. The state governor, Godwin Obaseki, Wednesday evening after the state’s security council meeting, ordered the striking workers of all government-owned tertiary…
Tinubu Beats Osinbajo, Amaechi to Win APC Ticket
Ahmed Bola Tinubu, former governor of Lagos State and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC has emerged the winner of the primaries to elect the flagbearer of the party for the 2023 election. he scored 1, 271 votes to defeat Rotimi Amaechi, former minister of Transportation who scored 316 votes, while Vice President…
Obaseki Sympathises With Victims of Edo Multiple Accident Which Claimed Seven Lives
The governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has described as “most regrettable”, Sundays gory multiple accidents at Agbede, Etsako West local government area of the state, in which seven persons were burnt beyond recognition. Obaseki, who on Tuesday expressed his heart-felt sympathy for victims of the accident, said the cause of the crash had been…
Isa Baba Buji APC Delegate Dies Before Primaries in Abuja
A delegate for the presidential primaries of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC has died before the conclusion of the exercise that started yesterday. Isa Baba Buji, a delegate from Jigawa State, according to report, died in Abuja on Tuesday while preparations for the presidential primaries were approaching the final stage. Laolu Akande, spokesperson for…
Yoruba Leaders of Thought Call for Launch of ‘Operation Sweep Terrorism Out of Yorubaland
…As They Present Seven-point Demand to South-West Governors on Curbing Further Massacres Yet to come to terms with the horrendous bloody terrorist attack on the St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, which claimed 22 lives and leaving 56 others injured on Sunday June 5, a group under the aegis of Leaders of Thought in…
22 Confirmed Dead, 56 Hospitalised In Owo Catholic Church Terror Attack
…As Akeredolu Appeals to Residents Not to Take Laws into Their Hands Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has confirmed 80 people were hit in Sunday’s horrendous attack on the St. Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, Owo. Akeredolu, senior advocate of Nigeria, SAN, said 22 people lost their lives, while 56 survivors were on admission…
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