Following the orders of Ayo Daramola, Ekiti State Chief Judge, all courts in the state have been shut down indefinitely. Obafemi Fasanmi, Chief Registrar of the state judiciary, stated this in a statement in Ado-Ekiti. He explained that the decision was taken due to the series of attacks hoodlums had launched on the court premises…
FG To Rehabilitate Disarmed Insurgents
The Federal Government has disclosed plans to rehabilitate insurgents who recently surrendered their arms to the Nigerian troops. Mike Omeri, coordinator of National Information Centre, NIC, Thursday, said the federal government would not prosecute the terrorists. Omeri said those who surrendered would be taken through the stages of de-radicalization and rehabilitation, while those who refused…
Court Clears Lagos Speaker of Money Laundering Allegation
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has been cleared of money laundering charges. He was charged to court for money laundering by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC. This followed a judgment delivered Friday at the Federal High Court Lagos by Justice Ibrahim Buba. Supporters of IKuforiji have been celebrating…
Ekiti: Former NURTW Chairman Killed
Unknown gunmen in Ekiti, Ijigbo area of the state capital, killed Omolafe Aderiye, a former Ekiti State Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, last night. A source, who said his assassins wore Mobile Police uniform with bulletproof vest and came in a white car immediately opened fire on sighting him, shot…
Jonathan Assures of Credible Elections In 2015
President Goodluck Jonathan has assured that the 2015 general elections will be in accordance with global best practices. A statement issued by Reuben Abati, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Thursday, said the president made the pledge at a meeting with Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki Moon and the British…
Senate Approves Jonathan’s $1Bn Loan Request
The Nigerian Senate has approved President Goodluck Jonathan’s request for a loan of $1 billion to tackle insecurity in the country. The upper legislative chamber gave its approval this Thursday after Ahmed Makarfi, chairman of the Joint Committee on Finance, Local and Foreign Debt presented the Committee’s report. In the report, the Committee recommended that the…
Lagos Denies Cover Up In Synagogue Disaster
Toyin Ayinde, Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development has debunked rumours making the rounds that the state government is trying to cover up the investigation into the collapsed building belonging to The Synagogue Church of All Nations. Ayinde who said he had warn a Lagos based television station for promoting such untrue…
Ekiti Election: Protesters Storm Tribunal as Fayose Appeals Court Ruling
For the second time in four days, angry protesters holding branches of a tree stormed the Ekiti State High Court, over the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, on Thursday threatening fire and brimstone. The protesters comprising Motorcycle riders and artisans became rowdy as they pointed fingers at lawyers representing the other party threatening to deal with them when…
Lagos Establishes Disability Fund
Babatunde Raji Fashola, Lagos State governor, says the state has established a disability fund in order to advance the cause of people living with disability in the state. In an address delivered today at the Nigeria National Persons with Disabilities Multipurpose Co-operative Society, NNPWDMCS, the governor who was represented by J. O. Abolude, a director…
Army Kills Shekau’s Impostor
The Nigerian Army, said it has killed Mohammed Bashir, who had been impersonating the deceased Abubakar Shekau, the man believed to be the leader of the Boko Haram sect on videos. Director of Defence Information, Major-General Chris Olukolade, revealed the information while briefing newsmen in Abuja, on Wednesday, September 24. Olukolade said the ongoing devastation…
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