UgamatvDIRI TELLS 24 NEW COMMISSIONERS, BE SERVANT LEADERS
The Bayelsa State Governor, Mr Douye Diri, on Tuesday, charged the 24 new commissioners, who were earlier cleared by the state House of Assembly, to be servant-leaders. He gave the…
OBASEKI SWEARS IN THREE NEW COMMISSIONERS
The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has sworn in Lawrence Ogieva and Alex Oleije as commissioners for Arts, Culture and Diaspora Affairs, and Environment and Sustainability, respectively. The governor…
ONDO, EKITI BEGIN FINAL RITES FOR OLUMILUA
As the final funeral rites of a former governor of old Ondo State, Evangelist Bamidele Olumilua, began on Tuesday, the Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, has described the deceased…
ENVIRONMENTAL OFFENCE: LASG SEALS RCCG, EATERY
The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency has sealed a parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God at Gbagada, an eatery and some other facilities for flouting the state environmental…
FANI-KAYODE ADAMANT AS NIGERIANS KNOCK EX-MINISTER FOR CALLING REPORTER STUPID
A former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has come under heavy criticism for calling a journalist, Eyo Charles, “stupid” during a press conference in Calabar, the Cross River State…
EX-GOVERNING COUNCIL MEMBER ACCUSES OGUNDIPE OF FLOUTING CONTRACT LAW
A retired Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Boniface Oye-Adeniran, has demanded a thorough investigation of the suspended Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof.…
IN BAUCHI FLOOD:THREE KILLED, 150 HOUSES DESTROYED
No fewer than three persons have been killed and over 150 houses destroyed by flood in three local government areas of Bauchi State. This was disclosed by members of the…
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR RAPE,RELIGIOUS LEADERS FOR OTHERS
Religious leaders, on Tuesday in Kaduna, described rapists as terrorists that must not be spared any punishment to deter others. While a prominent northern Islamic scholar, Sheikh Kabir Gombe, suggested…
COMMISSIONER SAYS: MISSING HELICOPTERS, NO INVITATION FROM ASSEMBLY YET
The Lagos State Government has said its officials have yet to receive any summons from the House of Assembly on the state helicopters. The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy,…
OLUSEGUN OSOBA BECOME NIJ GOVERNING COUNCIL CHAIRMAN
A former governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, has been appointed as the Chairman of the Governing Council of Nigerian Institute of Journalism. A reliable source in the institute…
