The Senate for the second time in two days held an executive session on Wednesday because of the fear that an open deliberation on the defection bid of the 11 Peoples Democratic Party senators to the All Progressives Congress could generate tension. But tension still played out as the aggrieved senators and their APC counterparts […]
New tactics of Abuja sex workers Commercial sex workers develop new strategies to beat directives of the Federal Capital Territory administration, OLALEKAN ADETAYO writes Like every other urban settlements, the Federal Capital Territory is having its fair share of the activities of commercial sex workers. Once upon a time, these women of easy virtue, […]
There was commotion and confusion in Baptist High School, Iwo, Osun State, on yesterday, as students of the school abandoned the general uniform provided by Governor Rauf Aregbesola-led administration and wore hijabs, purdah and choir garments to the school. The development disrupted the usual assembly prayer, as the students declined to listen to their principal […]
CBN Governor, Mr. Lamido Sanusi The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, on Tuesday said the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation had yet to remit to the Federation Account $20bn out of the $67bn it realised from crude oil sale on behalf of the Federal Government. Sanusi, who stated this when he appeared […]
Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola | credits: File copy The immediate-past Head of Service in Osun State, Mr. Segun Akinwusi, has described the excuse given by Governor Rauf Aregbesola for his administration inability to pay pensions and gratuities as laughable. The Commissioner for Finance, Dr. Wale Bolorunduro, had blamed the inability of the government to […]
Former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar | credits: File copy THE Peoples Democratic Party on Tuesday said ex-Vice President Abubakar Atiku, who defected to the opposition All Progressives Party on Monday, would soon return. The PDP said Atiku was on a voyage to the APC and that he would soon come back to the ruling […]
THE All Progressives Congress has asked the new Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh, and the service chiefs to defeat Boko Haram before the 2015 general elections. The APC also urged them to liaise with other arms of the security agencies to improve the level of security across the country ahead of the […]
The authorities of the Defence Headquarters, Abuja, have denied a statement credited to the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh, that the military and security operatives would end the Boko Haram insurgency by April, 2014. The Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, said in an electronic mail on Tuesday that the CDS’ […]
President Goodluck Jonathan and the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Adamu Muazu, on Tuesday met behind closed doors with state governors elected on the party’s platform. The meeting was held inside the President’s office shortly after the Council of State meeting attended by the governors alongside their colleagues from other parties. Muazu […]
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has said about 160,000 policemen are being trained to ensure hitch-free gubernatorial elections in Ekiti and Osun states this year and the 2015 general elections. The IG said this when the United States Ambassador, Mr. James Entwistle, paid him a courtesy visit at the Force headquarters Abuja, on Tuesday. […]
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