Oyo State governor-elect, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, on Thursday, debunked the claim that he has dual citizenship, describing it as mischievous and unfounded. Ajimobi, in a statement signed by his Director of Media and Publicity, Mr Yanju Adegbite, denied ever being a dual citizen of Nigeria and the United States of America. According to him, the […]
The Alowa of Ilowa-Ijesha in Osun State, Oba Adebukola Alli, on Wednesday appeared before an Osogbo chief magistrates’ court on charge of rape of a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) serving in his domain. Oba Alli was said to have raped one Miss Helen Okpara, a corps member serving in his domain, […]
THE Oyo State governor, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala, has said he used his classical style of administration (O yato) to make a mark, so as to make the state better than he met it in 2007. Governor Alao-Akala said this while playing host to members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the state, who […]
THE Lagos State Commissioner for Healh, Dr Jide Idris, has said at least 9,253 people, about 8.9 per cent of the population in the state, tested positive to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in the last one year. He also said the three most prevalent diseases managed in the 7,211 patients attended to during the […]
THE Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier-General Maharazu Tsiga, has said that the NYSC scheme will not be scrapped but will remain to unite the people of the country together. Speaking at the 2011 Annual Management Conference entitled “Reviving and Strengthening Discipline in the NYSC Scheme,” held in Ilorin, Kwara State, on […]
Governor Timipre Sylva has denied hiding the leader of the Niger Delta Liberation Force (NDLF), John Togo, in Bayelsa State Government House. Sylva was reacting, through a statement ‘Sylva not hiding John Togo’ signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Doifie Ola, to claims by the Camp Administrator of Obubra Amnesty Camp, Mr. Ekpein Appah […]
Zamfara State governor-elect, Alhaji Abdulaziz Abubakar Yari may sack 10,000 ghost and illegal workers just as he alerted security agencies over alleged looting of government property by the outgoing administration. He urged the security agency to find ways of curbing unprecedented looting in this period of transition in the state. Addressing journalists on Wednesday, in […]
A businessman and Islamic scholar, had a close shave with death penultimate Saturday when a five-man gang of armed robbers invaded his storey residence behind Kaduna Polytechnic, Ungwan Sanusi in Kaduna, leaving him with broken arm and severe brain injury. The 39-year-old Abubakar Abdullahi Goron Na Maye who sources say enjoys spiritual patronage of important personalities […]
Oyo State Governor, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala and the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) did a volte-face on the just concluded governorship election in the state won by Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) candidate, Senator Ajibola Ajimobi. They appealed his victory. The governor had in the wake of the electoral verdict congratulated Ajimobi, […]
Nigeria says it has denied a visa to a former U.S. ambassador who has raised concerns over the stability of Africa’s most populous nation. A spokesman for the Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs told The Associated Press Wednesday that the West African’s nation mission in Washington, D.C. refused former ambassador John Campbell a visa to […]
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