Former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has been appointed as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, by President Goodluck Jonathan. Obi’s appointment was announced on Monday in a statement by the presidency. According to the statement issued in Abuja by the Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs to the President, Reuben…
Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State has announced the appointment of the state Commissioner for Agriculture, Lasisi Oluboyo, as his new deputy. This followed the impeachment of the former deputy governor, Ali Olanusi, on Monday by the Ondo State House of Assembly. Mimiko sent Oluboyo’s name to the House for ratification as required by law.…
The Ondo State House of Assembly, on Monday morning, impeached the deputy governor of the state, Ali Olanusi. Twenty-four out of the 26 members of the House, including the Speaker, Jumoke Akindele, sat to pass the impeachment motion raised by the Majority Leader, Henry Akinsoyinu. At the plenary session on Monday, Akinsoyinu argued that Olanusi…
According to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, not less than seven persons died when a pedestrian bridge in Kano caved in on Sunday. The incident occurred in Dorayi quarters of the state. According to the Kano State Police Command spokesman, ASP Magaji Majiya, in an interview with NAN, the ugly scenario…
The production of locally made gin otherwise called ogogoro has been banned by the Ondo State government. This followed the strange death of no fewer than 18 persons in the state some days ago, after they reportedly consumed a ‘contaminated’ gin. Addressing newsmen in Akure, the state capital at the weekend, the Commissioner for Health,…
Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, has dismissed reports that the President has stopped working on some projects since he lost in the March 28, 2015 presidential election. Abati, in a Facebook post on Sunday, stressed that the President was still busy carrying out some projects beneficial to Nigerians.…
As you read this piece, the marriage between John Fashanu and Abigail Igwe has crashed. In fact, their matter is in a court in Abuja and with the reports we are getting, the court may eventually dissolve the union. The estranged husband and wife have accused each other of different allegations including theft, lesbianism, adultery…
President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, has promised to revisit the missing $20 billion former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Sanusi Lamido, said was missing sometimes ago, which pitched him against President Goodluck Jonathan. After Sanusi, who is now the Emir of Kano, disclosed that that money was missing, he was fired by Jonathan. The…
There is a negative report presently trailing Nigeria’s Minister of Sports, Tammy Danagogo. The Rivers State-born politician with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been accused of duping billionaire businessman, Mike Adenuga according to OrijoReporter Here is the full report by the online tabloid: When the Super Eagles of Nigeria players protested and boycotted the next…
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olabode George, has advised the president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to be careful of those in his party, who might work to dent his reputation. George, in an interview with Punch, said if the former Head of State is not careful, it might be difficult for him to succeed,…