The atmosphere at the moment in Ekiti State, especially in the state capital, Ado-Ekiti, can be likened to what is experienced during the Christmas and New Year celebrations. Most residents of the state have trooped to the streets to celebrate the inauguration of the 26 lawmakers of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, into the Ekiti…
Abdulmumin Jibrin, one of the contestants formerly jostling for the position of Speaker of House of Representatives, has explained his decision to pull out of the race and support another candidate, Yakubu Dogora. Speaking with journalists in Abuja, Jibrin stated that he withdrew from the tussle in order to diffuse the already tensed atmosphere. “In…
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has directed that the appellations; His Excellency and Executive be “dropped in all official and informal communication with him.” The governor said he simply wants to be addressed as Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, Governor of Abia State. He made this known in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary,…
An accident scene Tragedy was let loose on Thursday in Owena, a border town between Osun and Ondo States when an articulated vehicle rammed into a roadside market along the Ilesha-Akure Expressway in the town, leaving not less than 10 persons dead. It was reported that the trailer had a brake failure and in an…