The lawmaker representing Lagos West Senatorial District, Senator Solomon Adeola has call on the 8th National Assembly to immediately seek the activation and operation of the National Assembly Budget and Research Office, NABRO, to ensure that the legislature fulfil its mandate for effective legislation and representation. Contributing to the debate on the Legislative Agenda for…
Top Yoruba actress, Laide Bakare celebrated her birthday on Thursday night in the United States of America, USA, which was attended by her close friends. It was her 35th birthday and the actress did not spare anything to have a swell day at the bash last night. Laide wore a dress that brought out her…
Sunderland have announced the appointment of Sam Allardyce as their new manager. The Englishman replaced Dutch football legend, Dick Advocaat, who resigned his appointment from the club few days ago. Allardyse, who has coached teams in the English top division including Bolton, West Ham and Newcastle United, has expressed excitement in getting the job. “I…
The Ogun Grassroots Development Awareness Forum has described the immediate past Commissioner for Finance in the state, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, as an innovation-driven goal getter that Nigeria needs in her march to a new culture of governance that is based on integrity and performance. Adeosun is among the 21 persons awaiting screening by the National…
Lagos State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has declared an indefinite industrial action against the management of Daily Independent Newspapers over the non-payment of 23 months salaries arrears and other emoluments to journalists working in the company. Earlier this week, the management of the newspaper shut down the company after it failed…
Tears flowed freely on Friday when the remains of Olayinka Olakunle Mamowora, fondly called Momok was finally laid to rest at his residence in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State. Several members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, from Lagos State were at the burial today. They were also there to pay last respect…
Election of Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has been upheld by the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Ikeja. The Tribunal ruled on Friday that Gbajabiamila’s victory at the March 28 poll was valid. Gbajabiamila contested in the Surulere Federal Constituency I election in Lagos under the platform of the…
An election petition tribunal in Ogun State has cancelled the victory of Senator Buruji Kashamu at the National and state Assembly polls held in the state on March 28, 2015. At the ruling on Friday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, the Tribunal ordered a rerun of the election in 90 days after it nullified…
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has called for sanctions against electricity distribution companies in Nigeria known as Discos, who fail to live up to the terms of agreements they reached with the Federal Government before commencing operations. Saraki, during a courtesy call to his office in Abuja on Thursday by the Chairman of the…
Lawyer of former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, Oscar Onwudiwe, says his client is suffering from a cancer of the breast. Onwudiwe told Sahara Reporters in a press statement on Thursday that Diezani, who was arrested in the UK last week and released on bail, is receiving treatment for cancer in the UK. According…