Screening of the remaining 17 ministerial nominees, including former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, will no longer hold on Thursday, October 15, 2015 (today) as earlier thought. The exercise is now scheduled to take place on Tuesday, October 20, 2015, according to information revealed on Thursday by the upper legislative arm of the National…
Igbo traders in Akure, the Ondo State capital, are at loggerheads with indigenes and monarch of the town over an alleged plan by the Deji of Akure to dethrone their Eze Ndigbo, Sir Gregory Iloehike. Trouble started when Iloehike was allegedly assaulted at the palace of Deji during the visit of the former to the…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, has upheld the election of the state governor, Abiola Ajimobi. At the ruling on Wednesday, the five-man panel of the court headed by Justice M Saulawa unanimously struck out the petition filed by the governorship candidate of Accord Party in Oyo State, Rashidi Ladoja.…
Nigerians have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to assign former governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, to the ministry of works, following his confirmation as minister by the Senate on Wednesday. Fashola was among the 18 nominees confirmed as minister of the Government of the Federation by the red chambers of the National Assembly. Since his…