The Ekiti State House of Assembly on Wednesday suspended the legislator representing Ekiti-East Constituency 1, Hon Fajana Ojo-Ade, for 101 legislative days without pay. During the period, which is in the first instance, he is also barred within one-kilometre radius of the Assembly complex
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar says protecting the image of Islam is the greatest challenge facing the Muslim faithful today in the light of the activities of extremists who are bent on destroying every humane virtue of the religion. In his Sallah message to Muslims on the occasion of the Eid-el-Kabir celebration, Abubakar advised Muslims […]
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said Nigeria’s educational system and policy require urgent review for the nation to pull through the stranglehold of abject poverty, which is holding down a larger chunk of its over 170 million people. Abubakar, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, made his position known in Abuja when he […]
Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says the war against corruption is already lost with the current tempo. The EFCC chief said this at an interactive session with media executives in Abuja on Wednesday. “The way we are going we have already failed. I am telling you we have […]
Olukoya Ogungbeje, the lawyer of Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, the billionaire kidnapper better known as Evans, has accused the police of making his client to plead guilty when he was arraigned at an Ikeja high court on Wednesday. Evans as well as two of the five suspects arraigned with him, pleaded guilty to the two-count charge of […]
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday warned Boko Haram insurgents to surrender because their “final defeat is near.” Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, who issued the warning, also urged insurgents to abandon the false ideologies of their “affluent” leaders who lured them to die Urging those willing to denounce insurgency to […]
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