Victor Ayeni18 May 2021Kindly share this story: In a petition dated May 10, 2021, the Ali Moibi-Balogun Family of Odo-Egiri Town in Eredo Local Council Development Area of Lagos seeks Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s intervention after armed herdsmen forcefully took over their land and erected structures on it. In this interview with VICTOR AYENI, the lawyer […]
Continue ReadingOlufemi Olaniyi THE Aseyin of Iseyinland, Oba Abdulganiyy Salau, has asked Yoruba nation agitators, including Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho, not to visit Iseyin for now. The monarch said this in a telephone interview with our correspondent in Ibadan on Monday. Oba Salau said the current mood in the town was not suitable […]
Continue ReadingOlalekan Adetayo, Leke Baiyewu and Raphael Ede18 May 2021 The Independent National Electoral Commission will this week meet heads of security agencies as part of moves to end attacks on its offices in some parts of the country. The PUNCH on Monday gathered that the meeting with security chiefs would be held after the commission’s […]
Continue ReadingJohn Alechenu 18 May 2021 Kindly share this story: THE contentious Executive Order 10 issued by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic will be the major focus of the meeting of the Nigeria Governors Forum scheduled to hold virtually, on Wednesday. This was contained in a […]
Continue ReadingVictor Ayeni 18 May 2021 Kindly share this story: The Lagos State Government has said the state will soon become the hub for tourism, leisure and business in Nigeria. The state added that it was considering a public holiday for traditional worshippers in the state. The Commissioner for Tourism, Art and Culture, Mrs Uzamat Akinbile-Yusuf, […]
Continue ReadingStephen Angbulu 18 May 2021 Kindly share this story: THE Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday, disowned a group mobilizing support for his alleged 2023 Presidential ambition. Osinbajo said he has not declared any interest in the 2023 election, noting that he was focused on working in his capacity as Vice President, to address the […]
Continue ReadingThis lovely lady married the love of her life, which is understandable because you don’t marry someone who isn’t your life partner. However, this story has a tragic ending because the bride, as seen in the photo below, never lived to see her husband on their honeymoon. She can be seen in two separate photos. […]
Continue ReadingIn his determination to curb insecurity in his Constituency and to avoid the security situation from spinning out of control, the Senator representing Ogun West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Sen. Tolu Odebiyi has donated a brand new Motorcycle and a generator to the regional security network codenamed ‘Amotekun’ unit of Yewa North Local […]
Continue ReadingA group, Yoruba Nation Global Directorate(YNGD) has lambastedthe Inspector General of Police over his pronouncement that the Nigeria Police would be investigating the agitation for Biafra and Yoruba Nation. In a statement signed by the Information Cordinator for group, Otunba Demola Edward said no threats would discourage their determination to demand for actualisation of a […]
Continue ReadingIN 1997 when Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd.) was Military Administrator of Lagos State and yours sincerely was the Editorial Page Editor and member of the Editorial Board of The Diet Newspapers (now defunct), I was privileged to have met this brilliant officer one-on-one. This was when Marwa embarked on routine tour of media […]
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