Month: May 2021

Leke Baiyewu and Matthew Ochei 26 May 2021 Kindly share this story: THE Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris, on Tuesday, said the £4.2m looted by a former governor of Delta State, James Ibori, which the Federal Government recently repatriated from the United Kingdom, had been returned to the state. Idris made this known […]

Daud Olatunji 26 May 2021 Kindly share this story: A former Governor of Ogun State, Segun Osoba, on Tuesday described the first 16 years after he left office as governor of the state as traumatic. Osoba said his successors, Gbenga Daniel and Senator Ibikunle Amosun, made the state “hell” for him after he left office […]

The Acting Vice Chancellor of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Prof. Olugbenga Ebenezer Ige, has reaffirmed that the Management would continue to support and strengthen the various Cooperative Societies in the institution. He stated this on Tuesday (May 18, 2021) at the inauguration of an ultra-modern complex of the General Staff Cooperative Multipurpose Society. The […]

 Mr Garba Shehu just released a press statement purporting to represent the position of President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, on the farmer-herder “clashes” and what he termed as “Deep Rooted Solutions to the herdsmen attacks”.  He also attributed a unilateral decision to the President who “clears way for ranching and revival of forest reserves” as part […]

Stephen Angbulu, Olufemi Olaniyi and Matthew Ochei 25 May 2021 Kindly share this story: The Presidency on Monday faulted the Southern Governors Forum’s recent decision to ban open grazing and other resolutions reached at their meeting, dubbing them “acts of politicking intended by its signatories to demonstrate power.” The Senior Special Assistant to the President […]

John Alechenu, Bola Bamigbola, Abiodun Nejo 25 May 2021 Kindly share this story: There was confusion on Monday over Sunday’s meeting of the South-West All Progressives Congress leaders as invitation to the excluded the party’s key stakeholders in the zone. In the notice of the meeting signed by a former National Chairman of the party, […]

Leke Baiyewu 25 May 2021 Kindly share this story:  Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Aviation, Hassan Musa on Monday told the House of Representatives that the Federal Government had released N5bn out of the N26bn approved as COVID-19 intervention fund for the aviation industry. Musa, who appeared before […]

Leke Baiyewu 25 May 2021 Kindly share this story:  File copy: Members of the House of Representatives during plenary THE House of Representatives’ Committee on Finance grilled the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof. Mohammed Sambo, on Monday, raising concerns over how the scheme had been spending its resources. Members of […]

Dennis Naku 25 May 2021 Kindly share this story: RIVERS State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has described the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Ex-Governors Forum, Babangida Aliyu, as a liar, betrayer and liability to the party. Wike said this during an interactive session with journalists, in Port Harcourt, on Monday. He was responding to a […]