The Speaker of the Zamfara State House Assembly, Alhaji Sanusi Rikiji, on Friday said no fewer than 50 persons including members of Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) were killed in Zamfara on Tuesday. Rikiji, who revealed this during a condolence visit to Kaura Namoda emirate, attributed the incidence to CJTF confrontation with bandits in a […]
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The police officer who allegedly killed Kolade Johnson, a soccer fan, in Lagos on March 31, has been dismissed by the Nigeria Police Force. Disclosing this, Lagos Police Command Spokesman, Bala Elkana, said the judgment was served in an orderly room trial by the Command. He said: “The two police officers, alleged to have been […]
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Less than two months after he was charged with non-declaration of assets that government critics said was politically motivated, the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, has resigned, his lawyer said on Friday, His lawyer, Adegboyega Awomolo, told AFP, without giving further details: “Yes, he resigned yesterday.” President Muhammadu Buhari suspended Onnoghen just weeks before […]
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By Banji Ayoola The Ondo State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has exonerated the state Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, from blame over the defeat suffered in the state by its candidate in the last presidential election, President Muhammadu Buhari. It made the defence in a statement by its state Director, Media and […]
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By Banji Ayoola Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has announced the plan by his administration to rename the Ondo State University of Science and Technology, OSUSTECH, after its founder and former Governor of the state, late Dr. Olusegun Agagu. In this interview, the Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof Sunday Roberts Ogunduyile, spoke […]
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By Banji Ayoola The Federal Ministry of Agriculture has introduced a new variety of potato to farmers in Ondo State to improve their harvest and standard of living. This was contained in a statement by the Head Press and Public Relations Unit of Ondo State Ministry of Agriculture, Mr. Bolu Ajijo, and sent to The […]
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20 other Nigerians on death row, another 12 sentenced The Federal Government on Tuesday faulted the execution of a Nigerian woman on Monday by Saudi Arabia authorities for alleged drug related offenses. The Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry said that two Pakistani men, a Yemeni man and a Nigerian woman were executed on Monday for drug […]
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By Afolabi Akinkuehin Media is the bread and butter of a PR agency, therefore, it is of utmost importance to PR professionals to maintain good and healthy relations with their media contacts. To get their clients’ coverage done, be it in print, online or electronic media, it is the journalists in various media houses that […]
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Lagos State Police boss, Mr Zubairu Muazu, has reportedly paid a condolence visit to the family of Kolade Johnson, a soccer fan who was allegedly shot dead by men of the Anti-Cultism Squad on March 31. Johnson, a chef, the only child of his parents and a father of one, was allegedly killed on March 31 […]
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Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, announced at Tuesday’s plenary that the Senate would do all it could to pass the 2019 budget proposed last year by President Muhammadu Buhari on April 16. He directed all committees that were yet to submit their budget defence reports to the appropriation committee to do that in the next […]
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