Rumble in Lagos assembly over removal, suspension of members

Speaker denies rift among lawmakers The crisis brewing in the Lagos State House Assembly, with the controversial removal of two of its principal officers and members does not bode well for the Assembly and APC Lagos State. This is more so at a time when the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is enmeshed in various […]

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Sanusi sues IG, DSS, others over ‘detention’

Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the deposed Emir of Kano, on Thursday, dragged the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu; and the Director-General, Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi, to the Federal High Court, Abuja, over his alleged detention. Also joined in a motion ex-parte with suit number: FHC/ABJ/CS/357/2020, filed by his team of lawyers led by […]

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Elizabeth Adedeji emerges as Oyo best civil servant

Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, presenting the Award to Dr Elizabeth Aderonke Adedeji, Right, as the Overall Best Civil Servant in Oyo State, at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, on March 12, 2020 Photo: AY Photography, Ibadan By Abiodun Ayoola The Librarian of Elekuro Zonal Library, Oyo State Library Board, Orita Aperin, Ibadan, Dr. […]

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Elizabeth Adedeji emerges Oyo best civil servant

Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, presenting the Award to Dr Elizabeth Aderonke Adedeji, Right, as the Overall Best Civil Servant in Oyo State, at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, on March 12, 2020. Photo: AY Photography, Ibadan By Abiodun Ayoola Dr. Elizabeth Aderonke Adedeji, a librarian, has emerged the overall best civil servant in […]

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No plan to dethrone Ewi, ten other first class obas – Ekiti

Ekiti State Government has debunked the report making the rounds that it planned to depose 11 obas in the state. It described the story as malicious and false attempt by the opposition to incite the people against the government. Though Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Yinka Oyebode, confirmed that the 11 obas were queried […]

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Reversing Aregbesola’s controversial education policy best for Osun

Failure of the former governor of Osun State, Rauf Aregbesola to consult widely, would cost the state more millions of naira, despite its lean resources, as the current governor, Gboyega Oyetola, embarks on the reversal of some of the educational policies made by his predecessor, Ujunwa Atueyi reports. Prominent among the issues that have been […]

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Oshiomhole barred from NEC meeting as APC sets new agenda

The embattled National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has been shut out of the party’s National Executive Council (NEC) holding next Tuesday in Abuja. It was gathered that the decision, endorsed by the acting National Secretary of the party, Victor Giadom, followed the suspension of the ex-labour chief by an […]

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Elizade University students on exchange programme in Israel

Prof Babajide Alo (left); Vice Chancellor, Prof Olukayode Amund; Elizade University, Founder, Chief Michael Ade Ojo and his wife, Taiwo; and the Registrar, Mr Omololu Adegbenro; in a group photograph with the students shortly before their departure to Israel for the Erasmus programme in Engineering. Eight engineering students of Elizade University (EU), Ilara Mokin, Ondo […]

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Senate set to strip President, Vice President, Governors, Deputy Governors of immunity

moves to legalise six geo-political zones gives minimum educational qualification for elective offices Sitting Presidents will no longer enjoy immunity in criminal matters if the alteration being proposed to the 1999 Constitution by the Senate sails through, it was learnt on Thursday. Also to lose immunity is the Vice President, Governors and their deputies in […]

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