Bailout Cash Not Enough, We Need More Money, Gov Ajimobi Cries Out
Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi has said the state needs more money to pay outstanding salaries as its N26.6bn Federal Government bailout would not be enough to pay all the salaries owed the state workers. Ajimobi, who spoke during a…
Tribunal Fixes Sept 8 for Adeyemi, Dino Melaye’s Case
The election petition tribunal sitting in Lokoja on Saturday fixed September 8 for the hearing of a petition filed by Sen. Smart Adeyemi against the election of Sen. Dino Melaye . The Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Akon Ikpeme fixed…
Massive Fuel Importation Continues As Buhari Issues Supplementary Import Permit To Marketers
President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government has issued supplementary import permit to oil marketers for the importation of petrol into Nigeria due to the fact that the output of the country’s refineries is still poor. It was learnt that the permit…
How America, West Frustrated Jonathan’s Anti-Boko Haram War
As President Muhammadu Buhari inquires into the Boko Haram war expenditures under the last administration, it has emerged that Nigeria’s traditional allies in the West deliberately frustrated former President Goodluck Jonathan’s efforts towards ending terrorists’ activities in the country, Vanguard…
Why DSS DG, Daura, Must Be Sacked Now By Fayose
The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has condemned the Thursday invasion of the Akwa Ibom State Government House by armed men of the Department of State Security (DSS), calling for the immediate sack of the Director General of the agency,…
African Defence Chiefs Meet to Tackle Terrorism
In furtherance of multinational approach to fight against terrorism that is ravaging African regions, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Gabriel Olonisakin has arrived Bamako, Mali for the meeting of African Union (AU) Chiefs of Defence Staff and Minister…
How 71-Yr-Old Pastor, Wife Got Arrested For Allegedly Buying Baby For N500,000
A 71- year old retired pastor of a pentecostal church in Abriba, Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State, Rev. Chima Egbochiogum, and his wife, Ugo, have been arrested for an alleged illegal adoption of a baby. Commissioner of Police,…
Madala Bombing: Buhari Govt Exonerates Dismissed Police Boss Accused of Aiding Boko Haram
Less than a week after the President Muhammadu Buhari administration “forgave” over 3, 000 soldiers accused of sabotaging fight against Boko Haram insurgency, another member of the Nigeria’s armed forces has been cleared after dismissal. Over three years after Zakari…
N14.5m Fraud: Bank MD, 2 Others Remanded In Prison
Written By Paul Ladi, Lagos A former Managing Director (MD) of Cashcow Microfinance Bank Limited, Mrs Titilayo Adesanya, alongside a director of the bank, Olufemi Tinuoye, and one Oluwakemi Adebayo, were on Friday, arraigned before a Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court…
Buhari, Osinbajo Yet To Declared Their Assets, PDP Says
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) describes as “a deceptive window-dressing to hoodwink unsuspecting Nigerians” the release, by an aide of the President, of a mere list of some belongings of President Muhammadu Buhari and his Vice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, in…
Pay Our Pension Arrears With Interest, Imo Pensioners Tell Okoroch
The Association of Retired Permanent Secretaries in Imo, has told Governor Rochas Okorocha that continued delay of pension payment by government amounts to forced loan and should attract interest. The pensioners made their position known in a statement on Friday…