The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has approved the appointment of members of the Governing Council of Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere Ekiti. This was contained in a statement by Fayemi’s Chief Press Secretary, Yinka Oyebode, on Friday. The Governing Council Members are: Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN)- Chancellor, Chief […]

There were indications on Friday that the Senator Rashidi Ladoja-led Zenith Labour Party in Oyo State has initiated merger talks with the All Progressives Congress in a bid to ousting the State Governor, Seyi Makinde, of the Peoples Democratic Party. It was learnt that the talks approved by Ladoja are targeted at working out a […]

The Ondo and Benue state governments have berated the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, for backing the use of firearms by Fulani herdsmen. Mohammed had while speaking at the closing ceremony of the 2021 Press Week of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Bauchi State Council, on Thursday said Fulani herders carried […]

Three persons were feared dead at Shasa Market and environs in Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State as violent clash ensued between Yoruba and some Hausa traders in the early hours of yesterday. THISDAY learnt that the Yoruba were said to have reacted to the death of a cobbler who was reported to have […]

The Presidency in 2023 must be zoned to the South, Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has said. The governor, who stated this yesterday during an interview on television, said he was not unmindful of the fact that the Nigerian constitution does not have provision for zoning, but that it was important to adopt it since […]

Ahead of today’s planned protest tagged #OccupyLekkiProtest at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos, the Federal Government has deployed policemen and over 150 men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps to maintain law and order and possibly stop the protest. This is as some people under the aegis of #DefendLagos have also vowed to organise a counter-march against […]

Workers and members of the Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party ran helter-skelter after twin explosives rocked the state party secretariat on Thursday. The party was holding its council membership primaries around 3pm when the explosives went off. It was gathered that before this time, several stakeholders were protesting against alleged imposition of […]

The Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, was conspicuously absent at a meeting convened by the Governor Abubakar Bello-led All Progressives Congress Membership Registration/Revalidation Committee to resolve the crisis in the Delta State chapter of the party. Those who attended the meeting held at the APC National Secretariat, Abuja, on Thursday, include: Minister of State for […]

Marketers of petroleum products under the aegis of Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) have called for a joint action of stakeholders in the Nigeria economy to find ways to mitigate adverse effects of the imminent increase in the price of petrol. The marketers’ cartel also canvassed for the replication of the current measure […]

The governors of the 36 states of the federation are to partner with the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) on the procurement and equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. The governors, after a virtual meeting resolved to address all issues of insecurity arising from the farmers, herdsmen crisis. In a communiqué of the meeting […]