Alaafin, Ooni move to resolve differences
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade and Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi were, yesterday, said to have given their consent to efforts by top Yoruba monarchs to work out ways of settling the rift between them.
Two policemen dismissed for arming criminals
The Plateau State Police Command has dismissed two of its officers over alleged criminal conspiracy, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Chris Olakpe, said.
The world of professional politicians and woes of Nigerians
IT has been a long way from the 1950s when politics was forced on the best of any community (when the best educated were begged to represent the people) to the present time when any candidate (with minimum of a school certificate) would force himself on the people as their representative.
Kwara gov kicks against autonomy for LGs
ILORIN— Kwara State governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has kicked against autonomy for local government councils in the country, saying that they lacked independent resources to sustain them.
Eagles drop to 35th on FIFA rankings
The free fall of the Super Eagles on the Fifa ranking continued as the team dropped four spots to finish 35th in the new FIFA rankings released in Zurich on Thursday.
Power still a challenge to hoteliers – MD, Airport Hotel
Managing Director, Lagos Airport Hotel, Mr Kayode Adenigba, has said the hospitality industry in the country is faced by multifarious infrastructural challenges of which that of power is a major one.
