NASFAT, Ogun families in legal war for Lagos – Abeokuta Expressway land
A prominent Islamic organisation, Nasrul-Lahi-Il- Fathi Society of Nigeria, NASFAT, has filed a notice of appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State which vested the ownership of its vast praying ground located along Lagos-Abeokuta Express-way to some families in Ogun State.
2015: I am in court to help the PDP – Ajumogobia
Hon. Odein Ajumogobia, a former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and one-time Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Rivers State, emerged as one of the challengers to a former Minister, Chief Nyesom Wike, in the race for the PDP ticket to contest the governorship of Rivers State in 2015. However when it became obvious that the Wike campaign juggernaut hadgenerated overwhelming influence and control of the selection process, Ajumogobia went to court to attempt to halt the process.
You can’t arrest us, Omirin tells Fayose
THE Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dr Adewale Omirin, has reacted to the directive by Governor Ayodele Fayose urging the Ministry of Justice to write a memo authorising the Commissioner of Police to arrest the 19 APC lawmakers that sat in a plenary last Thursday in the state capital.
My political lessons — Kenny Saint Best
“The experience is that of inner strength. I got stronger because this was a new terrain, unlike entertainment that you have gotten so used to and you take everything for granted. I also got humbled. In entertainment, you have ego but in politics you dare not bring up that ego or you will be messed up” she told Potpourri
Mimiko’s defection: Ondo PDP sets up truce panel
THE embattled Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State has set up a peace and reconciliation committee to meet with aggrieved members following the furore the defection of Governor Olusegun Mimiko to the party generated.
APGA unveils Anambra candidates for 2015
THE All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, yesterday in Awka unveiled its candidates for the 2015 senatorial, House of Representatives and House of Assembly elections at an impressive ceremony at the Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka.
APC nullifies Ondo primary
THE National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has nullified the primary election that produced Mr Festus Adefiranye as the candidate for Odigbo/Ileoluji/Okeigbo Federal Constituency in Ondo State.
My wife’s like my manager
West Brom striker Brown Ideye says he is usually rated by his wife and questioned by his son after every game for The Baggies.
2015 Poll: Agbaje, cleric want INEC to repeat PVC/registration exercise in Lagos
Lagos State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Jimi Agbaje, yesterday, appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to review the Permanent Voter Card (PVC)/distribution registration in the state.
Failed attack: 110 Boko Haram insurgents killed in Borno
No fewer than110 Boko Haram insurgents were, at the weekend, killed in a gun battle in Damboa, the headquarters of Damboa local government area of Borno State in an attack repelled by men of the 7 Division, Nigerian Army.
N15BN Compensation: Fresh trouble in Odi over 1999 military attack
Angry youths from Odi community in Kolokuma-Opokuma council area of Bayelsa State, yesterday, reportedly, attacked a prominent chief and other indigenes of the community over their alleged involvement in alleged discrepancies in the sharing of the N15 bn compensation paid by the Federal Government for the 1999 military invasion of the community.
When SURE-P saves mother and child!
Following the controversy that trailed its emergence in 2012, there were doubts that the Subsidy Reinvestment Programme ,SURE-P, would achieve the objective it was was seeking to achieve
Nigeria on the verge of a failed state — Shonibare
Chief Supo Shonibare is a lawyer. He was an active member of the defunct National Democratic Coalition, NADECO, which challenged the military administration of the late General Sani Abacha. He was a chieftain of the Alliance for Democracy, AD. He is presently the force behind the newly registered Social Democratic Party, SDP, in Lagos State. He explains, in this interview, why the SDP is the only party that can take the country out of the woods.
Fatal Walk into Maternity Home: 7-yr-old girl mysteriously disappears!
All has not been well with Mr and Mrs Ariajiegbe Anthony, indigenes of Ewatto, in Esan South East Local Government Area of Edo State, following the mysterious disappearance of their seven-year-old daughter, Christable. The girl, according to the parents, went missing on November 25 when she walked to a maternity home in the community while playing, but which authorities are denying the claim while the police in the area have refused to listen to their plea to carry out investigation.
Football devt: Return to Academicals — Uzokwe tells NFF
Ex-international Evans Uzokwe has tasked the Nigeria Football Federation to strengthen the mechanism for development of players at the grassroots level in order to make the national team have more players from home.
Ekpoikong, Ikegbunam brothers rule Benin Chess tourney
Ekpoikong Unwana Eugene has emerged champion of the just concluded 2nd Benin Chess tournament. He emerged champion in the masters series,without losing a game after seven rounds.
