Fayemi, Fayose and the perjurer called Tope Aluko
THERE was always something odd about the victory of Ayodele Fayose over Kayode Fayemi in the June 2014 governorship election in Ekiti State. This, not simply because Fayemi was an incumbent whose incumbency status should stand him in good stead, but because of the comprehensiveness of the defeat by a man whose departure as governor from the government house, eight years earlier, took place in a cloud of shame and ignominy.
Total blames oil crash for harsh environment
TOTAL Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited, has said the oil price fall is responsible for the challenging economic environment in Nigeria, while identifying three critical factors for sustainability of the petroleum industry
Breaking: Simon Achuba sworn in as Kogi Deputy Gov
Simon Achuba was on Tuesday, sworn in as the Deputy Governor of Kogi State, in Lokoja the state capital.
Bello bars journalists from covering activities
BY BOILUWAJI OBAHOPO LOKOJA – Practicing journalists in Kogi state Tuesday received the shock of their lives as armed security men attached to the government house in Lokoja prevented them from covering the inauguration of the Deputy Governor, Mr. Simeon Achuba. Journalists, mostly from the prints who were rushing from the State House of Assembly […]
FG set to employ relatives of victims of Immigration recruitment stampede
The Federal Government says it has concluded plans to employ families of dead victims and other injured persons of the 2014 immigration recruitment stampede.The Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Danbazau, told newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja shortly after defending the budget of his ministry before the Senate Committee on Interior, that the ministry would soon issue employment letters to those affected.
How can I take myself to death?, reluctant Boko Haram displaced asks
Bitrus Yakubu has an uplifting story about how he was reunited with his pregnant wife weeks after they were separated fleeing from Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria. His wife, Maryam, then gave birth to twins Grace and Sidi seven months ago. They all now live together in a tent in one of more than a […]
Obama to unveil election-tinged budget
Barack Obama unveils the last budget of his presidency Tuesday, a multitrillion-dollar plan that is dead-on-arrival in Congress but could shape the 2016 White House race. Legislatively, the future looks bleak for Obama’s 2017 fiscal year plan, which covers spending on everything from cybersecurity to cancer research. Republicans who control Congress have already vowed to […]
Merkel ‘dismayed’ as nine die in Germany’s deadly train crash
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday she was “dismayed” over the head-on collision of two commuter trains that killed at least nine people and injured more than 100. “I am dismayed and saddened by the serious train accident this morning at Bad Aibling,” Merkel said in a statement. “My sympathy goes out especially to the […]
Man sets himself on fire near William, Kate palace
A man set himself on fire in the early hours of Tuesday outside Kensington Palace, the central London home of Prince William and his wife Kate, and later died of his injuries, British police said. Two fire extinguishers could be seen next to a police tent set up at the scene of the incident near […]
India police arrest goat for grazing in garden
Police in central India arrested a goat and its owner for repeatedly damaging a senior bureaucrat’s garden, a local official said Tuesday. Police in Chhattisgarh state sprang into action on Monday, registering a case against the man and his animal for chewing up the district magistrate’s garden. They were later released on bail but face […]
45 per cent hike in electricity tariffs will violate UN ruling, SERAP tells Fashola
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has advised Minister of Power, Mr. Babatunde Fashola to “ensure that regulatory authorities are not allowed to get away with 45 percent increase in electricity tarrifs by promoting compliance with the November 2013 ruling on the matter by two UN special rapporteurs.”
