Controversy trails declaration of Anambra, Enugu, Kogi as oil producing states
ATTEMPTS made by some members of the House of Representatives yesterday to ensure that the Federal Government includes Anambra, Enugu and Kogi States as oil producing states generated controversy in the House.
Anambra 2017: Eyes on Peter Obi
MR. Peter Obi has been out of office for more than three years now as governor of Anambra State. His influence, however, continues to overshadow the political space.
How my father was killed in my presence — Slain landlord’s daughter
THIRTEEN year-old, Omotoyosi Ojajune, daughter of the slain Lagos landlord, Samuel Adegoroye Ojajune, popularly called Koro Maya, has narrated how gunmen stormed their Itele-Maya community in Ikorodu Local Government and killed her father in her presence.
Sports meet academics at Rolex Children School/Highstone College inter-house sports
Students took the competition from academics to the tracks at Rolex Children School/ Highstone College biennial inter-house sports festival that held on Thursday, 9th March 2017 at St. Mary’s Catholic church field.
Reps wade into controversy over National Stadium
THE House of Represen-tatives yesterday, mandated its Committee on Sports to investigate the terms and conditions of the agreement under which the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports is seeking to transfer the National Stadium to Lagos State Government.
Sultan to FG: Review ban on importation of rice, cars
The Sultan of Sokoto, Saad Abubakar III, has called on the Federal Government to reverse the ban on importation of rice and vehicles through the land borders.
OOPL: Africa’s first Presidential Library
The Presidential library which aims at ‘preserving the past, capturing the present and inspiring the future’ is a historic, tourist, recreational and academic centre
Delta DPO’s kidnappers reduce ransom to N5m
ASABA—THE Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in charge of ‘C’ Division, Asaba, Delta State, SP Valentine Mbalu, is yet to be rescued five days after he was abducted by herdsmen.
How 20,000 APC members walked out on Ajimobi over LG polls
Discordant tunes over local government election in Oyo State, once again, resonated during a meeting that Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State held with thousands of members and chieftains of the All Progressives Congress.
‘46,000 awaiting trial in Nigerian prisons’
Over 46,000 out of the 69,000 inmates in Nigerian prisons are currently awaiting trial, making the country the fifth with the highest pre-trial detention population in Africa, trailing Libya, Benin Republic, Congo DR and Central African Republic.
No rift between Kogi gov, APC— Aide
THE Director-General of Media and Publicity to Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, Kingsley Fanwo, has dismissed statements credited to the Chairman of the Kogi State Chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, Haddi Ametuo, to the effect that the governor is not carrying the party along.
