How to tackle insecurity – Oyetola
Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, said on Wednesday said most of the crises across the world were caused by disunity, poverty, and ignorance which must be addressed in order to end the problem of insecurity. The governor stated this at the International Conference on the Biography of Prophet Muhammed organised by the Muslim Ummah of […]
Newly elected Ekiti council chairmen get certificates of return
Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado Ekiti The newly elected chairmen in the 16 local government areas of Ekiti State on Wednesday received their certificates of return from the state Independent Electoral Commission (EKSIEC). At the election, candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) cleared all the 16 chairmanship and 177 councilorship seats in the state. […]
End of an error: full stop for UK apostrophe society
Britain’s Apostrophe Protection Society is closing down, its founder has announced, saying it had sadly lost the fight against “ignorance and laziness”. Former journalist John Richards, 96, started up the society in 2001, aiming to preserve the correct use of what he said was the “much abused punctuation mark”. Richards spent the last quarter of […]
Akpabio pulls out of Akwa Ibom N’West senatorial rerun
***Urges APC to send his replacement to INEC By Henry Umoru – Abuja Ahead of the rerun election in Essien Udim Local Government Area, North West Senatorial District in Akwa Ibom State, former Minority Leader of the Senate and Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio has written to withdraw from the election. Akpabio […]
Apapa gridlock: Sanwo-Olu reveals fresh plans to build 6,000 capacity truck park
…Says NURTW may be proscribed if By Olasunkanmi Akoni – Lagos Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has disclosed plans to construct a 6000-capacity truck park as parts of measures to decongest Apapa axis of perennial traffic gridlock. Sanwo-Olu unveiled this through his twitter handle, Wednesday afternoon. According to the Governor, the state government would […]
Where’s the ‘secret’ White House Russia room? diplomat jokes
One of Moscow’s top diplomats joked to President Donald Trump on Thursday after touring the White House that he was disappointed not to have seen the “secret” Russia room. “Thank you for the tour of the White House,” Vasily Nebenzya, the Russian ambassador to the United Nations, told Trump at a lunch for the members […]
