By Udeme Akpan & Obas Esiedesa The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Wednesday, shut down many filling stations in Lagos, and Abuja, over various irregularities. Mr Ayorinde Cardoso, Zonal Operations Controller, DPR, Lagos, confirmed the development after an inspection visit to eight filling stations located in Ikorodu Road, Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, and Ikeja areas of the […]

Dr. Doyin Okupe has revealed how a white man’s comment on leadership in Nigeria made him decide to join politics, while he was in medical school in the UK.

Victor Ogunyinka Former Senior Special Assistant on Publicity to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr Doyin Okupe, has said that Nigerians should make him face a firing squad if he doesn’t keep his presidential promises. He said he had a master plan for the security situation in the country and that if the situation remained the […]

By Nwafor Sunday Former Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Adedoyin Ajibike Okupe, better known as Dr. Doyin Okupe, Wednesday gave insight on the state of the nation, bringing out the challenges facing the country and recommending solutions. Dr. Doyin who in VanguardLive programme titled The Controversy said that if Obasanjo […]

By Arogbonlo Israel A former spokesperson for two former Presidents ( Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan), Dr Doyin Okupe, says the advent of military into Nigeria’s political landscape was the greatest disaster the country ever had. He made this assertion during an interview with VanguardliveTV’s The Controversy on Wednesday. According to him, Nigeria derailed from […]

By Ibrahim HassanWuyo The Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs in Kaduna state, Mr. SAMUEL ARUWAN has said that troops have rescued staff and family members who were kidnapped by gunmen in the Kaduna Airport staff quarters, recently. He said at a press conference on Wednesday evening, that Governor El-Rufa’i was elated with the […]

The Police Command in Kwara has restored peace and order after violence erupted on Wednesday in some of the Mission grant-aided schools over the use of Hijab by Muslim female students. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Mr Ajayi Okasanmi, confirmed this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria […]

By Chioma Onuegbu, Uyo Akwa Ibom State government has seriously frowned at frequent communal clashes witnessed in the state and resolved to decisively deal with culprits. The resolution according to a statement yesterday by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Ini Ememobong was taken at the monthly State Executive Council Meeting, held on Tuesday […]

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday expressed concern over the delay in the trial of kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, a.k.a. Evans.

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Wednesday sealed three filling stations in Owerri, Imo, for selling petroleum products above the approved pump price. The filling stations were sealed by the DPR Zonal Operations Controller in Owerri, Mrs Roseline Wilkie, who led a monitoring team. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the filling […]