Just In: Soludo Sets Up 15-man Panel To Settle IPOB Crisis

Anambra State governor, Prof. Charles Soludo, has appointed a 15-member Truth, Justice and Peace Commission to stop the activities of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The committee is headed by human rights activist, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, with Amb. Bianca Ojukwu as secretary.  A statement on Wednesday by Secretary to the Anambra State Government, Prof. Solo Chukwulobelu, named other …

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Aregbesola: How Interior Ministry Managed 1.5m Applicants For 5,000 NSCDC Jobs; 500 Staff Parading Fake Certificates – Head Of Service

The recently concluded recruitment into the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has been declared one of the fairest and most transparent in recent time, despite the huge number of applicants who applied for the few positions available. This was declared by the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, at the Policy Dialogue on Entrenching Transparency in Public Service …

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I’ve paid price for the voiceless – Sacked Abuja Imam speaks, gets new appointment

 Former Chief Imam of the National Assembly Legislative Quarters Mosque, Sheikh Muhammad Nuru Khalid, says the termination of his appointment was a price he paid for Nigerians who have no voice. DAILY POST reports that a few days after the Imam was suspended following his sermon that criticized the current government over inability to tackle the security situation, he was …

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Ooni of Ife visits Lagos Assembly, meets with Obasa

The Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. (Dr) Mudashiru Obasa, on Monday hosted His Imperial Majesty (HIM) Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogúnwusi, Ojaja II, the Ooni of Ife. Clad in his traditional royal apparel, Oba Ogunwusi, who arrived the Assembly complex at about 1.30pm, immediately went into a meeting with Speaker Obasa. The monarch left after the brief …

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NURTW crisis: Court grants Kunle Poly N1m bail, transfers case

A Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court in Lagos State, on Monday, granted bail in the sum of one million Naira to the Lagos Island Branch B chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers charged with murder. The NURTW Chairman, Azeez Lawal (a.k.a Kunle Poly), is charged along with one Adekanbi Wahab, 38. Chief Magistrate, Linda Balogun, also transferred the …

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One week after Kaduna train attack, 168 passengers still unaccounted for – NRC

One week after terrorists attacked a train in Kaduna State, over 100 of the passengers have yet to be accounted for, an official has said. PREMIUM TIMES reported last Monday’s attack on the Kaduna-bound train by terrorists who first used explosives to immobilise the train before shooting at some of the passengers. They killed some and kidnapped many other passengers. …

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Dejo Tunfulu’s children reveal his unfulfilled dreams 

There was tears and gnashing of teeth as actor, Kunle Adetokunbo, popularly known as Dejo Tunfulu, was buried in Ikorodu, Lagos State, on Friday, April 1, 2022, according to Islamic rites. The children of the deceased were evidently still in shock at their father’s demise, even as his colleagues and well-wishers trooped to his house to pay their last respects …

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Ramadan: Show Love, Pray for Nigeria, Obasa Urges Muslims

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. (Dr) Mudashiru Obasa, has urged Nigerian Muslims to rededicate their lives, increase their love for others, show stronger commitment and obedience to God’s instructions at this period of the Islamic holy month. Speaker Obasa gave the counsel on Saturday in a statement by his media office to congratulate Muslim …

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Northern APC Youth, women in mother of all rally to Villa, adopts Tinubu as Consensus candidate

Millions of women and youths from across the nineteen northern states in Nigeria today converged on Abuja and marched to the Presidential villa to demand the adoption of All Progressive Congress, APC National leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the consensus candidate of the party in the forthcoming Presidential election.  The Nigerians said Tinubu is the only person fit and capable …

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NAOSRE President, Members, Buratai Grieve Over Adewole Qudus’ Death

The President, National Association of Online Security Reporters, NAOSRE, Comrade Femi Oyewale, executives, members as well as the Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of Benin, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, Rtd, have expressed shock over the death of one of its esteemed members, Mr. Adewole Qudus which occurred on April 1 after a brief illness. Until his death, Adewole Qudus was …

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