The Oyo State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has accused “recently selected” Peoples Democratic Party party officials in the state and the South West of engaging in what it called “hyperactive falsehood” and embarking on “a baffling journey of self-mockery” in its bid to convince its principals who just selected the officials at the party’s recent “selection process.”
Author: Dotun Oladipo
As Christians in Nigeria join their counterparts all over the world to mark this year’s Easter celebration, Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has called on Nigerians to imbibe the spirit of love, togetherness and renewed commitment to Nigeria’s unity and peaceful co-existence.
The Oodua Nationalist Coalition said on Friday that there are plans to cause political crisis in the six South West states through a string of killings and assassinations of political leaders, a plot that also targets the Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola.
In spite of his side’s slim win in the first leg encounter in Port Harcourt a fortnight ago, Dolphins Head Coach, Stanley Eguma, is optimistic his team can turn the tabled against hosts, Coton Sport, when both sides clash in the CAF champions League on Sunday.
What manner of wedding wears are Muslim brides known for? This is a question that may seem insignificant to many but whose essence is a concern for keen watchers of events in the marriage world of Muslims and Christians, in particular, today.
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It is definitely a decisive weekend for the front runners in the English Premier League, Manchester United and Manchester City, as the season enters its final lap.
Traders and artisans on the busy Adegbola Street, Ikeja, Lagos State on Thursday engaged officers of the Lagos State Task Force on the Environment and Special offence Unit in a fierce fight following the arrest of one of the traders by the task force.
Customers of telecommunications giants, MTN, are groaning over the deduction of their airtime without usage.
A chieftain of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Adebayo Adeniyi, is in a critical condition in an undisclosed hospital following machete and broken bottles injuries he suffered in a fight with hoodlums.Adeniyi, who is also a community leader at Oyewole area of Agege, Lagos State, was attacked by the hoodlums after he refused to part with his cash.It was gathered that the suspected hoodlums, numbering about six, trailed Adeniyi to a bank in the area last Friday, where he went to withdraw cash from an Automated Teller Machine.He was subsequently dispossessed of his cash of N150,000.The hoodlums then attempted to…
The acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Dikko Abubakar, has ordered his officers to increase police presence in places of worship, especially churches, during the Easter celebration.
The President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has said that Nigerians undervalue themselves in order to avoid paying the right tax.
Adekunle SijibomiThe Action Congress of Nigeria in Oyo State received a major boost on Thursday as the political clout of ex-Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala suffered another huge loss when a principal political leader of Ogbomosholand, Chief Bayo Bankole, dumped the Peoples Democratic Party for the ACN.
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, on Thursday, ordered the immediate procurement of all the equipment needed by the University College Hospital, Ibadan to treat the school children who sustained varying degrees of injuries when the bus conveying them caught fire on Wednesday in Ibadan.
The Governors of Ekiti and Kwara States, Dr. Kayode Fayemi and Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, have enjoined Nigerians, especially Christians, to exhibit more tolerance as Easter is celebrated this weekend.
Kayode FasholaThis year’s National Scrabble Championship will kick off on Friday in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The prelude was played a couple of weeks ago and different qualifiers emerged while some heavyweights slid out at the qualifiers.
The United States of America and the United Kingdom have warned its citizens in Nigeria against travelling to the North during the Easter celebration.
A former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that he would have succeeded if he wanted a third term as was suggested towards the end of his presidency in 2007.
The National Economic Council, comprising the 36 state governors, the Ministers of Finance, National Planning, Justice and the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor has lamented huge revenue loss which runs to about $1 billion monthly to bunkering.
The Action Congress of Nigeria is insisting that the President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, must be sacked for accepting a gift of a 2,500 seating capacity church from a Federal Government contractor, Gitto.