Fayemi gave the commendation on Friday in Ado Ekiti at a special service marking the beginning of the 2012/2013 legal year, held at the Cathedral Church of Emmanuel
Author: Segun Adebowale
Local government workers in Ekiti State are to resume work on Monday following the resolution of the differences that led to the two-month strike embarked upon by the workers and the decision of the state government to immediately effect payment of the minimum wage and the Consolidated Salary for Health Workers, which were their major demands
The Peoples Democratic Party in the South West has described the purported indictment of a former Governor of Osun State and National Secretary of the PDP, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, by a panel set up by the Ogbeni Rauf Aregbeola-led Action Congress of Nigeria government in the state as “cheap blackmail and cover up plot that won’t work.”
The Executive Chairman, EFCC, Ibrahim Lamorde, made the offer on Friday while receiving a delegation from the NCC, led by its Director General, Afam Ezekude, at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja
The Irish Ambassador to Nigeria, Patrick Fay, accompanied by his wife, Deldra, and son, Neil, stated this Friday when he paid a courtesy visit on the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Godswill Akpabio, at Governor’s Office, Uyo
Madiero is alleged to have as General Manager of B.C. Madiebo Insurance Brokers Limited defrauded the company of over N30 million
The new Cardinal will be received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja by the President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, and the Minister of State for Federal Capital Territory, Oloye Olajumoke Akinjide
Sambo gave this assurance on Friday at Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State, as he commences the second leg of the tour of affected flood areas
Two members of the committee – Steve Oronsaye and Ben Oti – said they were sidelined in the preparation of the report of the committee
n a statement on Friday, the CPC said since Buhari has no link with terrorism or any terrorist organisation, he cannot negotiate on behalf of Boko Haram with the Federal Government
In a statement issued in Lagos on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said after the government’s anti-people policy of raising the price of petrol was rejected earlier this year, it has now resorted to underhand tactics to increase the price
The position of the Federal Government was stated by presidential spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, on Friday.
Abati said the position tallies with the earlier promise by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to dialogue with the sect once the offer is genuine
The killing of Shuwa on Friday brings to two the number of Sheriff’s allies who have been shot dead this week by suspected Boko Haram militants
Eyewitnesses stated that the okada rider was arrested at the junction between the University Road and St. Finbarr’s College Road, Akoka, by suspected policemen in mufti, who were positioned along the road enforcing the new traffic law
Aganga also directed the CAC to open a Complaints Register for customers who are unable to register their businesses within 24 hours
Adefarati was said to have lost her life late on Thursday when a trailer lost control and ran into the vehicle in which she was riding
A spokesman from the Nigerian army rejected the accusations, saying soldiers always operate within the law
The NLC said it had observed in the last two months that government had done nothing to check the scarcity of fuel and was also watching marketers unilaterally increase the pump price
It, however, said this will be predicated on the Federal Government arresting and prosecuting a former Governor of Borno State, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, and dialoguing with a team it specially named for the purpose in Saudi Arabia and not Nigeria
Mbam further stated that the RMAFC Act, especially Section 5 Sub-section 7, stipulates that for the purposes of the Act and for avoidance of doubt, where any state of the federation suffers any loss which is outside its control, the Stabilization Funds shall be used to give succour to such a state