Day: October 13, 2021

The President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, has reconstituted the leadership and membership of some standing and special committees of the upper legislative chamber. These include four committee chairmen and seven vice-chairmen, as well as new members of some committees. Lawan made the announcement on Wednesday shortly before the Senate adjourned plenary till November…

Embattled Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, has been reportedly diagnosed with possible kidney or lungs illness in Benin Republic. Yomi Aliyu, one of the lawyers of the agitator, told BBC Yoruba about the agitator’s developing illness, stating that the rights activist developed the illness in Benin Republic prison custody. According to Aliyu,…

It will also increase cost of our nomination forms — PDP cries out The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the passage of direct primary for the nomination of candidates for elections in political parties by the Senate will increase the costs of nomination procedures. Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, made the observation…

Chief Yomi Alliyu (SAN), lead counsel to the embattled Yoruba rights activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, aka, Igboho Wednesday disclosed that the Yoruba right activist is now critically ill in Cotonou, Benin Republic. Chief Alliyu (SAN) stated this in Ibadan while speaking on a radio station, monitored by Vanguard on Sunday Igboho’s health condition in Cotonou.…

Two masquerades namely Sheriff Ojo and Muhammad Lukman have been arrested for allegedly stealing ₦370,000.00 and inflicting injury with cutlasses on one Adinoyi Mohammed the owner of the money in Ondo state. According to spokesperson of the State Police Command, Funmi Odulami. the two suspects committed the offence at Melenge Community, at Ipele town in…

  The National Assembly has unanimously approved the upgrading of Adeyemi College of Education to Adeyemi Federal University of Education, Ondo. The approval on Tuesday was sequel to a concurrence to the House of Representatives report by the Senate. The bill was titled: “Adeyemi Federal University of Education, Ondo (Establisment) Bill, 2020.” The bill for…

  Nigerian Writer and Author, Nnaemeka Charles Eze, popularly known as Nani Boi has addressed some of the issues been faced by Nigerian couples in his new movie, “Dear Sisters”. The Enugu State born while addressing journalists in Lagos, also said the movie, which is a must watch for both married and intending couple, was…

CHAIRMAN of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, yesterday, called for a constitutional amendment to accommodate the Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun, as state police to tackle the security challenges confronting the country. Governor Fayemi said this at the 7th Annual Lecture Series in commemoration of the…

The Senate bowed to pressure from the public on Tuesday when it passed a bill which gave the Independent National Electoral Commission the sole power to determine the procedure for the transmission of election results. The red chamber also approved direct primaries as the method to be adopted by all political parties to elect candidates…

The Ondo State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of a man who allegedly opened gunfire to disperse guests at a party at Oba Akoko in the Akoko South West Local Government Area of the state. PUNCH Metro learnt that as the party was ongoing last Saturday, the suspect, whose identity was not revealed,…

  The Nigerian Customs Service has given private aircraft owners in the country a 14-day ultimatum to sort out infractions in their import and operational documents with its Tariff and Trade Department or risk having them impounded. The National Public Relations Officer of the NCS, Joseph Attah, made this known on Tuesday in a press…