•Governor Fubara (centre) with a delegation of political and traditional leaders from Bayelsa State Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, today, criticised the attitude of the members of the Rivers State House of Assembly towards his administration, saying the members will cease to exist as legislators if he so decides. He said the ...
All is now set for the 2024 Quarterly public lecture to be hosted by the Commonwealth Institute of Advanced and Professional Studies (CIAPS). The theme of this CIAPS lecture is “Anatomy of Corruption”. A statement issued today by management of CIAPS and made available to The Frontier said the keynote speaker will be Anthony Kila, […]...
•Adeleke Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State today, Monday, May 6, issued a directive to increase security measures in Ilesa and its environs. This was in response to reports that Lagos State had allegedly deported some youths to the community, reports The Nation. A statement released by Adeleke’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, confirmed th...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against Nigeria’s governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr Nyesom Wike “over their failure to account for N5.9 trillion and $4.6 billion loans obtained by their states and the FCT, and to publish copies of the loan agreements, including d...
•Senator Ubah and Nnamdi Kanu’s wife, Uchechi The wife of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Uchechi, has visited her husband, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, in the custody of the Directorate of State Service DSS. She hailed Senator Ifeanyi Ubah (Anambra South) for facilitating the visit, reports The Nation. Mrs Kanu said since [&h...
•Governor Sanwo-Olu Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr Oluyinka Olumide, stated that 80 per cent of buildings in Ibeju Lekki have no approval. He disclosed this in a recent interview with newsmen. He said, “Just last week Thursday and Friday, myself and the team were in the Ibeju Lekki and Epe […]...
•Shettima jets out Vice President Kashim Shettima has departed Abuja for Dallas, United States, for the 2024 US-Africa Business Summit. The summit, hosted by the Corporate Council on Africa, will take place at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas, reports Daily Trust. According to a statement issued by Senior Special Ass...
•Tajudeen Ibikunle Baruwa Members of the Progressive Forum under the platform of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), South West zone, has warned Tajudeen Ibikunle Baruwa to desist from parading himself as president of the NURTW. In the warning contained in a statement jointly signed by Alhaji Raufu Kolawole and Femi Ajanaku, ...
•Emefiele and Akpabio The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has come under fire over his remarks against the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. The Ohanaeze Youths yesterday lashed out at the Senate President, insisting that Emefiele stabilised the economy which the National Assembly was destroying with it...
•Adebayo and late Gbagi The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2023 general elections, Prince Adewole Adebayo has paid glowing tributes to Chief Kenneth Gbagi who has passed away at the age of 62. Recall that Gbagi, a former Minister of Education (State), was also the governorship candidate for Delta State [&hel...