A Senator in the Fourth Republic and former Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye, is dead. Durojaiye, a leader of the All Progressives Congress in Ogun State, died on Monday in Lagos reportedly due to complications of Covid-19. He was 88. Meanwhile, Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has mourned his death. Abiodun, in a statement on Tuesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Kunle Somorin, expressed shock over the passage of the Ijebu-Igbo politician. The statement read that Durojaiye, who was a leading member of the pro-democracy group, NADECO, was also in the National Assembly between 1999 and…
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The Ekiti State Government has evacuated 28 students who are indigenes of the state from Plateau State. Credit: Facebook | Government Of Ekiti State, Nigeria
Suspected armed bandits have invaded the Afaka barracks of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna, killing a naval officer, 9news Nigeria has learnt. According to report, the bandits were also said to have also kidnapped two majors but Daily Trust cannot independently verify this. The bandits, who reportedly attacked the barracks around 1am on Tuesday, are said to still be inside the academy. A reliable source within the barracks told our correspondent that security has been beefed up within and around the barracks to stop the bandits from escaping with the officers. “It was a terrible experience, the bandits took…
The Katsina State House of Assembly lawmakers on Monday shed tears for the Muhammadu Buhari-led government at a plenary while discussing the deterioration of insecurity under the present regime. Katsina is Buhari’s home state and the governor at a recent briefing lamented that about 10 Local Government Areas are under bandits’ continuous attacks. Source: SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORK
Agba said that the Plan was to address the prevalence of poverty by lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years, with strategies to tackle Nigeria’s increasing population growth. Mr Clem Agba, Minister of State, Budget and National Planning has said that the Federal Government’s new Medium-Term National Development Plan (MTNDP) 2021-2025 is targeted at lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty. Agba made this known on Monday during the opening of a capacity building workshop for Special Advisers and Technical Assistants of Ministers organised by Konard Adeneaur Stiftung (KAS), a German Foundation. The News Agency of Nigeria…
Power drunk officers from the EFCC stormed the residence of Nigerian entertainer Dorathy Bachor located at Lekki, Lagos on Monday evening. The officers were humiliated earlier on Monday after Dorathy shared pictures of their barbaric and unprofessional invasion of her apartment at 4:00 a.m. over purported search for Internet fraudsters. The EFCC has been breaching privacy of Nigerians across the southern parts of the country for several weeks, with officers breaking into hotel and residential apartments without knocking to the trauma of naked housewives and young girls. Last month, the anti-graft office suffered immense public ridicule for…
There has again been a flurry of activities, such as the release of campaign style promotional videos, banners in the Social Media and even the deployment of political posters in some parts of the country, including the FCT and Kano, insinuating that the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has joined the 2023 Presidential Race. The Office of the Vice President wishes to reiterate a statement on the same subject, made earlier in May this year. The Office of the Vice President is not in any way connected with the distribution and deployment of any 2023 political posters whether on…
Highlights the undermining of innovation/creativity,and increase in brain drain as greatest socio-economic impact of insecurity on Nigerian youths. The Member Representing Ondo West Constituency 1 in the Ondo state house of assembly,Hon. Tomide Akinribido,has described the current excessive monetization of the political and electoral processes in Nigeria as a cancer that can destroy the country faster than other vices such as terrorism,while clamoring that making political offices less attractive and significantly reducing the financial benefits attached to political offices would be the solution to curb the anomaly. The young lawmaker who doubles as the Chairman of the house committee on…
One of the leading artists to come out of Nigeria, Yusuf Grillo, is dead. He died in the early hours of today, Monday. He was born in 1934. One of his children, Mrs Adeyemi, confirmed Grillo’s passing to Vanguard. She told Vanguard in a brief telephone chat, “Yes, my father is dead. He died this morning. The late Grillo, a contemporary of Bruce Onobrakpeya, was a Zaria Art Society comrade. His works are known for the use of colour blue and natural settings. Source: Vanguard News
The wife of the first Military Head of State, Gen. Thompson Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi, Lady Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi is dead. She died Monday morning, less than 24 hours after the wife of the late Premier of the defunct Eastern region, Dr Michael Okpara died. Both of them hailed from Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State. Lady Aguiyi-Ironsi according to a close family source died of an old age-related ailment. She has since been deposited to the mortuary. May God rest her soul.