Politics

Prince Dayo Adeyeye. PHOTO: NAN An aggrieved aspirant to Ado-Ekiti Government House in 2018, Professor Dayo Adeyeye, yesterday resigned as Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council of the Ekiti State University (EKSU). This follows the Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP’s) adoption of the Deputy Governor, Professor Kolapo …

Nigeria Police Force The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris yesterday said that the police force under his administration will recruits 31,000 officers yearly for the next five years to effectively fight crimes in the country. Idris said the exercise would enable the agency to meet up with the …

• UNDP begins cleanup of impacted Nigerian communities • Two soldiers shot by oil bunkerers Niger Delta agitators yesterday formally withdrew the quit notice it handed down to northerners and Yoruba to leave the oil rich region. In a statement made available to The Guardian, the group also resolved to …

Minister of Education, Professor Adamu  Adamu (left); Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr. Chris Ngige; President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Ayuba Wabba; Deputy President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Victor Osoduko and President ASUU, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi during a meeting between Federal Government and ASUU in Abuja. …

Atiku Abubakar • Flays corruption, terrorism fight • Ex-VP’s supporter, Alhassan, visits Aso Rock Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar yesterday alleged being sidelined by President Muhammadu Buhari’s government which he said he helped into power in 2015. In an interview on the Hausa Service of the Voice of America, (VOA), …

Stella Oduah A National Assembly member, Sen. Stella Oduah, has debunked allegation that she bought a 1.2 million dollars house in England while she was Minister of Aviation, saying it is untrue. She said at a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja on Thursday that the allegation made …

Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris The Inspector-General. of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, has inaugurated the new state Police Command headquarters, Lafia, donated by the Nasarawa State Government. Idris, while inaugurating the edifice on Thursday in Lafia, lauded Gov. Umaru Al-Makura for identifying with the Nigerian Police Force by providing …

A Washington DC-based international health and enhanced food nutrition organization, HarvestPlus, has reported that Nigeria loses a whopping 100 children and six women every hour to lack of proper nutrition. The Chief Executive Officer of the body, Mrs Beverly Postma told a group of select journalists at the International Institute …

Chairman emeritus of DAAR Communications Plc, and chieftain of the Advance Peoples’ Democratic Alliance (APDA, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, has described President Muhammadu Buhari as a chameleon that cannot change its skin. According to him, Buhari’s current style of governance was not different from what he displaye between 1983 and …

Former Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Chairman, Ali Modu Sheriff, ensured he brought joy to the people of Borno state as he hosted a large crowd who troops at his mansion in Maiduguri to celebrate with him during the Sallah holiday. The sacked chairman gave out cash and other gift …