GOVERNOR Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has joined in ridiculing the appellation of chief security officer given to Nigeria's governors saying that the title is meaningless unless they are allowed to run state police forces.
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has re-appointed Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Godwin Emefiele for a second five-year term in a surprise development that will see him occupy the post until 2024.
GOVERNOR Gboyega Oyetola has won the latest round in the battle to govern Osun State after the Federal Court of Appeal declared him the winner of the September 2018 Osun State gubernatorial election earlier on today.
(1) Whenever I agonise over how under-developed Nigeria is and how developed it should be, I always ask myself whether we as a people are not responsible for our own plight. There is a popular school of thought that the masses are fine but the problem is just bad leadership. However, does this theory stand up to scrutiny?
FORMER Anambra State governor and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) vice presidential candidate Peter Obi has denied that he is suffering from a heart attack pointing out that he is only felt feverish yesterday and decided to visit the hospital for treatment.
GOVERNOR Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has been warned by the National Association of Nigeria Students (Nans) to desist from commercialising education or he should be prepared for an all out confrontation.
ACTING inspector-general of police Mohammed Adamu has confessed to senators that he is powerless to end the ongoing breakdown in security across the country because his force is badly under-funded and ill-equipped to combat the menace.
NIGERIAN Football Federation (NFF) president Amaju Pinnick and four other officials have been charged with the misappropriation of $8,400 paid as a subvention by global footballing body Fifa.
NIGERIA'S permanent representative of Nigeria to the United Nations Professor Tijjani Mohammad Bande has been appointed the next president of the United Nations General Assembly when the tenure of the current incumbent expires in September.
PRESIDENCY officials have denied reports that the government has offered the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (Macban) N100bn ($276m) to get Fulani herdsmen to end their orgy of violence saying all that is taking place is a dialogue.
GOVERNOR Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has joined in ridiculing the appellation of chief security officer given to Nigeria's governors saying that the title is meaningless unless they are allowed to run state police forces.
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has re-appointed Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Godwin Emefiele for a second five-year term in a surprise development that will see him occupy the post until 2024.
GOVERNOR Gboyega Oyetola has won the latest round in the battle to govern Osun State after the Federal Court of Appeal declared him the winner of the September 2018 Osun State gubernatorial election earlier on today.
FORMER Anambra State governor and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) vice presidential candidate Peter Obi has denied that he is suffering from a heart attack pointing out that he is only felt feverish yesterday and decided to visit the hospital for treatment.
GOVERNOR Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has been warned by the National Association of Nigeria Students (Nans) to desist from commercialising education or he should be prepared for an all out confrontation.
ACTING inspector-general of police Mohammed Adamu has confessed to senators that he is powerless to end the ongoing breakdown in security across the country because his force is badly under-funded and ill-equipped to combat the menace.
NIGERIAN Football Federation (NFF) president Amaju Pinnick and four other officials have been charged with the misappropriation of $8,400 paid as a subvention by global footballing body Fifa.
NIGERIA'S permanent representative of Nigeria to the United Nations Professor Tijjani Mohammad Bande has been appointed the next president of the United Nations General Assembly when the tenure of the current incumbent expires in September.
PRESIDENCY officials have denied reports that the government has offered the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (Macban) N100bn ($276m) to get Fulani herdsmen to end their orgy of violence saying all that is taking place is a dialogue.
