Onnoghen's trial adjourned until Feb 13 amid calls for his arrest if he does not appear

CODE of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) chairman Justice Danladi Umar has adjourned the ongoing trial of the chief judge of Nigeria Justice Walter Onnoghen until February 13 after today's hearing ended in pandemonium amid concerns that an arrest warrant may be issued.

 

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Ooni of Ife reveals how Yoruba deity Oluorogbo is identical to Jesus Christ as he also resurrected after three days

OONI of Ife Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi has likened the Yoruba deity Oluorogbo, with Jesus Christ saying that they both ascended to heaven after being killed indicating that there are distinct similarities between Yoruba traditional religion and Christianity.

 

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Lagos State House of Assembly now under scrutiny after its running costs are found to total almost $80m

MEMBERS of the Lagos State House of Assembly have come under scrutiny after it emerged that their running costs add up to N28.8bn ($79.15m) under the tenure of current speaker Hon Mudashiru Obasa.

 

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Boko Haram plan to release stolen cattle across northeast as part of new charm offensive

TERRORIST sect Boko Haram is planning to release hundreds of heads of cattle it has stolen from local herdsmen across the northeast as part of a move to attract public sympathy according to the Nigerian Army.

 

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Nnamdi Kanu says undue influence of Yoruba Muslims in their affairs will bring about demise of southwest

INDIGENOUS People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu has declared that the undue influence of Yoruba Muslims in the affairs of the southwest geo-political zone will bring about the demise of the ethnic group in the years ahead.

 

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Christian Association of Nigeria asks technical crew to be more meticulous after Osinbajo survives crash

CHRISTIAN Association of Nigeria (Can) president Pastor Samson Ayokunle has reacted to the helicopter crash involving vice president Professor Yemi Osinbajo by calling on technicians responsible for maintaining aircraft used by government officials to be more meticulous.

 

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Code of Conduct Bureau refuses to release asset declaration forms of Abba Kyari and several others ministers

CODE of Conduct Bureau (CCB) officials have refused to release copies of the asset declaration forms of some prominent government operatives including the chief of staff in the presidency Abba Kyari and about three ministers.

 

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Lagos State assembly members meet with deputy governor as pressure grows to back down on impeachment

LAWMAKERS from the Lagos State House of Assembly have met with members of the cabinet in a bid to end the ongoing impasse between the two arms of government that precipitated calls for the impeachment of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode.

 

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Former PDP chairman Abubakar Baraje says Kwara will never accept a Yoruba governor

FORMER Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairman Alhaji Abubakar Baraje has vowed that the people of Kwara State would bitterly resist any attempt to foist a Yoruba-speaking governor on the state in next month's gubernatorial elections.

 

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Passengers offered free train rides between Lagos and Abeokuta for the next two months

TRAIN passengers will be offered free rides between Lagos and Abeokuta fort two months as from Wednesday next week as the federal governments looks to open the new national standard gauge railway network.

 

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