Court jails ex-Minister, PDP chair, Jonathan campaign coordinator
A Federal High Court sitting in Jos, Plateau State, has sentenced a former Minister of Water Resources, Sarah Ochekpe, to three months imprisonment for N450 million fraud. Ochekpe served as a minister in the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan. She was sentenced alongside a former chairman of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau State, Raymond Dabo, and the Plateau...
Varsity queries lecturers for marks’ alteration, portal fraud, others
The management of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, has justified why it queried some of its lecturers. The varsity stated that those affected were allegedly involved in portal fraud, dereliction of duty, insubordination, alteration of examination marks and other infractions. Mr. Bode Olofinmuagun, the Head of the Directorate of Information and Corporate Affairs of the Institution, stated that the queries followed the recommendations...
UPDATED: Buhari, APC govs agree on zoning, convention
President Muhammadu Buhari and Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have agreed on zoning of party and elective offices. All positions are to be swapped between the North and the South. This also means that the Presidency will go the South while the North takes the Vice Presidency. Other offices outside party offices include Senate President, Deputy...
PDP mocks APC over convention, says party leaders in gang war
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has chided the All Progressives Congress (APC) for postposing its National Convention. The leadership of the APC, earlier on Monday, postponed indefinitely the February 26 National Convention of the party and announced March 26, 2022, for Zonal Congresses in its letter to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). But a few hours after, the ruling party...
Court remands prophet for sexually assaulting 8-year-old girl
An Ekiti State Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has ordered the remand of 63-yer-old Prophet Akin Aderiye in the Nigerian Correctional Service, Ado Ekiti, for allegedly sexually assaulting an eight-year-old girl. The Chief Magistrate, Bankole Oluwasanmi, ordered the remand of the prophet after the police prosecutor, Inspector Akinwale Oriyomi, urged the court to remand the defendant. Oriyomi said the...
Ronaldo celebrates reaching 400m Instagram followers
Manchester United forward, Cristiano Ronaldo, has expressed his appreciation to his fans after becoming the first person to reach 400 million followers on Instagram. The 37-year-old Portuguese star currently has 404 million followers on Instagram. Celebrating the feat, Ronaldo shared a video on the platform for his supporters which included his famous 'Siuuu' celebration while wearing a £2,000 grey cashmere Dior...
Ex-Rector must spend two years in jail, court rules
A former Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State, Dr. Edna Mogekwu, has been sentenced to jail for refusing to honour invitations on allegations of corruption proffered against him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The former Rector was sentenced to a two-year, one-month jail term by Justice Marshal Umukoro of the Delta State...
Impeachment: Panel begins probe of Zamfara deputy governor
The seven-man panel set up to investigate alleged gross misconduct and abuse of office levelled against Zamfara Deputy Governor, Alhaji Mahdi Aliyu-Gusau, commenced sitting on Monday. The panel has Justice Halidu Tanko-Soba as Chairman, with Oladipo Okpeseyi (SAN), Abdul-Atadoga Ibrahim (SAN), Hussaini Zakariyau, (SAN), Amina Tanimu-Marafa, Alhaji Sani Mande and Ahmad Buhari-Rabah, as members. At the sitting in Gusau, Secretary to...
Why we’re contesting Oyetola’s victory at primaries – Aregbesola’s loyalists
Loyalists of the Minister of Interior, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, have explained why they are contesting the outcome of last Saturday primary election in Osun State. The Aregbesola’s faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) said they would approach the Appeal Committee to be set up by the National Secretariat to seek redress. A statement by the Publicity Secretary of the faction, Mr....
2023: Ex-Editor, Bolaji Abdullahi, declares senatorial ambition
A cerebral journalist and former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, has declared his intention to contest the Kwara Central senatorial seat in 2023. Abdullahi, a former Editor with Thisday Newspapers, made his ambition public at the secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ilorin on Monday. The former minister, who was accompanied to the party’s secretariat...
