Akingbolahan Adeniran has resigned as Ogun State attorney-general effective later this month, Peoples Gazette was told, after he spent weeks seething about Governor Dapo Abiodun’s corrupt practices, incompetence and general maladministration. Mr Adeniran, a liberal arts scholar and commercial law expert, turned in his resignation because he was no longer comfortable serving Mr Abiodun in…
Farmers and other residents of Damboa in Borno State have started paying Zakat (taxes) to the dreaded members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP), Daily Trust has reliably gathered. Zakat is an Islamic finance term referring to the obligation that an individual has to donate a certain proportion of wealth each year…
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Monday, condoled with the Dangote family over the demise of the Vice President of the Dangote Group, Sani Dangote. This was made known by the Special Adviser on Media to President of the Senate, Ola Awoniyi, in a statement titled, ‘Senate President mourns Sani Dangote’. Sani Dangote,…
Socialite and businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu, aka Obi Cubana, has shut down his Abuja club, Hustle & Bustle, over the death of one of his clients. The Anambra-born club owner made this known in an Instagram post on Monday. It was gathered that the clubber died over the weekend but the circumstances of the death could…
Authorities in India’s capital, New Delhi, have announced a one-week closure of schools and said they would consider a “pollution lockdown” to protect citizens from worsening levels of toxic smog. “Schools will be shut so that children don’t have to breathe polluted air,” Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal told reporters on Saturday, adding that construction activity…
An information technology expert, Cyril Isong, has been apprehended by the police for the alleged abduction of a House of Representative member. Isong, who lived in Abuja, reportedly connived with others at large to lure the lawmaker to a short let apartment in Asokoro, Abuja, with a woman and held him hostage afterwards, dispossessing him…
…urges Nigerian Army to proffer solutions to national insecurity Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju Oyo State Governor, ’Seyi Makinde, on Monday, reiterated that the safety of lives, property of all residents and citizens of the state is the utmost priority of his administration. The governor, while declaring open the 4th Quarter Army Headquarters Veteran…
…says govt ready to partner Shippers’ Council for early realisation of project Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju Oyo State Governor, ’Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, said that Ibadan Inland Dry Port is a project that is after the heart of his administration, adding that the government would do all that is necessary to ensure every…
…pledges continuous support for security agencies in Oyo Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, called on the new head of Department of State Services (DSS) in the state to assist in investigating the remote cause of the Abolongo jailbreak in Oyo town. The governor, while receiving the new…
