A former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd.), has taken a swipe at the United States on its refusal to sell arms to Nigeria to fight the insurgency by the Islamic group, Boko Haram. Gowon, in an interview with SUNDAY … Continue reading
Mass Failure In Law School: Another Perspective Written by Adewale Adegoke ON October 15, 2014, authorities of the Nigerian Law School released the 2013/2014 Bar Final examination results. From statistics, largely unverified, and usually indiscriminately bandied about, especially by some … Continue reading
US police officer Darren Wilson who brutally shot unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson – has resigned from the force. His lawyer Neil Bruntrager told US media the resignation was effective immediately. The St Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper said the … Continue reading
Controversial actress cum singer, Cossy Orjiakor, who seems to derive pleasure from flaunting her God-given gifts in the open, is at it again. This time, she is in the news as a result of her daring presence in the just … Continue reading
Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, a former External Affairs Minister, also responds: Dear Richard, Thank you for sharing this piece. I have also benefited from following the debate that had ensued. Perhaps I should from the beginning establish my credentials. Apart from … Continue reading
According to Sunday Tribune, it emerged at the weekend that recent outbursts by former President Olusegun Obasanjo against President Goodluck Jonathan stemmed from the latter’s refusal to implement a proposal from the former president in respect of the 2015 elections. Sources … Continue reading
Air Vice-Marshall Ernest Adeleye is an elder statesman and a former military governor of Rivers State. He is also a leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and forms part of the party’s leadership in Ekiti State. He speaks on … Continue reading
A passenger plane with 59 passengers and four crew members has crash-landed in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has said. According to a statement by NCAA General Manager, Public Affairs, Mr. Fan Ndubuoke, “An … Continue reading
Nigeria’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, is dead. The report, carried by online news platform, Per Second News, has it that Ashiru died in South Africa on Saturday. He has been in South Africa for treatment. He … Continue reading
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Ayodele Fayose has directed contractors handling 26 projects awarded by the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) to proceed with the execution of the project despite that they were awarded by the last administration. Out of … Continue reading
President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the upgrade of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Ido-Ekiti, Ekiti State, to a teaching hospital and the use of the upgraded hospital for the clinical training of medical students and allied health professionals of Afe … Continue reading
Over 150 people were reportedly killed in the bomb blast that occurred yesterday afternoon at the Kano Central Mosque where the Emir of Kano usually leads prayers. Some eye-witnesses and rescue officials put the figure at around 300, making it … Continue reading
LIB found this article titled: ‘Each time a man connects with a woman sexually and releases his life form energy within her, he leaves a part of his information (DNA) in her birth canal” on BlackSupremacy, and thought to share. We … Continue reading
The former vice president and one of the 2015 APC presidential aspirants appears to be a proud and happy husband here as he held his wife, Dr. Jennifer Jamilah Douglas on a day of her academic glory. His wife was … Continue reading
Ekiti State Government has directed officers of the Ekiti State Traffic Management Agency, EKSTMA, who are still interested in the job to reapply for fresh appointment as from 1st December 2014 to enable it correct the anomaly in the recruitment … Continue reading
The Chief Press Secretary to Ekiti State Governor, Mr Idowu Adelusi, has faulted the claim by the former Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dr Adewale Omirin, that 18 lawmakers are on his side in the ongoing power … Continue reading
A shake up was effected today in the state civil service with the appointment of Mr Olugbenga Peter Faseluka as the new Head of Service.He succeeds Mr Olubunmi Patrick Famosaya .Going by the date of employment into the civil service, … Continue reading
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission today Friday, November 28, 2014, secured the conviction of a top prison officer as Justice J.J Majebi of the Kogi State High Court, Okene, convicted and sentenced Joseph Friday Idachaba, Deputy Controller of Prisons, to … Continue reading