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According to reports monitored online, the National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC and the founder, Gani Adams Foundation, Otunba Gani Adams, yesterday reiterated his commitment towards making Nigeria a developed nation and also a nation that attract tourists to the country through Olokun cultural festival Chief Adams stated this during a press conference…
Leader of Nigeria‘s contingent to the just concluded pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi II, remains unhappy about the loss of many lives during the stoning of the devil rites during the hajj. Sanusi is already contemplating recommending to the federal government that Nigerians should in future skip that particular rite except they are…
Mubashiru Abiola, younger brother of the acclaimed winner of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election, the Chief MKO Abiola, is dead. He was aged 73. He reportedly died on Friday after a three-month protracted illness and he has been buried in Abeokuta on Saturday. Tears flowed freely at the Gaa in Sabo area of…
London: Alison-Madueke Released on Bail. Former Petroleum Minister, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, who was arrested in London, Friday, has been granted bail. Vanguard learned she was granted bail by a magistrate court in London after she had been detained for several hours. Diezani was arrested in London, today, by the International Corruption Unit (ICU) of the…
Diezani Alison-Madueke arrested in London. Its been reported that Nigeria’s former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke was arrested in London on Friday, a source from Nigeria’s presidency circle and another with links to her family confirmed this. Mrs. Alison-Madueke was minister under former president Goodluck Jonathan from 2010 until May 2015. Although it has not been…
Members of the Remo Youth Association who accused an Ogun State lawmaker, Adeleye Adewale Adebiyi, of forgery and perjury relating to claims he made on his electoral form prior to the 2015 elections where abducted yesterday by the lawmaker and his thugs. One ofthe petitioners being kidnapped on camera by a group led by Adebiyi…
Below is the full text of of Nigeria’s 55th Independence Day Speech by President Muhammadu Buhari to mark Nigeria’s 55th Independence anniversary. OCTOBER 1 is a day for joy and celebrations for us Nigerians whatever the circumstances we find ourselves in because it is the day, 55 years ago; we liberated ourselves from the shackles of…
In a report by USA Today on their USA Today website as many as 10 people were killed and 20 injured when a shooter opened fire at Umpqua Community College Thursday in southern Oregon, according to Oregon State Police. The shooter was downed, according to authorities, but his condition was not immediately clear. Police told KGW-TV…
The Ogun State House of Assembly will on Wednesday, October 7, screen the commissioner-nominees on the list sent to the House by the state governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun The Punch reports. A statement by the Clerk of the State House of Assembly, Mr. Muyiwa Adenopo, indicated that the approval of the nominees by the House…
Nigeria at 55, Leadership reports that Gov. Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun has urged Nigerians to support President Muhammadu Buhari in the crusade to eradicate corruption in the country. According tl Leadership Governor Amosun made the call at the 55th Independence Day Anniversary Celebration at the MKO Abiola stadium in Abeokuta on Thursday. Amosun was also…
