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The Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has made new appointments into his cabinet. The appointees include two new permanent secretaries and some advisers among whom are two Yoruba men Mr. Jimi Lawal and Muyiwa Fakeye. Jimi lawal is a native of Ijebu Ode. Below is the full list of the new appointees: Aishatu…
In a bid to quickly settle down to governance and ensure delivery of democracy dividends, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has settled the rift among its members in the House of Representatives over the election of Speaker, Mr. Yakubu Dogara. The National Working Committee (NWC) of the party headed by Chief John Odigie-Oyegun met…
In accordance with the June 12 (Declaration As M.K.O. Abiola Day) Law of Ogun State, the Ogun State Government has declared Today June 12, 2015 Friday a work-free day. In a press release by the Secretary to the Ogun State Government, Mr Taiwo Adeoluwa, the government enjoined residents of the state to spend the day…
What exactly is Apple Music, anyway? A lot of people left the Apple WWDC developers’ conference wondering just that after Apple previewed its new music subscription and radio service Monday. Is Apple Music, set to debut June 30, Apple’s answer to Spotify? Or Pandora? Is iTunes Radio, the new service Apple launched in 2013 at…
Two teenage Nigerian brothers have proven that they hold wisdom far beyond their years. At 13 and 15 years old, Anesi and Osine Ikhianosime have created a faster mobile web browsing experience that rivals bigger browser such as Google Chrome. The hail from Lagos, these brothers pinpointed a common problem. Although browsers like Google Chrome…
Senator Bukonla Saraki representing Kwara Central has been elected as President of Nigeria’s 8th Senate. He was elected unopposed by 57 out of 108 senators-elect. Ekweremadu also polled 54 votes to defeat Sen. Ali Ndume (APC- Borno-South), who polled 20 votes for Deputy Senate position, one vote was declared invalid. 51 senators, including Sen. Ahmed…
Yakubu Dogara, from Bauchi State, has emerged the new Speaker of the House of Representatives in Nigeria. Hon. Yakubu Dogara of the All Progressives Congress (APC) defeated Mr Femi Gbajabiamila from Lagos State in the south-west region in the election held on Tuesday. Hon. Dogara polled 182 votes to beat Hon. Gbajabiamila who polled 174…
It was something similar to a win-win situation for Sanator elect Buruji Kashamu yesterday as two different courts granted his prayers. Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High court sitting in Lagos on Monday quashed the provisional warrant of arrest obtained by NDLEA against him. Another judge, Justice Ibrahim Buba in another proceedings restrained the…
The Ogun State 8th Assembly inaugurated yesterday has re-elected Rt. Honourable Surajudeen Adekunbi as speaker for another that term that will terminate in 2019. The inauguration of the new assembly, which held at the chambers of the Assembly located at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, was done by the governor, Ibikunle Amosun, and witnessed by hundreds of party…
A Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja yesterday gave its nod to a suit filed by a civil rights group, Registered Trustees of Social Justice and Civil Rights Awareness Initiative. The suit seeks to restrain the sole candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Femi Gbajabiamila from emerging as the Speaker of the House of…
