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Ojude Oba 2015 was glitz, glamour and grandeur all roll into one event. Ojude Oba festival holds on the third day of every Eid-el-Kabir. The Festival which usually mark the end of Sallah festival in Ijebu land threw Ijebu Ode city agog on September 26, 2015 as dignitaries from all works of life, politicians, business giants,…
Sanusi Secretly Marries Fourth Wife in absential. A royal marriage between the Emir of daughter of Lamido Adamawa,HRH has taken been consummated. The wedlock ceremony kept away from the public. The marriage, which palace sources said was consummated on Friday, has finally rested long time speculations to the effect that Kano Emir, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi…
W.H.O Removes Nigeria from Polio-Endecmic Counties List. The World Health Organization has announced the removal of Nigeria from Polio-Endecmic Counties List. This is the first time that Nigeria has interrupted transmission of wild poliovirus, bringing the country and the African region closer than ever to being certified polio-free. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), the…
The matriarch of the Awolowo family, Chief Hannah Idowu Dideolu(HID) Awolowo, is dead. Mama, as she is fondly called by many, died early today. She was 99. She would have turned 100 on November 25 this year. Mama Awolowo died shortly after a meeting on Saturday with her family members. Yeye Oodua, as she is…
The Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja has ordered the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mr. Solomon Arase and other relevant security agencies in the country to arrest the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki. In a ruling this afternoon, the tribunal headed by Justice Danladi Umar issued a bench warrant against Saraki following…
According to a report by Amina Mohammed of Premium Times online, President Muahmmadu Buhari has ordered the immediate withdrawal of official and diplomatic passports of former public office holder. Her report as monitored online is below: The Nigerian Immigration Service has directed former Nigerian public office holders to immediately surrender official and diplomatic passports issued…
The youth wing of the pan Igbo socio-cultural association, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has demanded an unconditional apology from human rights lawyer, Festus Keyamo for dismissing the outrage by Ndigbo over their exclusion in federal appointments as “noise making”. Keyamo had while defending President Muhammadu Buhari against allegations of deliberate exclusion of the South-East in his political…
The Lagos State government at the weekend vowed to ensure strict enforcement of the Road Traffic Law 2012, restricting trailers and long vehicles from plying the metropolis between the hours of 6am to 9pm. The permanent secretary ministry of transportation, Oluseyi Whenu who spoke with journalists on the backdrop of the fatal accident involving a…
[quote_center]“The gas is now passing to the gas pipelines and I think that the government has been engaging the communities and the places where these gas infrastructures pass through.”[/quote_center] The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Power, Godknows Igali has given reasons many Nigerians are currently enjoying stable electricity power. According to him the stable…
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday defended the appointment of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir David Lawal and five others. The appointments, announced on Thursday, had sparked reactions, with reports of complaints in some quarters that they tilted in favour of the North. Appointed alongside Lawal were Alhaji Abba Kyari, Chief of…
