
Kess Ewubare
2084 articles published since 05 Jan 2015
2084 articles published since 05 Jan 2015
Yahaya Bello of Kogi state was on Monday, January 27 sworn in for another term in office in Lokoja, the state capital. Bello was sworn in alongside his his deputy and running mate, Edward Onoja, by the chief justice of the state.
Several of the insurgents were killed when the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) destroyed an Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) staging area at Gashigar in Borno state. NAF made the disclosure on Monday, January 27.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said it will commence an industrial action over if the accountant general of the federation carries out his threat of stopping the salaries of lecturers for failing to enroll in IPPIS.
After almost three years, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court will on Monday, January 27, deliver judgment in the trial of Maryam Sanda, the woman who was alleged to have stabbed her husband to death in Abuja.
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi has said his counterpart in Edo state, Godwin Obaseki will be re-elected as Edo state governor. The Ebonyi state governor was said to have made the statement on Friday, 24 January.
The Kwara state government and the Saraki family have agreed to settle out of court over the demolition of the latter’s property popularly known as Ile Arugbo (old people’s home) in Ilorin, the state capital.
Sada Soli, members of the House of Representatives has described Operation Amotekun as a security threat to Nigeria. The lawmaker said the Amotekun security operation is not needed in the southwest region.
Fatai Yusuf, a popular traditional medicine practitioner popularly known as Oko Oloyun was on Thursday, January 23, shot dead by unknown gunmen. The police disclosed that Yusuf was shot on Eruwa-Igbo-Ora road.
The federal government has faulted a recent ranking in Transparency International’s corruption perception index which puts Nigeria as one of the most corrupt countries in West Africa. The data was released on January 23.
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