
Onyirioha Nnamdi
4523 articles published since 04 Dec 2017
4523 articles published since 04 Dec 2017
In reaction to critics who claim that the Buhari-led administration has not done enough to curb violence and rampant killings in the country, the presidency has released a report on the president's efforts to fight insecurity.
John Kayode Fayemi, the winner of the just-concluded Ekiti governorship polls, on Monday, July 16, said that his return to power is aimed at bringing back decency, orderliness and development throughout the state.
In reaction to the accusation levied against her by Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti, Amina Zakari, INEC's national commissioner, on Sunday, July 15 demanded a public apology from him. Fayose made the accusation on Monday, July 2.
The social aide to the presidency on social media, Lauretta Onochie, on Thursday, July 12, reported on her Twitter page that President Muhammadu Buhari is set to officially commission the Abuja light railway project.
The new speaker of the Plateau House of Assembly, Joshua Madaki, has assured his colleagues that under his leadership there will be vibrancy, proactiveness and activism in the legislature. Madaki said this on Thursday, July 12.
Armed police officers numbering over 50 have cordoned off the entrance to the Ekiti State Government House, restricting movement in and out of the complex. It was gathered that the police operatives blocked the entrance.
The governor of Ekiti state, Peter Ayodele Fayose, has alleged that some police officials on instruction slapped him after firing gunshots towards his direction. He also claimed that the police personnel were ordered to kill him.
The police command in Calabar, the Cross River state capital, has arrested one Sergeant Edu Nkanu for allegedly shooting to death his 32-year-old neighbour, Victoria Ekpe. Nkanu carried out the act while he was drunk.
Governor Ayodele Fayose has explained that the Lagos-based printer arrested by the state's police command for printing INEC materials ahead of Ekiti governorship polls was given the contract only for the sensitisation of voters.
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