THE Federal Government on Tuesday revealed that due to too many encumbrances on the projects right of way, the $1.5bn Lagos-Ibadan rail project earlier scheduled for completion by December 2018, might no longer be feasible. This is even as 1400 houses inside Harmony Estate, not far from Oke-Mosan, in Abeokuta have already been identified for
THE speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has lamented the killings in various parts of the country. In his address to lawmakers when they resumed from recess on Tuesday, Dogara frowned at the violence in Benue, Taraba, Kaduna, Rivers, Zamfara, and Adamawa states. “Indeed at no time in the recent past has the
Lawyers urge new Senior Advocates to preserve judicial integrityFollowing allegations of professional misconduct, the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has stripped Mr. Kunle Ogunba of the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). The decision came after the LPPC found merit in a petition against Ogunba by Honeywell Group. LPPC made this known in a
THE serving overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly (LRA), Pastor Tunde Bakare, says President Muhammadu Buhari and his government did nothing about the genocide in Benue even though they were warned 18 months earlier. Bakare also added that the government has failed in what seem to be its area of strength — security, and has
THE Publisher of Ovation Magazine, Dele Momodu has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari will be too “tired” to run a “complex” nation like Nigeria at the age of 76. He said Buhari should not seek re-election in 2019 because “Nigeria needs a man with full stamina”. According to Momodu, Nigeria’s president must not be above
GOVERNOR of Benue state, Samuel Ortom, says his state does not have land for cattle colonies. Ortom said this on Monday while speaking with journalists after he and Benue leaders held a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa. The establishment cattle colonies has been seen as an option to prevent clashes between
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, minister says if the All Progressives Congress (APC) loses the 2019 elections, it will “go home and rest”. Speaking during a reception organised for him as grand patron of Ikwerre Youth Movement (IYM) in Rivers state, Amaechi said the general election will be the party’s last battle. He said
Speech by Otunba (Dr.) Gani Adams at his installation as the 15th Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland by the Alaafin of Oyo, Iku Baba Yeye, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III Date: Saturday January 13, 2018 Venue: Durbar Stadium, Oyo PROTOCOLS Mo juba awon Aare Ona Kakanfo to siwaju mi: 1. Kokoro Gangan
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked Benue state leaders to accommodate their countrymen, in reference to the herdsmen residing in the state. According to Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, Buhari made the request when he met with Benue leaders in Abuja. The meeting was prompted by killings reportedly orchestrated by the herdsmen. The president also urged the
The Nigerian Army on Monday handed over 244 repentant Boko Haram insurgents released from detention to Borno Government. The Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj.-Gen. Rogers Nicholas, disclosed this while presenting the released detainees to Gov. Kashim Shettima, at the Military Cemetery, Maimalari cantonment, Maiduguri. Nicholas said that the detainees were released as part of