The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has described the resignation of British Labour Party leader, Ed Miliband, and that of Nick Clegg, Liberal Democrats, as a vindication of his call for the resignation of Adamu Mu’azu, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Chairman. The duo resigned after their parties’ woeful performance in Thursday’s British general…
Microsoft Embraces ‘Middle Finger’ Emoji
Microsoft has dared to go where Apple and Google have so far feared to tread, becoming the first big consumer OS vendor to add the “middle finger” emoji to its software platform. Flipping the bird in emoji form has been around since the middle of last year, and rolled out as part of the Unicode…
Itsekiri Tell Buhari to Redress Equity Problem in Amnesty Programme
Muhammadu Buhari, the president-elect has been charged to address the challenge of equity in the amnesty programme. The call was made by Itsekiri Amnesty Beneficiaries, IAB, a group of people from that nationality, situate in Delta state. While congratulating the president-elect and his vice, Yemi Osibanjo, for their victory in the March 28 presidential election,…
Ogun APC Senatorial Candidate Drags Kashamu to Tribunal
The Ogun East Senatorial candidate of the All Progressive Congress APC , Dapo Abiodun, has dragged Buruji Kashamu of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP before the election tribunal sitting in Abeokuta, urging the court to hold that Kashamu did not win the election. Abiodun, through his counsel, Yusuf Ali, SAN, is contending in his petition,…
Federal Task Force Officers Protest Unpaid Wages
Some officials of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme, SURE-P, and the Federal Task Force under the management of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, FERMA, have accused an unnamed Lagos State coordinator of the programme of owing them three years salary arrears. The affected officials speaking during a protest yesterday at the office of the…
APC Contests Kashamu’s election to the Senate in Ogun
The Ogun East senatorial candidate of the All Progressive Congress APC, Dapo Abiodun, has dragged Buruji Kashamu of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP before the election tribunal sitting in Abeokuta, urging the court to declare that Kashamu did not win the election. Abiodun, through his counsel, Yusuf Ali, SAN, is contending in his petition, that…
LASU Students Protest School Closure
Some students of the Lagos State University, Ojo, on Thursday led a protest against the continued closure of the institution to the office of the Lagos State Governor. The protesters, who marched at about 1pm carrying placards, demanded the immediate re-opening of the school, which was shut on March 16, 2015. They also appealed to…
Executions: FG Summons Indonesian Envoy
The Federal Government of Nigeria has summoned Harry Purwanto, the Indonesian Ambassador to Nigeria in protest of the execution of four Nigerians killed for drug trafficking despite appeals. The Undersecretary, Economic and Consular Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bokunolu Onemola, who met with Purwanto in Abuja, conveyed Nigeria’s position to the envoy,…
LASU Students Want School Reopened
Disturbed by the closure of their school, students of the Lagos State University, Ojo, have appealed to Babatunde Fashola, Lagos State governor, to reopen the institution. The students’ appeal came barely one month and six days after the management of the institution, in a statement titled ”Election recess,” asked the students and workers to vacate…
FG Inaugurates Africa’s First Global Investment Office
The Federal Government of Nigeria has inaugurated the United Nations Industrial Development,UNIDO, Organisation’s first global Technology and Investment Promotion Office in Nigeria, on Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Establishment of the Nigeria ITPO, the first to be located in sub-Saharan Africa, is a product of the discussions and negotiations between Olusegun Aganga, the Minister of Industry,…
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