The City Reporters A youth group within the All Progressives Congress (APC) has concluded plans to mobilize one million young people to march in support of the presidential candidacy of Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole. The “Concerned South South Youths of the APC” said it intends to use the massive march to persuade Oshiomhole, 62, […]
Agency Report The Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, on Friday thanked God and appreciated the efforts of the leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for their support throughout his trial. Mr. Ikuforiji addressed journalists in his office after he was discharged by a Federal High Court in Lagos. Mr. Ikuforiji had been charged in […]
Agency Report Gov. Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun on Friday said the state government had concluded plans to construct a mega city that would gulp over N200 billion in the state. Amosun made this known in Ewekoro area of Ewekoro Local Government in continuation of his local government assessment tour. The governor said that the mega […]
The City Reporters The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of Ekiti State’s governor-elect, Ayodele Fayose, for reportedly slapping a Judge and prompting his “thugs” to attack and burn down the APC secretariat in the state. Fayose, who defeated incumbent Governor Kayode Fayemi in the state’s gubernatorial election in […]
The City Reporters In response to the political violence rocking Ekiti State, Governor Kayode Fayemi has ordered the imposition of a daily 12-hour curfew on all parts of the state until further notice. “I have taken the decision to institute a dusk to dawn curfew in the state immediately,” Fayemi said in a statement on […]
The City Reporters As far as the Barack Obama led American government is concerned, Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau is alive and well. The Nigerian military had claimed it killed Shekau long before now, and that one Bashir Mohammed, killed during recent clashes with troops in Konduga, was a lookalike who had been impersonating the […]
The City Reporters Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has been acquitted of from money laundering chargeslevelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court, Lagos, dismissed the charges filed against Ikuforiji and Oyebode Atoyebi, his aide, of laundering about N600 […]
Press Release A kinsman of the late Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. kenneth Nwosu, who was killed by gunmen, Comrade Nwakodo Udochukwu has been sworn-in by Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State. Speaking at the event at the executive Council chamber of the Government House, Umuahia, Governor Orji, who apart from charging the new commissioner to […]
The City Reporters There may be a legal storm ahead for Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola if he fails to arrest and prosecute Nigeria’s “anointed and untouchable” but “fake prophet” Temitope Balogun Joshua, the founder of The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) where the collapse of an illegal structure killed 115 people. Human rights […]
Two South Africans who lost relatives when a church hostel in Lagos collapsed have vowed would sue Nigerian celebrity “prophet” Temitope Balogun Joshua, the BBC reports. The two men, who both lost sisters in the collapse, are appealing for more families to come together in bringing a case against the preacher. At least 115 people, […]