Author: Alex Enemanna
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Iluke-Abugi-Eggan Road Project attracted by Sen. Adeyemi not Dino Melaye — Hamza Uba
A member of Senator Smart Adeyemi media team, Hamza Uba has dispelled insinuations that the Iluke-Abugi-Eggan Road Project recently approved by the federal government was attracted by the former senator for Kogi West, Dino Melaye. Uba expressed regret that one Mr. Richard Akanmode has been at the forefront of misinforming the public into believing that…
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2023 Presidency: I’m yet to decide — Bola Ahmed Tinubu
The APC national leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said he has not taken a decision to run in 2023 contrary to speculations, maintaining that he was more worried about the health and economic challenges facing the country at the moment. In a statement he released on Saturday, the former Lagos governor commented for the first…
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Sir Jimmy Olumudi: Passage of a Fine Officer And Quintessential Community Leader
By Omoluabi Bode Adeyemi The news of the unexpected and painful passage onto glory of our dearly beloved compatriot, quintessential community leader, diligent Assistant Comptroller General of Customs rtd, social engineer and reliable stalwart of All Progressive Congress, Sir Jimmy Olumudi came as a rude shock and has continued to reverberate and painfully sounds in…
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Edo 2020: PDP primary election committee submits report
The Chairman of the Edo State PDP primary election committee, Bala Mohammed has submitted the report of the just concluded guber primaries in the state. Bala Mohammed, the Bauchi State governor, served as the Chairman of the committee with Senator Uche Ekwunife as secretary. Submitting the report, Bala said the party went all the hog…
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Kidnappers demand N100m ransom to free abducted 9 passengers in Ondo
Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen on Friday evening abducted nine passengers aboard an Abuja bound vehicle. The driver of the Sienna Toyota bus heading to Abuja from Lagos was stopped by the gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen in Isua Akoko in Akoko Northeast Local Government Area of Ondo state. The gunmen were said…
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Police nab 17 over destruction of Ijaw leader’s tomb
A total of 17 persons have been arrested at Bolowou community in Ese odo local government area of Ondo State for allegedly destroying the mausoleum containing the tomb of the late King of Zion II His Eminence Dr. I.O Jemine who died in 2014. Perimeter fencing of the multi million naira mausoleum was destroyed and…
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Count me out of N-Power deal — Lawan
The Office of the Senate President, has denied media reports that the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, had allocated N-Power recruitment slots to the Senate President and other lawmakers. Mr Ola Awoniyi, Special Adviser (Media), to President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, made the denial in a statement, in Abuja on Saturday. “The…
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SUPREMACY OF THE OONI OF IFE
BY PRINCE JOHNSON ADETUNMBI ADEMILUYI (DIPLOMA – YabaTech, FCMA-uk, FCA) REFERENCES: 1. Extracts from Government Gazette of 28th February 1903 by the Late Governor of Ogun State Chief Victor Olabisi Onabanjo – “Ayekooto” (First published in his life time and post humously published again in Nigerian Tribune of Saturday 25th April 2009). The Troubled…
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Anambra okada rider dies in lone crash
A commercial motorcyclist, on Friday, dies in a lone accident opposite Ihiala Local Government Area Secretariat, along Ihiala-Owerri expressway in Anambra state. The accident which occurred around 1.10 pm involved a black coloured Carter Motorcycle with registration number 827NNE. Tribune Online learnt that the deceased whose identity was yet to be determined, reportedly lost control…
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Stop interfering with recruitment process of organisations, individuals — Court tells NSCDC
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has barred the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the Minister of Interior from forcing organisations to employ their security guards only from a Private Guard Company. The judgment was sequel to a suit no. FHC/ABJ/CS/1301/2019 filed by Reiz Continental Hotel against NSCDC and the Minister…