Politics

Aisha Buhari, wife of the president returned back from United Arab Emirates after many months of abandoning her husband. Details later…

AN Iyaganku Chief Magistrate’s Court, sitting in Ibadan, yesterday, charged three members of the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, with three counts of conspiracy, murder and arson, and ordered them to be remanded in a correctional centre. The OPC members are Messrs Awodele Adedigba, Dauda Kazeem and Hassan Ramon. The trio had arrested an alleged notorious…

ICPC Arrests ex-JAMB Registrar, Dibu Ojerinde Over N900m Pencil, Eraser Contracts Fraud | GOVERNMEND The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, on Wednesday, said it has arrested a former Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Professor Dibu Ojerinde, for allegedly misappropriating the sum of N900million….

Note: I wrote this article on 19 November, 2018 when there was a religious crisis at the University of Ibadan. Today, seeing the violence that greeted the Kwara State capital, Ilorin, on the use of hijab in Kwara School, I think my message about two years ago is still as relevant today as it was…

Yoruba freedom fighter, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as ‘Sunday Igboho, has said there was no bases for continued one Nigeria, when peace was lacking in Yoruba land, adding that the only solution was for the Yoruan Nation to stand. Igboho, made this known, Wednesday, during a press conference in Ibadan, charging all Yoruba youths…

Human rights activist and fiery lawyer, Chief Femi Falana(SAN), has mocked the Federal Government for importing fuel, even from non-producing countries, instead of fixing its four refineries. He also berated the Federal Government for not leaving fuel prices to market forces, adding that there is always an annual budget for repairing the refineries, yet they…

An Iyaganku Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Tuesday, ordered that alleged notorious Fulani warlord in Ibarapaland, Abdullahi Wakili, 70, be remanded in a correctional facility. The police charged Wakili alongside his sons Abu, 45; and Samaila, 27; as well as Aliyu Manu, 20; with six counts bordering on conspiracy, murder, kidnapping…

Governance And Politics Nigerians woke up to the news of fuel hike on Friday, 12th March; which left millions dismayed. The news broke out after PPPR updated its platform to sell fuel at a a ridiculous amount of N212 despite the obvious economic hardship. Many citizens didn’t waste time before taking to Twitter, Facebook and…

Many infrastructures in Nigeria have been left to decay. As we have dead traps for roads, that’s the same way we have hospitals that are not better than morgue. The post has been making rounds on the internet. Many Nigerians have reacted…