The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has confirmed the arrest of Martins Otse over what it described as “grave allegations of financial malfeasance,” following his repeated refusal to honour several invitations extended to him. In a statement issued by the Commission on Tuesday, the anti-graft agency said Otse was invited in connection with a series…
Nigeria loses more than N2 billion annually due to inadequate and unreliable power supply, the United Nations Development Programme has said. The UNDP Resident Representative, Elsie Attafuah, stated this on Monday during the ‘First National Legislative Conference and Expo on Renewable Energy’ held in Lagos. The event was organised by the House of Representatives Committee…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has revealed that he was so overwhelmed by Nigeria’s economic challenges during his early days in office that he nearly withdrew from the media entirely. Speaking during a visit to Katsina State over the weekend, Tinubu admitted that the wave of criticism and tough realities of leadership made him consider tuning…
FARMERS in Osun, Ekiti and Ondo states have expressed concern over the dearth of unskilled labour and high prices of farm inputs as preparation for the rainy season farming is ongoing. The farmers, in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), lamented that increase in in cost of farm inputs and high cost…
Governor Umaru Bago of Niger State has announced a revision of the curfew hours imposed on the movement of motorcycles and tricycles within the Minna metropolis. In a statement signed and released by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Ibrahim BologiIn Minna on Monday, Bago said the new curfew hours will be from 8…
Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has extended his heartfelt condolences to the people of Danbatta Local Government Area following a tragic motor accident that claimed the lives of five individuals on Sunday. The condolence message was contained in a statement on Monday by the governor’s Spokesperson, Sunusi Dawakin-Tofa. The fatal accident occurred around Shantake,…
A 20-year-old man, Muhammad Salisu, had allegedly killed his father, Salisu Abubakar, with a machete in the Gwaram Local Government Area of Jigawa State. Confirming the incident in a statement made available to journalists in Dutse, the state capital on Monday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Shi’isu Adam, said the incident occurred around 10…
Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Obokun Local Government, Hon. Adelani Owoeye has reiterated that “Hon. Wole Oke did not leave the PDP for any noble reason, He left because his personal ambitions could no longer thrive within a democratic system that rewards merit, loyalty, and service.” While reacting in a statement signed by him to…
Appointees of the Osun State Governor, elected officers, and key stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from Ijesa North Federal Constituency have taken strong exception to recent comments made by Hon. Wole Oke following his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement signed by the stakeholders stated that “Wole Oke, who…
It has seemingly become a pastime for Hon. Wole Oke to amuse his followers with comic relief, especially after presiding over a failing political congress. However, his recent claim that members of the PDP in Ife North will defect to join him is not only false but also deliberately misleading. We wish to make it…
