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A former vice principal of Jamat Nasir Secondary School and a native of Omu-Aran in Irepodun council of Kwara State, Lekan Adedayo, 57, had plans to venture into politics after his retirement, which he didn’t shy away from sharing. Perhaps reckoning it a launching pad for his own political ambitions, he lent his full support to the bid of his…

Students of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, in the early hours of Monday barricaded Keffi-Abuja road over total blackout and scarcity of water for the past four days in Keffi. A student who spoke under condition of anonymity said: "Even when we had wanted to mount a peaceful demonstration over this issues of light and water, the school management promised that…

Following a tip-off that some armed robbers had invaded a supermarket in the Ilorin metropolis, officers of the Nigeria Police Force, Kwara State command, swung into action. They got a member of the four-man gang involved in the operation, who led them to the others. In a statement issued by the command, the police explained the mode of operation of…

Persons with Disabilities (PWD), a group of Nigerians living with various forms of disabilities, have appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to assent to the Nigeria Disability Bill before the end of his present tenure. Patrick Adie, the South South Coordinator of the group, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja.…

The Anambra State government has been rewarded with $750,000 (N120 million) by the European Union and UNICEF in recognition of its performance in EU/UNICEF joint projects. The state commissioner for budget and economic planning, Chinyere Okunna, who is also the authoring officer for EU/UNICEF programme, said yesterday in Awka at a contract signing ceremony, that Anambra was one of two…

The Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu, has said that four percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is lost to trauma every year. The minister said this in Abuja on Monday at the inauguration of a course on trauma and fracture management organised for Nigerian orthopaedics by an association which focuses on the study of internal fixation of fractures.…

The Ondo State governor, Olusegun Mimiko on Monday challenged the newly elected members of the National Assembly to always address the fundamental needs of the electorate in their legislative business so as to rekindle their hope in the nation's democracy. The governor stated this in his office during a courtesy call on him by the members-elect of the Senate and…

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I have always wondered what it takes to be the minister of any ministry, especially in Nigeria; but since I discovered that there are no special training programmes to qualify individuals for such positions, I have shifted my curiosity to why most ministers of the Federal Republic behave like ‘local almighties'. Those of us who have reason to visit one…

"You will find your knicker inside the portmanteau in the bedroom. Drink the rest of the ovaltine in that tumbler in the pantry, and don't forget your nib in the parlour before you rush off to school." This model sentence portrays what could have been said by any mother in Nigeria to a schoolchild on a morning in 1953. Knicker,…

On May 29, Ibikunle Oyelaja Amosun will be sworn in as the new governor of Ogun State, a position he sought to occupy in 2007, having contested the governorship election on the platform of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) that year. Although he is believed by many to have won that election, he accepted the judicial verdict which gave…

Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the newly-elected governor of Kano State is returning to the job after an eight-year hiatus. His election victory Let me welcome you to my residence here in Gandu Albasa, Kano and use this opportunity to thank you for your support when we were in government and also for supporting us when we were out of government in…

The 2011 general elections have come and gone, the exercise was adjudged by many as the freest and fairest poll in the history of Nigeria's democracy. However, some candidates and political parties felt cheated and claimed that the elections were marred with a lot of irregularities and have gone before the election petition tribunals to challenge some of the results…

The Joint Campus Committee of the National Association of Nigerian Students in conjunction with the Students’ Union Government of the University of Ado Ekiti (UNAD), has endorsed the removal of the Vice Chancellor of UNAD, Dipo Kolawole by the Ekiti State government. Governor Kayode Fayemi had on Wednesday sacked Mr Kolawole and the Vice Chancellor of the University of Education,…