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Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido said yesterday in Dutse, the state capital, that lack of trust between government and the electorate is the key challenge in leadership in the country. Mr Lamido made this statement while flagging-off his re-election campaign. He said his resolve to seek re-election was informed by calls by various segments of the society including traditional rulers,…

All activities, including vehicular movement along the Benin-Lagos road, were yesterday forced to a standstill for several hours as thousands of Bini youth took to the streets of Benin City to protest the inclusion of the University of Benin on the list of universities to receive Visitation Panels by the Federal Ministry of Education. The protesting youth, under the auspices…

The Ekiti State governor, Kayode Fayemi, yesterday said that his administration is thinking of creating local council development areas in the future to boost development at the grassroots. The governor who disclosed this while on a tour of Efon, Ekiti West and Ijero Local Government Areas said there is the need to follow due process in getting such council development…

Mrs Funmi Olayinka Beautiful Ekiti Deputy Governor, Mrs Funmi Olayinka, has lived all her life in Lagos and this fact does not escape anyone except some group of street urchins, called ‘Area Boys’ who found out the hard way. The alluring Ekiti number two citizen had come to grace the Seminar by Women in Management and Businness, WIMBIZ,at the Muson…

I know the question popping up in your mind right now is probably what could be up with Chidi Mokeme this time. So much gists, both unsavoury and a bit off-key have been peddled about the Nollywood hotshot who came off the Vanguard’s Sexiest in Nollywood as the Hunk of Nollywood 2011 that one begins to wonder if the guy…

Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, yesterday sent its students home indefinitely after students disrupted school activities for more than two days, protesting the school's increased acceptance fee. Students prevented motorists from entering or departing via the school's two main entrances, forcing hundreds to walk at least two kilometres to get to the main campus. The protesters said they were…

A secondary school principal in Edo State has been suspended for allegedly hiring out some of the school's facilities for commercial purposes. The Principal, Patricia Boseh of Adesuwa Secondary School, Benin, was suspended following an unscheduled visit to the school by the commissioner for education in the state, Ngozi Osarenren and top officials of the ministry. Mrs Osarenren was said…

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