Emekeme Joseph popularly known as Semikolo the Chairman of Covenant Suites a hotel chain and a Deacon of Winner’s Chapel is dead. From a reliable source, the man fell gravely ill after his sons assaulted him. The sons who graduated from a popular university in ota is alleged caught their…
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FAREWELL SPEECH BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA My fellow Nigerian brothers, sisters and friends of Nigeria.I address you today, in my last assignment as a democratically elected President of our great and well-endowed nation, with a deep sense of gratitude to God, a…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday, in Abuja, said he is leaving Nigeria much better than he met it in May 2015 when he first assumed office. He also expressed fulfilment in his performance so far as he retires home to Daura, Katsina State, after handing over to his successor, Bola…
The people of Ogun State have shown complete satisfaction with the all-inclusiveness disposition of the Prince Dapo Abiodun led-administration, as well as the deliberate, focused and systematic approach to governance which had continued to open up the State for unlimited socio-economic opportunities. Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor, Dr.…
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, says President Muhammadu Buhari will make a farewell broadcast on May 28. Adesina, in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, said that the broadcast would be at 7.00 a.m. ”Television, radio stations and other electronic media outlets…
A four-man suspected armed robbery gang on Friday afternoon ‘successfully’ escaped with a whopping sum of $11 million at the Oke-Sokori of Abeokuta, in Abeokuta North local government area of Ogun State. The suspected armed robbery gang, all clad in black T-shirts and jean trousers, wore black facemasks, and brandished…
…… describes suit as “frivolous, vexatious and an abuse of court processes.” A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, awarded a total sum of N17 million against three applicants and their lawyer in a suit, seeking to stop the swearing-in of Sen. Bola Tinubu on May 29 as fifth Nigeria’s…
Ahead of the May 29 inauguration, President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday took the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu around in a familiarization tour of the offices in the State House. Buhari and Tinubu arrived at the Press Gallery at about 1:18 pm shortly after observing the Friday Jummat Prayers at the…
…thanks members for successes recorded in first term Ogun State governor Dapo Abiodun, on Friday, dissolved the State Executive Council and expressed appreciation to them for working towards the successful implementation of his administration’s “Building our Future Together Agenda”. Abiodun who announced the dissolution of the cabinet at the valedictory…
The Supreme Court, has affirmed the eligibility of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to contest the presidential election that held on February 25 along side , Kashim shettima ,the Vice President-elect. The apex court, in a unanimous decision by a five-member panel, on Friday, held that an appeal the opposition…


