The Deputy Governor of Delta State, Sir Monday Onyeme, FCA, on Friday, charged political office holders not to waver in their support for Governor Sheriff Oborevwori’s administration. According to the Deputy Governor, loyalty should be 100 percent, adding that the political office holders should also be telling theContinue Reading
AGILE Project trains traditional rulers, focal persons to strengthen community grievances, GBV in Sokoto The Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) Project has commenced the training of 65 focal persons to strengthen their ability to handle grievances and cases of gender-based violence (GBV). The training focuses on theContinue Reading
Vice Chancellor alleges political reasons in protest, urges union to seek redress from state government Prof. Muhammad Bello Yarima, the Vice-Chancellor of Sokoto State University (SSU) has alleged political connections over the recent protest conducted by the varsity joint unions. Yarima told the Newsmen that the unions had failed toContinue Reading
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the death sentence imposed on Maryam Sanda, who was convicted of killing her husband, Bilyaminu Bello, in their Abuja home in 2017. Okay News reports that Sanda, daughter-in-law of a former PDP Chairman, was sentenced to death by hanging by an Abuja High Court on January 27, 2020.Continue Reading
Former Vice President of Nileria, Atiku Abubakar, has issued a stern warning that the nation’s anti-corruption war is dangerously sliding off course and mutating into a brazen political witch-hunt. He cautioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other anti-graft bodies to purge themselves of partisan contamination before theyContinue Reading
By Oluwadara Akingbohungbe Okay News reports — A former governor of Osun State, a state in South West Nigeria, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has publicly declared that he will not follow Governor Ademola Adeleke, who recently left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), one of Nigeria’s major national political parties, to joinContinue Reading
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has mourned the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, describing his death as explicable loss, and indescribable pain. Ewhrudjakpo, who died on Thursday, had been earlier reported to have collapsed while in the office and was rushed to the Federal Medical CentreContinue Reading
Sokoto Govt. N100.6m HIV allocation excites NEPWHAN, seeks for healthcare programme ownership The Network of People Living With HIV in Nigeria (NEPWHAN), has expressed excitement over the N100.6 million allocation for HIV/AIDS kits, consumables by Sokoto state government. The NEPWHAN Programme Officer, Malam Yahaya Sanusi, made the commendation during aContinue Reading
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), on Thursday, took over the prosecution of a lawyer, Ahmed Abdulrahman, and his co-defendants accused of cyberbullying a serving lawmaker, Sen. Umar Buba. Counsel for the AGF, Nueebu Abueh, made this known upon resumed hearing in the matter before Justice Rita Ajumogobia ofContinue Reading
