NEWSMAN QUOTE: “My entire personal documents including my certificates and awards were taken away by the then government in 1998. Formal complaints were registered before High Court of Lagos (2000-2001) and Federal High Court 3(Lagos Division)-2004-2007 but the government refused to obey court orders till today. “However, Nigerian Army (my employer-1983 -2013) is in custody of the certificates this applicant is asking of. “I was a victim of persecution for 15 years (1998-2013 over trump up charges. I was however exonerated and freed of the wanton charges vide Court of Appeal ruling: “Major Hamza Al-Mustapha v, The State CA/L/469a/ 2012”-Judgment…
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Bamisile, Bamidele, Adeyeye, Adewale, Olujimi, Faseyi others cleared for Nass Poll in Ekiti The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the names of National Assembly candidates in Ekiti State. The list of candidates cleared to contest was displayed at the gate of INEC state headquarters in Ado Ekiti. Parties including People’s Democratic Party (PDP), All Progressives Congress (APC), African Democratic Congress (ADC), People’s Party of Nigeria (PPN), Democratic People’s Party (DPP) are fielding candidates. In the senatorial race, the APC candidate cleared for Ekiti North is a former National Assembly member, Senator Olubunmi Adetunmbi. Former Houses of Representatives member,…
WHO IS CHIEF (MRS) MARGARET OLUFUNKE EGBEYEMI; THE WOMAN BEHIND THE MAN? Lanre Ogunjobi It’s said that behind every successful man, there is always a strong woman whose support, love and courage know no bound. Chief (Mrs) Margaret Olufunke Egbeyemi, the wife of the Deputy Governor of Ekiti -State is a silent achiever, a dutiful mother and a courageous wife. She was born as an aristocrat into the family of Chief Ali Adebiyi of Ogbon-Oba quarters, Ado Ekiti. Chief Margaret Olufunke Egbeyemi attended L. A. primary school, Aafin, Ado Ekiti between 1955-1960. The love of education made her proceeded to…
BREAKING: Nigerian army locates grave where missing general was buried Pictures; Nigeria Army personnel on the grave site. The Nigerian Army said it has discovered a shallow grave where a missing major general, Muhammed Alkali, was buried after he was killed. The army said the body was later exhumed and reburied somewhere else by the killers, according to the information provided to it by some of the arrested suspects. According to the army, the shallow grave was confirmed by four independent sources in the community and also by sniffer dogs. A PREMIUM TIMES correspondent who visited the area of the…
Enough of blood letting Ekiti lawmaker shot by unknown gunmen October 26, 2018 #TheNation A member of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Mr. Michael Adedeji, is now battling between life and death after being shot in the head by unknown gunmen. Adedeji was waylaid in the early hours of Friday while traveling along Ikere-Akure Road by the gunmen who opened fire as he made an attempt to escape from the scene. The lawmaker who represents Ekiti Southwest Constituency 2 was rushed to the Accident and Emergency Unit of Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH) for intensive care. He was later…
MEDIA BRIEFING BY THE HON. CHAIRMAN, INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC), PROF. MAHMOOD YAKUBU, AT THE CONFERENCE ROOM, INEC HEADQUARTERS, ABUJA, ON FRIDAY 26TH OCTOBER 2018 Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press 1. I am delighted to welcome you to this briefing which is intended to provide an update on the implementation of activities for the 2019 general elections as well as the latest declaration of vacancies that require the Commission to conduct bye-elections. The Timetable for the 2019 General Elections Publication of Personal Details of Candidates 2. You will recall that on 9th January 2018, the Commission released the…
Removal Of VAT To Make Domestic Air Fares More Affordable — Buhari The recent decision by the Federal Government to remove Value Added Tax (VAT) from domestic air transportation is to make air travel more affordable to citizens and to create job opportunities in the nation’s aviation sector. President Muhammadu Buhari said this at the inauguration of the new International Terminal of Port Harcourt Airport, Omagwa, Rivers, yesterday. He also explained that the government’s decision to charge zero VAT from domestic air transportation was in line with global best practices. “This will make air travel more affordable and subsequently lead…
New P-Harcourt Airport Terminal In Line With My Promise – Buhari Project a testimony that Rivers is safe —Wike PORT HAR-COURT — PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, described the new International Terminal at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, as a landmark, saying it is in line with his promise of revamping Nigeria’s transport sector. Buhari, before commissioning the new projects, also commended the people of the South-South geopolitical zone and airport users for their patience while the execution of the project lasted. He said: “Recall that after opening the major airport terminals in the country in the late 70s and…
To Be Sincere, Nigeria Is Far Better Than Libya, Returnee Says One of the migrants that were airlifted from Libya and brought back to the country in the early morning of Friday , Ms Aminat Sunday , has said that if truth must be told, Nigeria is better than Libya. She narrated that she worked as a maid during her stay in Libya, adding that she was lured to the country due to family burdens and persuasion from her trafficker . The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the 29- year – old lady who hails from…
SOLIDARITY MESSAGE FOR ANA CONFERENCE BY Erelu Bisi Fayemi Protocols It gives me great pleasure to be here today at the opening of the 37th Annual ANA Conference. I would like to thank our President Mr Denja Abdullahi and his colleagues for inviting me. You will note that I used the word ‘our’ which means I consider myself a full member of ANA, even though I have not filled a membership form yet. I am particularly pleased to have been asked to flag off another phase of the ‘Book a Child’ project which is a very important flagship program of…
