Ayo Balogun, Lagos The Academic Staff Union of University, ASUU, has called off its five months old strike. The lecturers in public universitie began an indefinite strike over Federal Government’s refusal to implement agreement reached with ASUU on July 1, 2013 to press home its demand. The National Executive Council of ASUU met in Minna, […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos Former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Otunba Femi Pedro after wandering in the wilderness has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and came back home to join the All Progressives Congress (APC). Pedro was the deputy governor to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in 2003 to 2007 and fell apart with the former governor […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked the National Assembly to rise beyond partisanship and save Nigeria from imminent collapse by immediately kick-starting the process of impeaching President Goodluck Jonathan for gross misconduct. In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos Former Presidents, United States and Ghana, George W. Bush and John Kufuor respectively have challenge the Nigeria government to take stiffer action to halt rising corrupt leaders and terrorism in the country. They spoke at the 2013 Access Conference staged by Access Bank PLC in Lagos, Nigeria during the week, saying that […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a petition to the the United Nations, UN, Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions to compel the President Goodluck Jonathan-led Federal Government to halt any alleged training of snipers for political purposes. SERAP’s petition followed allegation last week by former President, […]
…Now Free To Aspire To Any Political Office in Nigeria Ayo Balogun, Lagos The Supreme Court of Nigeria on today (Friday) nullified the conviction of Chief Bode George in 2009 by a Lagos High Court in a case having to do with contract scam and corruption when he was chairman of the Nigeria Ports Authority, […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned the President Goodluck Jonathan administration not to take Nigeria back to the dark days of the late Gen. Sani Abacha regime, when perceived opponents of the government were targets of rampaging murderous gangs and the country turned to a pariah nation through unbridled human rights […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly warned against any reliance on Wednesday’s judgment of a Federal High Court, nullifying the take-over by the National Assembly of the functions of the Rivers State House of Assembly, to perpetrate any mayhem or unconstitutional acts in Rivers State. In a statement issued in […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The Lagos State Police Command says it has killed 146 armed robbers in Lagos in the last one year and lost 39 of its men to robbers in a bid to police and secure the state. This is contained in the summary of statistics released by the police during the last Town […]
…Urges Leaders to Imbibe Mandela’s Spirit of Forgiveness By Ayo Balogun, Lagos Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has accused South Africa of paying Nigeria with evil despite the nation’s immense support to end apartheid regime in that country. Fashola, in an interview with newsmen on the death of former President of South, Nelson Mandela at […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos At least, over 1.5 million people worldwide are expected at the Redemption Ground, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway as the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) kicks off its annual Holy Ghost Congress. Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the RCCG will declare open the congress, with the theme; “The Overflow” on Monday night. The […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The Lagos State Office of the Public Defender (OPD) has handled over 7,000 court cases in defense of the masses in Lagos between January, 2013 and now. The Director of the Office of the Public Defender, Mrs. Omotola Rotimi disclosed this at an interactive session organized by Zonta International Club of Lagos […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) not to go ahead with its diabolical plan to declare vacant the seats of the five PDP Governors who recently defected to the APC, saying apart from being illegal and smacking of double standard, such a move has the […]
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos Two pilgrims from Lagos State, Western Nigeria to this year’s pilgrimage to Israel have absconded in Jerusalem. The two pilgrims absconded after a visit to the Wailing Wall and while the pilgrims were ascending Mount Zion. One of the pilgrims, it was learnt was later caught by the police, while the […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The Lagos State Government on Sunday denied a report that the Principal of Ikeja Junior Grammar School, Mrs. Adesiyan Balogun has been suspended from office. In a statement by the State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Lateef Ibirogba, the government insisted that at no time did it place the said Principal […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The All Progressives Congress (APC) has slammed the Federal Government for issuing a sack threat against striking university teachers, saying the resort to such military-era tactics reflects the FG’s poverty of ideas in resolving the prolonged Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) strike. In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos, Nigeria says the State will need at least N51 billion annually to achieve effective patrol of the 9,000 streets in the State. According to the Governor, “N45 billion for the purchase of 9, 000 patrol vehicles and N6.3 billion for the fueling of the cars”. He lamented […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos The Lagos State Government has held a Completion Meeting for its N87.5 billion Programme 2 Series 2 Bond rounding off its N167.5 billion Issuance Programme. The offer recorded a stellar 139 percent total subscription of N121.72 billion which the State did not accept given the limitation of the programme size and the […]
By Ayo Balogun Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi says he decided to join the All Progressives Congress (APC) in order to protect the overall interests of the Rivers state people even as he insisted that he bears no grudge with the President. Speaking to newsmen Tuesday in Port Harcourt after the deflection, the governor also […]
Ayo Balogun, Lagos Niger Delta warlord, Alhaji Mujahid Asari-Dokubo was on Tuesday arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic and taken to an unknown destination. Dokubo-Asari was arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic, around the hours of 1:00 pm and 2:00pm by the country’s gendarmes (Police Force). He was picked up around the Lubeleyi roundabout and taken to […]
