Sunday Dare, Minister of Youths and Sports, has been attacked. He and others including the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Oladunni Oyewumi, were stoned on Sunday. The incident occurred at a meeting at the monarch’s palace. Dare gave a brief of the incident on Twitter. The minister noted that the youthsContinue Reading
Rafael Nadal produced one of his finest French Open displays to stun Novak Djokovic and equal Roger Federer’s record of 20 Grand Slam men’s titles. Spanish second seed Nadal outclassed world number one Djokovic in a 6-0 6-2 7-5 win, which clinched a record-extending 13th title at Roland Garros. QuestionsContinue Reading
Ondo Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has been declared winner of the October 10, 2020 governorship election. INEC Returning Officer, Prof Idowu Olayinka, declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC) winner with 292,830 votes. Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Eyitayo Jegede polled 195,791 while Agboola Ajayi of the ZenithContinue Reading
Tax consultancy firm, Alpha Beta LLP, has denied allegations levelled against it by its former Managing Director, Dapo Apara, adding that he in fact diverted N6bn from the company. Apara had in a writ of summons before a Lagos State High Court accused the company of being controlled by aContinue Reading
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Friday ruled out the appointment of the Vice-Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede as the Returning Officer for the Ondo State governorship election. The commission said while it would not be drawn into speculations relating to the performance of its constitutionalContinue Reading
Mudashiru Obasa, speaker of the Lagos state house of assembly, says he has nothing to hide on the corruption allegations against him. On Thursday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had begun questioning Obasa over the alleged fraudulent activities linked to him. The Lagos assembly speaker was accused ofContinue Reading
Agents foiled a stunning plot to kidnap Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, authorities said Thursday in announcing charges in an alleged scheme that involved months of planning and even rehearsals to snatch her from her vacation home. Six men were charged in federal court with conspiring to kidnap the governorContinue Reading
With two days to the governorship election in Ondo State, the Federal Government has released fresh guidelines for the conduct of the poll in the state on Saturday. Sani Aliyu, the National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, said no face masks, no voting. According to him,Continue Reading
