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Due to the xenophobic attacks, 8 Nigerians living in South Africa, have reportedly signified their intention to head back home. Nigeria’s Consul General in South Africa, Amb. Uche Ajulu-Okeke, disclosed on Wednesday, that the Nigerian mission was already working with them to facilitate their journey back home. “I am working with eight Nigerians who have indicated interest to go home. They are presently at the deportation holding facility at Limbola, South Africa.” “The meeting was successful. Victims of the attacks came with wounds, including machete and gunshot wounds. They narrated how they were attacked and brought pictures. We took note of all that. ‘The mission asked all the provincial chairmen of the union to collate all information reported.”

It has become imperative once again to address the media on the constitutional and political crises being foisted on our dear State, Ekiti by irritants of unbridled ambitions, who are not only devoid of spirit of sportsmanship but implacable even when all odds are against them and roundly rejected by the good people of the state. It is no longer news that I defeated an incumbent governor in all the 16 Local Government Areas in the State and that for the first time in the history of Nigeria, attempts were made to use the courts to prevent someone who clearly won a governorship election from assuming office. Since June 21, 2014 that the All Progressives Congress (APC) suffered that humiliating defeat, the party has suffered defeats in the entire local government areas in Ekiti State in four other elections, the latest being the House of Assembly election in which APC won no single seat out of the 26 seats. Ekiti people have been persistent in their preferenc...

The Federal government on Wednesday clarified that President Goodluck Jonathan will hand over power to General Muhammad Buhari, Nigeria President elect on 29 May and not 28 May as previously reported. Senator Patricia Akwashiki, the Minister of Information told journalists after today’s meeting of Federal Executive Council that President Jonathan will remain Nigeria’s President till 29 May. Akwashiki said she was misquoted in the statement attributed to her last week that President Jonathan will hand over power on 28 May. There has been controversies since the publication of the story that the President will hand over power a day earlier than usual. The opposition All Progressives Congress is said to be uncomfortable with the May 28 handover date proposed by the out- going administration. There have been reports that the Presisent thee President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) are set to clash over a proposal by the Jonathan team to hand ov...

The 50 year old actress has been named People magazine's World's Most Beautiful Woman for 2015. Sandra said she laughed when she heard about the honour, "No, really. I just said, 'That's ridiculous,' " she tells People "I've told no one. (that she was named Most Beautiful)"

The Faculty of law, University of Ilorin has been rated the best in the country by the Council of Legal Education based on the cumulative performance of its students in the 2014 Bar Final Examinations of the Nigerian Law School. The followed the report submitted by the ad-hoc committee set up to assess the performance of students at the August 2014 Bar Final Examination. According to the report, the top five universities in terms of law in the country are; 1) University of Ilorin 2) University of Lagos 3) University of Ibadan 4) University of Nigeria, Nsukka and 5) University of Uyo and Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko. It was noted that the University of Ilorin and the University of Lagos have remained in the top five for the past 3 years. The Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, commended members of staff and students and described the achievement as a monumental feat. According to him, the institution will not rest un...

Solomon Aranse, the new Acting Inspector General of Police, was until his appointment, the Head of the Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department, The apex intelligence gathering arm of the Nigerian police, the Force CID is the only arm of the police that provides Intelligence on Crime and National Security. He enlisted into the Nigerian Police in 1981 after graduating from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in 1980 with a degree in Political Science. A lawyer, Mr. Aranse also has a Bachelor of Law degree and Masters of Law from the University of Benin and University of Lagos respectively. He attended the Nigerian Law school and was called to the bar in 2000. He also has a Master’s Degree in Strategic Studies from the University of Ibadan. Mr. Arase has served in various commands and formations of the Nigerian police, including being the Commissioner of Police for Akwa Ibom State. He was also an Assistant Inspector General of Police i...

The Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has been sacked by president Jonathan. Presidential spokesperson, Reuben Abati just made the announcement. Abba took over from M.D Abubakar as IG of Police in August 2014. Pres. Jonathan has appointed DIG Solomon Arase as Acting IGP with immediate police.

MTN Nigeria says about 6,000 Nigerians will lose their jobs if MTN is made to leave Nigeria. Head of Communications MTN, Mr Wale Goodluck said this while reacting to calls by a protest group in Edo state yesterday that the telecommunications offices in Nigeria will be shut and their installations attacked if the xenophobic attacks in South Africa continues. Mr Goodluck said there are only 12 expatriates working for the company in Nigeria compared to a workforce of 6,000 Nigerians. “So if people go ahead with their threats to attack our facilities, what that means is that we may be forced to close down the business in Nigeria and about 6,000 Nigerians that make up 99% of our workforce will be unemployed. Then, when you look at our support chain, we have about 500,000 Nigerians gainfully employed. So, boycotting our services simply means destroying so many other Nigerian businesses and making over 500,000 other Nigerians to lose their jobs. This busin...

Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs II, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, is hopeful that citizens affected by the xenophobic attacks in South Africa will be compensated. Since the renewed attacks started last week, several Nigerians have lost their businesses and other belongings to fire set by locals on buildings where their businesses were housed. Senator Obanikoro in an interview with Channels TV, said that Nigerian High Commissioner, Martin Cobham and other delegations were taking stock of damages done to Nigerians to ensure that adequate compensation would be given to them. “We have situations where some of our people lost their shops in this attack. “We are taking stock of the damages done to them and we are going to be engaging the South African Government,” senator Obanikoro said. He stated that the South African government had been exploring different avenues to end the attacks that have claimed several lives in KwaZ...

The Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose and Ogun East senator-elect Prince Buruji Kashamu were spotted recently having lunch at a restaurant.