Governot of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun has ordered the immediate payment of the outstanding one month salary arrears owed lecturers of the institution by the  management of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye.

Secretary to the State Government, Mr.  Taiwo Adeoluwa,  in a statement issued in Abeokuta also said the governor has promised that all other outstanding arrears would be paid without delay. Read more….

The former special adviser on media and publicity to late governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, Reuben Buhari, has been released by the police in Kaduna after being detained for nearly six hours.

Buhari was released around 2:30 pm after undergoing series of interrogation by from the state police commissioner over an allegation of publishing pictures of some of the victims of last Friday attack in Moro Chiefdom of Kaura local government area of the state. Read more….

We will be more forceful on terror groups, says Jonathan

The Federal Government says there will no longer condone terror groups in Nigeria.

President Goodluck Jonathan gave this indication on Thursday during bilateral talks with Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba at the Conference Hall of the Namibia State House.

According to him, the federal government has decided to be more forceful in curtailing the activities of the Boko Haram group that is unleashing terror in the some States of the North-East region. Read more….

House of Reps orders probe of Alison-Madueke for allegedly spending N10 billion on private jet

The House of Representatives has ordered an investigation into an alleged squandering of billions of Naira of government funds by petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, on the maintenance of a private jet.

The public accounts committee of the House is to examine whether Mrs. Alison-Madueke, one of the most controversial members of President Goodluck Jonathan’s cabinet, has spent N10 billion of state funds in the last two years to charter, operate and maintain a jet for her personal use. Read more….

Jonathan arrives in Namibia on a two-day state visit

President Goodluck Jonanathan arrived in Windhoek, the Namibian capital, early Thursday on a two-day State Visit.

The visit was on the invitation of his counterpart, President Hifikepunye Pohamba.

The President Jonathan together with the First Lady, Dame Patience, were received on arrival at the Hosea Kutako International Airport by top Namibian officials and the Nigerian Ambassador to Namibia, Dr Biodun Olorunfemi. Read more….