There was a show of shame yesterday in Sango, area of Ogun State, South West, Nigeria when the state governor, Gbenga Daniel and the speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole almost exchanged blows. The incident happened during the commissioning of the new bridge at Sango. Daniel had arrived before Bankole to commission the [...]
There are indications that the Lagos State Government may have approved the appointment of seven new judges into the state judiciary. The Chief Judge of Lagos, Justice Inumidun Akande, gave this hint yesterday when the new Head of Service, Prince Adesegun Ogunleye paid her a courtesy visit. While enumerating the staff strength of the state [...]
The agitations over who succeeds the outgoing President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN) was over yesterday at 11:30pm as members of the bar elected Joseph Bodunrin Daudu (SAN) to steer the ship of the association for the next two years. Dauda won the NBA election with 718 votes against his opponent, [...]
Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has urged female politicians in the country to emulate the Junior Female National Football team, the Falconets, who booked a place in the U-20 FIFA Women’s World Cup final yesterday by beating Colombia 1-0. The Falconets will slug it out with Germany on Sunday in the historic final. The President [...]
The Joint Revolutionary Council claims to have successfully rescued three surveyors who were recently declared missing while undertaking survey work on the planned Niger Delta Coastal Road. According to an online statement endorsed by the group’s spokesman, Cynthia Whyte, “Our rescue team, comprising two gunboats and eight combatants successfully overpowered the sea pirates who had [...]
Richard and Miguel Enwerem, the two children of one time Senate President, Evans Enwerem, were this morning sentenced to one month imprisonment each for disobeying the orders of a Federal High Court in Lagos, South-West Nigeria. However, the presiding judge, Justice Ola Toregun Ishola will later today to review if the sentence can be suspended. [...]
The Chairman, Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) and member of the Nigeria House of Representatives in the third republic, Mr. Wale Oshun has described former military president, General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (IBB) as a man without conscience. In an exclusive interview with Political Train in Lagos, the top politician cum human right activist said he wondered [...]
