Nigerian Gazette

Ilogbo Ekiti Elites organise homecoming reception for Aina Ilogbo-Ekiti is one of the towns in Ido-Osi Local Government Area of Ekiti State, it has many feats which have added many feathers to her cap as an outstanding town. Founded by some of the grand children of Oduduwa, led by Okunbobua, who jointly migrated from Ile-Ife, around 14th century. Ilogbo began as a local military camp and had its establishment coinciding with the institution of Islamic Hausa Kingdom in Northern Nigeria. Monarch of the community, Oba  Edward Ajayi, (JP), the Owa of Ilogbo kingdom, said llogbo was formerly called Ulogbooro, meaning a town flourishing with wealth, and this attests to the town's current wealth in human and material resources. He told a brief history of the town in a recent chat during the 36th edition of the celebration of Ilogbo Day: "As descendants of Oduduwa,  Ilogbo people could trace their root to Ile-Ife.  The town began as a military camp in the early 14th century. Its ...

Akwa Ibom Gov, Udom Emmanuel mourns Ufot Ekaette, former SGF Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel has sent a message of condolence to the family of Obong Ufot Ekatte, a one-time Deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom State, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation and pioneer Minister of the Ministry of Niger-Delta Affairs. In a statement on Thursday, signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Ekerete Udoh, Governor Emmanuel celebrated the contributions to the development of Akwa Ibom State in particular and Nigeria in general of the departed Elder Statesman.  “He was a thoroughbred public servant who was transparent, honest and a stickler for excellence, qualities he brought to bear in the execution of the key offices of public trust he held in the course of his illustrious career. "The Government and the people of Akwa Ibom State are grateful for his contributions to the development of our State where he once served as the Deputy Governor.  "Our thoughts and prayers are with...

Group condemns judge’s abandonment of Akwa Ibom Tribunal, wants NJC investigation  The Elections Transparency Group, ETG, has described the abandonment of the National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sittings in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State by Justice Sheriff Hafizu Tahir, after giving the minority judgment in the Senator Godswill Akpabio's petition, challenging his defeat in the Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial election as suspicious and strange, calling on the National Judicial Council (NJC) to investigate the rationale behind his action. Late on Wednesday, the tribunal Chairman, Justice W. O. Akanbi had delivered a majority judgment, upholding the election of Senator Chris Ekpeyong as senator representing Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District while Justice Tahir delivered a dissenting judgment, declaring Akpabio as winner.  Curiously, Justice Tahir stayed away from the tribunal sittings of yesterday where judgments in other pending petitions were delivered. In a statement is...

FUOYE students’ killing: Abuja Group accuses Fayemi of covering up killer policemen, slams Ekiti Police Command  A Civil Society Organisation; the Society for Rule of Law in Nigeria (SRLN) has accused the Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi of covering up the policemen in his wife’s entourage, who shot two students of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), Oluwaseyi Kehinde and Joseph  Okonofua dead and injured many others on Tuesday. According to a statement on Friday, by its Co-coordinator, Dr. Chima Ubeku, the SRLN said it was strange that Dr. Fayemi, who rose to political prominence, using the ladder of human rights and pro-democracy activism has remained silent, carrying on as if nothing happened, four days after two students were killed by policemen in the entourage of his wife. The SRLN, which described killing of the students and the shooting spree embarked on by the policemen as barbaric, brutish and animalistic, said there was no how the governor’s wife, Mrs ...

FUOYE KILLING: Does Erelu Fayemi have a Child, EGM Asks Ekiti Grassroots Movement has condemned in its entirety the gruesome killing of two FUOYE students while showing their displeasures on lack of electricity by Nigeria Police Reacting to the latest civil unrest in the student community in Oye Ekiti, the Ekiti Grassroot Movement, through its Director and Publicity, Comrade Adeola Adebisi said it was unfortunate that the first lady, Erelu Fayemi who's supposed to be woman of all could orders her security details to use live bullets on protesting students. "Gone are those days when students were free to express their yearnings and displeasures regarding lack of electricity, hike in tuition and school fees, unnecessary intimidation and harassment of students on campuses, assault on female students by Male lecturers, and other Injustice being meted on students without being killed and intimidated," the group said. Dada Kehinde Abiodun, a part one student of the Department o...

EFCC Quizzes Real Estate Mogul, Kelechukwu Mbagwu over fraud  One of the big names in Real Estate Industry of Nigeria, Mr. Kelechukwu Mbagwu is currently swimming in the water of trouble and the wind of petitions slammed against him may dent his image and the integrity that he had illustriously built for close to three decades if not curtailed. Mbawgu, the Chief Executive Officer of CMB Building Maintenance and Investment Company Limited, we gathered has been having it raw for over two months with investigators at the Ikoyi, Lagos office of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over fraudulent transactions with Wema Bank PLC. The successful House Builder who is the current President of Nigerian Rugby Federation is also answering questions from the anti-graft agency for fraudulently using some already sold out properties situated in Pearl Garden and Peal Nuga Estates built by CMB at Sangotedo, along Lekki-Epe express way, Lagos State to obtain bank loans. A reliable source...

Slug: Election petition tribunal bribery allegation: Sen Bob slams N150 M libel suit on Abuja-based lawyer The former chairman of Service Committee of the Senate, Senator Effiong Bob, has  slammed a  N150 million suit on an Abuja-based lawyer, Mr Leo Ekpenyong, for his alleged libelous publication in an online newspaper (MetroDaily NG.COM) . According to the suit, Number HU/273/2019, the libelous material was contained in the August  25 August 2019 edition of the said online  MetroDaily.Ng.Com,  with a caption "Judgement for sale in Akwa Ibom State National Elections petition Tribunal". In the said  publication, Ekpenyong is  allegedly to have suggested that Justice W. O. Akanbi visits and parks his vehicle in Senator Bob’s Uyo residence. "Again, Justice Akanbi throughout the duration of the tribunal sitting in Uyo has developed the culture of habitually parking his vehicle in the residence of a former attorney-general of the State and Commissioner for...