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The Osun State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Hon. Soji Adagunodo has admonished the men of the Directorate of State Services, DSS to maintain its good name, pedigree, and antecedents for damning the consequences and try to be apolitical while performing its constitutionally assigned roles for the betterment of the nation and its citizens.

The Department of State Services (DSS), in one of its recent sting operations has again made yet an interesting discovery involving former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswan.

Yomi Layinka, the Special Adviser to Governor Ajimobi on Communication and Strategy, has urged Online Publishers to raise the bar and be professional in the discharge of their duties. He made the call in his office during a visit of the South West Group of Online Publishers (SWEGOP). Earlier, Chairman of the Group, Olayinka Agboola had pointed out that one of the distinguishing features of SWEGOP is that members’ do the job as it should be done and their activities are controlled. While thanking the Group for the visit, Mr. Layinka, who was the Chief Operating Officer of the Broadcasting Corporation of Oyo State, BCOS, disclosed that social media has become a tool through which many people preach hate under the pretence of pursuing social causes. He therefore lauded the group for the promise of professionalism as he stated that nothing short of professional ethics is expected from members. “Opinions are formed sometimes, not on objective reality, for instance, if you ar

Call has gone out to the former Governor of Gombe State, Senator Danjuma Goje, to help put together a summit to address the political marginalisation of North East zone of the country.

President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the National Assembly today, February 5, 2017, informing them of his desire to extend his leave in order to complete and receive the results of a series of tests recommended by his doctors. This notice according to Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to Mr. President on Media and Publicity, has since been sent to the Senate President and Speaker of House of Representatives. "Mr. President expresses his sincere gratitude to Nigerians for their concern, prayers and kind wishes," he stated. The development however dashed the hope of many Nigerians who had been anxiously waiting for Buhari's arrival from U.K, where he been on leave and medical check-up.  The President had planned to return to Abuja this evening, but was said to have been advised to complete the test cycle before returning. Recall that President Buhari's health status has been generating a lot of controversies within the political class as well as on

Renowned journalist, publisher, former Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists Europe Chapter, NUJE and the current Chairman Association of Online Media Practitionals (AMPON) Wole Arisekola has queried the approach of the Buhari administration to its anti-corruption crusade. Though many see the war against corruption as timely; especially to restore the nation’s dignity, retrieve her collective wealth stolen by the few, and put the nation on the path of greatness, others see the war as lopsided, vendetta, apparently, targeted at the opposition to the government.  In his recently expressed open mind opinion, tagged ‘School of Thought’, Arisekola averred that the war against graft must be fought within known conventions, rather than on spontaneous intuition without concrete evidence. “I give you a very good example. Look at the case of Danjuma Goje, former Gombe State governor. He has no reason to be in court. He is one of the best Governors that this country has ever