The coroner’s inquest set up to identify the time, place, cause and circumstances surrounding the death of Senator Isiaka Adeleke has run its course. The inquest headed by Olusegun Ayilara, a magistrate, began sitting on the 8th of May, 2017 and called several witnesses which included Osun State Deputy Governor, Mrs Titi Laoye-Tomori; Chief Medical Director of LAUTECH, Prof. Akeem Lasisi; LAUTECH Chief Pathologist, Dr. Taiwo Solaja; Head of Homicide Department, Nigeria Police Force Osun State Command, SP Eleta; among others. Magistrate Ayilara who gave his verdict Tuesday revealed that Senator Isiaka Adeleke died between 9:30- 10:15am Sunday 23rd April…

Explaining why his administration has not made allocations since inception two years ago, FCT Minister, Mr Muhammad Musa Bello, revealed that he had to resolve about 500 pending land issues, even as he wondered why past governments could buckle under pressure to engage in multiple allocations that would end in series of litigations and hence be detrimental to the image and economy of the FCT Administration. Bello stated this last week during a media briefing organized as part of events lined up to commemorate two years in office of the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari. Land Administration “In the…

The Federal Government has threatened to shut some land borders if the smuggling of rice continues from neighbouring countries. Audu Ogbeh, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, gave the warning on Monday while speaking to journalists on some of the Federal Government’s achievements in the agriculture sector in the last two years in Abuja. Mr. Ogbeh said the decision had become necessary to encourage local rice farmers and to enable the country achieve self-sufficiency in rice by 2018. “We believe they are determined to sabotage the efforts that we are making to guarantee self-sufficiency in rice and to save foreign…

Dania of Auchi, Usman Abudah, has confirmed burial of Professor Abubakar Momoh, Director –General of Nigerian Electoral Institute, who died early on Monday. He was buried at Auchi late afternoon on Monday, according to Islamic rites. Abudah, a veteran journalist, said in a statement that the Royal Family had formally announced the death of the political scientist. Momoh, a member of the Auchi royal family , according to sources had been battling with his health. Another family member confirmed he last saw Momoh at Spar supermarket in Cedi plaza in Abuja on Sunday afternoon with his wife. “We had a…