…apologise to management for lecturers’ ‘deplorable’ conduct The striking lecturers and non-academic staff of Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, Oyo, Oyo State, have suspended their more than four month industrial action with immediate effect. Besides, the institution’s branch of Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has tendered “unreserved apology” to the management of the college for what it ... Read More »
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Ogun 2019: 26 Aggrieved Aspirants of APC Demand Justices Over Oshiomole’s List
Accuses Oshiomole Of Incompetence The twenty-six house of assembly aspirants under the All Progressive Congress APC has demand for their mandate from the National chairman of the party. The aspirants which was led by Honorable Segun Idowu who is from Remo North state constituency, while describing the national leadership of APC of playing games with Ogun state people. According to ... Read More »
Ekiti PDP rejects Olujimi, restores Fayose as leader
Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti The State Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State has reaffirmed former Governor Ayodele Fayose as the leader of the party in the state. The SEC dissociated itself from the purported stakeholders meeting which had earlier declared the Senate Minority Whip, Senator Biodun Olujimi, as the party leader. The SEC is the highest ... Read More »
OSHODI TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE: LAGOS TARGETS FIRST QUARTER 2019 DELIVERY DATE
…Says Project Now At 83 Per Cent Completion Stage The Lagos State Government on Monday said the ongoing Oshodi Transport Interchange conceived and being implemented to evolve a seamless way by which Lagosians commute across the State on a daily basis would be completed within the first quarter of 2019. Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr Adebowale ... Read More »
I Support The NLC Strike
How can you be a Comrade, a Progressive or an Activist, and you are opposed to the legitimate demand of workers for better pay? How? I just can’t get it! Yes, there have been several inconsistencies and disappointments from the labour front in times past, but that can’t be enough reason to antagonize or frustrate the struggle for improved wages ... Read More »
ThisDay and El-Rufai’s “Muslim” Running Mate Controversy By Rasheed Abubakar
November 4 When Samuel Ortom, the Christian Governor of Benue State named another brother-in-Christ, Benson Abounu as his running mate for the 2019 gubernatorial election, there was no uproar from Nigerians over their religion (Christianity). The headline of Punch, October 17, 2018 was lenient with the embattled Governor, whose supporters had likened to Jesus Christ for accepting to die for ... Read More »
BEWARE OF IMPOSTORS, ELEGUSHI ALERTS THE PUBLIC
The Elegushi of Ikate kingdom, Oba Saheed Ademola Elegushi (Kusenla III) has advised members of the public to be wary of impostors who are purportedly acting or representing His Royal Majesty on different social media platforms. Let be known that Oba Elegushi do not own, operate or manage any Facebook account. Similarly, he has not commissioned anyone or group of ... Read More »
What does Atiku Abubakar want?
By Hope Eghagha Early in 2018 when Mallam Atiku Abubakar began to reference restructuring the nation’s polity as one of his cardinal goals I thought I should take him seriously. As a man from the Niger Delta whose region has been fundamentally shortchanged by the current quasi-federal arrangement I naturally took interest in this core northern leader who had decided ... Read More »
Nigeria not against African Continental Free Trade Agreement, says VP Osinbajo
Lagos, Nigeria, November 2, 2018 (ECA) – There is unanimity in Nigeria on the immense benefits of promoting intra-African trade for development, job creation and poverty reduction, Nigeria’s Vice President, Mr. Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday. In a keynote at the 2018 Africa Trade Forum in Lagos, Mr. Osinbajo, whose country is yet to sign the African Continental Free Trade Agreement ... Read More »
AGAIN, SOMOLU LG BOSS, DULLAR, GOES TOUGH ON VIOLENCE
November 4, 2018. The Executive Chairman of Somolu Local Government, Hon. Abdul Hamed Salawu, goes tough on all forms of violence in the local government area as the 2019 general election draws nearer. Dullar, as he is fondly called, stated this while addressing Somolu Political Leaders’ at the Somolu Local Government Secretariat few days ago. The LG Boss said law ... Read More »