Once again, the Fiscal Sustainability Index for 2018 published by BudgiT under the sponsorship of Bill and Melinda Gates foundation is out. As expected, Rivers State topped the list. Recall that the state was on top even in 2017. Therefore, for two years running, an internationally sponsored research has recognised the outstanding economic policies of the Wike administration which have ... Read More »
INTRODUCTION When he was being sworn in as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on May 29, 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari made his yet most famous take-away statement: “I belong to all and I belong to no one”. I applauded him in my Sunday Telegraph back page column. But, sadly, he has not lived up to this self-created paradigm ... Read More »
By Joshua Olomu Ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Osun, some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have called on the electorate to refrain from selling their votes. They made the call on Wednesday in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Osogbo. According to the CSOs, Osun people need to rise above immediate financial gains and vote according ... Read More »
PIX 0028 L-R: All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (Lagos State); Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar (Bauchi State); Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello (Niger State); Nasir El-Rufai (Kaduna State); Alhaji Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi State); Mr. Godwin Obaseki (Edo State); Barr. Solomon Lalong (Plateau State); Sen. Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun State); Arakurin Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo State) and Sen. Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo State) during ... Read More »
A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Yahaya Kwande, on Tuesday caused a stir as he attended a rally of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) organised for former vice president Atiku Abubakar. Mr Abubakar, a presidential aspirant of the PDP, was in Jos on Tuesday to lobby national delegates from the state ahead of the party’s presidential ... Read More »
Ekiti State Governor-Elect, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has set up a 37-member Inauguration Committee, charged with the responsibility of organising a hitch-free ceremony to usher in the new administration on October 16th, 2018. The Committee is to liaise with officials of the outgoing administration and relevant agencies and stakeholders for proper coordination and execution of a successful inauguration ceremony. According to ... Read More »
No fewer than 5 girls including the Assistant Head girl were given letter of suspension for wearing Hijab in school. The new principal Mrs JO Sadare made it clear that she would not permit the Hijab to be worn in the school, despite the fact that the students has been doing so for more than two years. The subsisting Judgment ... Read More »
As part of his commitment to the success of the Peoples Democratic Party in the September 22 governorship election in Osun State, Dr. Akin Ogunbiyi on Tuesday wooed bigwigs of Labour Party in the state and urged them to support PDP. Addressing a joint meeting of his team and Labour Party’s bigwigs in Iwo local government of Osun, Ogunbiyi stressed ... Read More »
RE: CASE OF CRIMINAL CONSPIRARY, ADVANCE FEE FRAUD, ATTEMPTED MURDER COMMIITTED AGAINST HON TIMOTHY OWOEYE . Sometime in the month of July, 2018, a petition written by one Barrister O.A. Adebiyi & Co submitted on behalf of Hon. Timothy Owoeye, the Majority leader, Osun State House of Assembly against a syndicate of fraudsters was received in the office of the ... Read More »
The passage of the Bill on Tuesday was preceded by disagreement among the members of the Committee. The National Assembly Joint Panel on the Independent National Electoral Commission has passed the amended Electoral Bill. The passage of the Bill on Tuesday was preceded by disagreement among the members of the Committee. The lawmakers, who were set to address newsmen on ... Read More »
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