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After several months of painstaking deliberations and presentation of policy options and roadmaps by some of the finest public intellectuals, entrepreneurs of repute, eggheads in academe and government officials of the Southwest geo-political extraction, the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) Commission was birthed by the Governments of Southwest States of Nigeria in July 2013. With the inordinate support of ... Read More »

…As Ambode’s Wife Restates Commitment To Zero Infant Mortality Wife of Lagos State Governor, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode on Wednesday said that no effort would be spared, to achieve zero infant mortality in the State.   She made the commitment during the donation of two transport incubator ambulance to Gbagada General Hospital and Lagos Island Maternity, by the Committee of Wives ... Read More »

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) dodged a bullet; a bomb even with the conduct of its presidential primaries a few days ago. This was conducted in a calm, serene and collected manner. There were no riots. No bombs went off to mark the process as “do or die.” Nobody got killed, maimed or injured. The party did not find it ... Read More »

The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Muiz Banire as the Chairman of the Governing Board of the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). The decision to confirm Banire’s appointment was taken at the Senate’s plenary session on Wednesday. President Muhammadu Buhari had nominated Banire, a former Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for appointment as the AMCON ... Read More »

Till date they still say the elections that brought in Abiola was the free and fairest elections we have had in Nigeria and ranks one of the best anywhere in the world! Fortunately or unfortunately it was conducted by a sitting Military man  president Babangida who did not want to leave power!  The similarity with this coming general elections is ... Read More »

The authorities of the Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, will on Wednesday October 10, 2018, confer a Post Humous Lifetime Achievement Award on the late human rights activist and patriot, Mr Bamidele Aturu. This is contained in a letter to Mrs Adebimpe Aturu, dated September 24, 2018, from Professor Olukoya Ogen, the Rector of the College. Bamidele Aturu is being ... Read More »

The governing All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared ineligible to field candidates for all elective positions in Zamfara State in the 2019 general elections, PREMIUM TIMES can exclusively report today. This is because the party failed to meet the October 7 deadline for conducting primaries to elect candidates for the elections. The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), has already notified ... Read More »

  The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading entrepreneurship philanthropy, is partnering with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, the German Government’s Agency for International Cooperation.   GIZ will support the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme to empower 210 young African entrepreneurs, focusing specifically on female entrepreneurs and tech-enabled businesses. The Entrepreneurship Programme of TEF was launched in 2015, ... Read More »

A young man, Kamaludden Bashir, has commenced trekking from Zaria to Abuja to show his support for the emergence of Atiku Abubakar as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party. Bashir, on Tuesday, told newsmen that he plans to reach Abuja within five days “I am really happy with the victory, that is why I am trekking to Abuja ... Read More »

There has been some clarity about Nigeria’s 2019 Presidential election, with the end of the October 7 deadline set by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of party primaries at all levels. On Saturday, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at its convention held in Abuja, ratified the choice of incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari as its flagbearer, ... Read More »