Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, OFR, has assured that his government would look into issues confronting the Abia State University (ABSU), Uturu, with a view to resolving them and making the school the envy of other tertiary institutions in the country. Governor Otti spoke on Tuesday, when he met with the executives of the Academic Staff Union of Universities ... Read More »
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Gbajabiamila: In the face of the campaign of calumny and lies By seun oloketuyi
Sixty-one-year-old Olufemi Hakeem Gbajabiamila CFR is one man whose political and life story makes a long-lasting – if not a lifelong – impression. Truth be told, Gbajabiamila’s trajectory in life and politics can be intimidating but should not be enough for many of his peers in politics, and even technocrats, to covertly abhor his person, office, success and consistently seek ... Read More »
“Osun State Muslims Unite in Solidarity for Palestine: Over a Thousand March Through Ile Ife Streets”
The ancient city of Ile Ife was agog on Sunday as over a thousand Muslims in Osun State rallied support for Palestine. The Muslims both male and females from various towns in Osun State coverged in Ile Ife at Enuwa Central Mosque and trooped out to various streets In Ife. They marched down from Enuwa, Lagere, Sabo, Ilare and Odudawa ... Read More »
President Tinubu Assures Swift Justice in Ekiti Attacks: Condoles Governor Oyebanji and Vows to Hunt Down Criminals
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has condoled the Governor of Ekiti State and the people of the state over Monday’s attacks that led to the gruesome killing of two traditional rulers by armed men and abduction of six school pupils and their teachers. The President who spoke with Governor Oyebanji on telephone from France, assured Ekiti people that the perpetrators of ... Read More »
Governor Abiodun Applauds Ogun Assembly’s Smooth Transition, Hails New Speaker Elemide
Ogun State Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun has congratulated the new Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Oludaisi Elemide and other lawmakers for ensuring a rancour free process. The governor, who was represented by the Deputy Governor, Engr. (Mrs.) Noimot Salako-Oyedele spoke when he received 19 members of the House who accompanied the new speaker on a courtesy ... Read More »
“INEC’s Weekly Meeting Witnesses Swearing-In of Delta State’s New Electoral Commissioner”
The Commission held its regular weekly meeting today, Tuesday 30th January 2024. The meeting was preceded by the swearing-in of Mr. Etekamba Udo Umoren as Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) and deployed to Delta State following the expiration of the tenure of the last holder of the office yesterday, Monday 29th January 2024. An indigene of Akwa Ibom State, he holds ... Read More »
“Police Force Welcomes Newly Promoted Officers with Decorations and Deployments”
The Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM, on Tuesday 30th January, 2024 at the Goodluck Jonathan International Peacekeeping Centre, Force Headquarters, Abuja, decorated thirty-five (35) Senior Police Officers comprising fourteen (14) Assistant Inspector Generals of Police and twenty-one (21) Commissioners of Police with their new ranks amidst cheers from families, friends, and well-wishers. The newly decorated ... Read More »
“Imo Police Crackdown: Five Suspected Kidnappers Apprehended in Avu-Ihiagwa Forest”
Acting on credible intelligence, operatives of the Imo State Police Command Special Tactical Unit led by the Commissioner of Police, CP Aboki Danjuma in synergy with some local hunters stormed a suspected kidnapper’s hideout in a forest between Avu and Ihiagwa, on 29/01/2024 and arrested of 5 suspected kidnappers namely; Muazu Awuta, 30 ‘m’ yrs, Abdullahi Abubakar, ‘m’ 32yrs, Ozeru ... Read More »
APC Hierarchy Faces Plot by Mischief Makers and Opposition Leaders
PUBLIC DISCLAIMER We are aware of the clandestine moves by some mischief makers to create confusion within the hierarchy of the All Progressives Congress. This is the handiwork of some opposition leaders and some 5th columnists within the party. A part of the plans already being hatched is the circulation of campaign posters with the picture of His Excellency Alh. ... Read More »
Governor Obaseki’s Reforms Propel Edo IGR to Historic 40% Growth in 2023
Despite challenging economic crisis fueled by the removal of fuel subsidy, Edo State Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) grew by over 40 percent in 2023, recording N17bn increase from the N45bn generated in 2022. The Chairman, Edo Taskforce on Internally Generated Revenue, Hon. John Osagie Inegbedion, disclosed this at a press briefing after the 2024 EIRS Management Performance Review (MPR), in ... Read More »