_Proposes media regulations against drug abuse content on social media, movies, music videos, etc_ The youngest lawmaker in Nigeria and member of Kwara State House of Assembly representing Owode Onire state constituency, Hon Rukayat Shittu has accused music stars, movie celebrities, skit makers, Big Brother Naija and other influencers of glamourizing drug abuse to mislead teenage minds into a lifestyle ... Read More »
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NDLEA Seizes Illicit Drug Consignment At MMIA, Intercepts 5 Pregnant Teenage Girls Exploited For Child Trafficking
Latest attempts to export various quantities of methamphetamine and skunk by members of some transnational drug trafficking organisations through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport and courier companies in Lagos been thwarted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) who intercepted the illicit drug consignments concealed in different items. A statement on Sunday by the spokesman of the ... Read More »
PRESIDENT TINUBU NOMINATES NEW MINISTERS FOR FEDERAL MINISTRY OF YOUTH
President Bola Tinubu has approved the nomination of Dr. Jamila Bio Ibrahim to serve as the Minister of Youth, pending her confirmation by the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The President has further approved the nomination of Mr. Ayodele Olawande to serve as the Minister of State for Youth, pending his confirmation by the Senate of the Federal ... Read More »
Femi Fani-Kayode Blames Peter Obi, Obidients For Obasanjo, Yoruba Monarchs Saga
I am deeply saddened and utterly mortified by the way in which former President Olusegun Obasanjo lambasted our revered traditional rulers in Oyo state and “ordered” them to “stand up” and “sit down” as if they were children. This is the same OBJ that, once upon a time, displayed his respect, humility and I daresay greatness by bowing, kneeling, and ... Read More »
How Osun Governor Ademola Adeleke, Aides Escaped Air Crash As Private Jet Catches Fire
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke and aides escaped death by a whisker on Tuesday after the private jet the boarded catches fire just before take off. According to a report, “By a stroke of luck, on Tuesday, September 5, 2023, a Bombadier Global Express 6000, owned by billionaire businessman, Chief Adedeji Adeleke, Davido’s father and elder brother of the governor ... Read More »
MOHBAD: LAGOS STATE POLICE COMMAND COMMENCES FULL INVESTIGATION
Consequent upon the growing public concerns and the preliminary police review of the general circumstances sorrounding the death of Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba aka Mohbad, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Idowu Owohunwa, has directed the commencement of full-scale criminal investigation into the case. To this end, the Commissioner of Police has constituted a Special Investigation Team within the ... Read More »
THE BLASPHEMY OF OBASANJO ON THE YORUBA OBAS: WE DEMAND PUBLIC APOLOGY
We write with great pains of the heart and regret of immeasurable quantum to imagine the ugly incident that occurred at Iseyin, Oyo State yesterday 15th September, 2023 on the occasion of the road commissioning by the Oyo State Government where Chief Olusegun Obasanjo was invited as the Chief Guest of Honour. It was at this occasion that we saw, ... Read More »
AWAKENING THE SLEEPING GIANT
Speech Delivered By Dr. Alex C. Otti, OFR, The Governor of Abia State On The Occasion Of The Commissioning Of 3 Roads In Aba on Friday, September 15, 2023. Protocols 1. It is with a great sense of fulfilment that I welcome everyone who had come here to witness the commissioning of the first set of road projects in our ... Read More »
“From Lagos Civil Service to Presidential Principal Secretary: Hakeem Muri-Okunola’s Remarkable Journey”
Bachelor’s degree in Law, LASU Master’s degree in International Business Law, Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London. Ex- Associate Solicitor, Adepetun, Caxton-Martins and Agbor Ex-Company Secretary/Legal Adviser at Ibile Holdings Limited, Ex-Personal Assistant, Governor BAT Ex-ES, Land Use and Allocation Committee. Ex-Permanent Secretary in the Lagos State Public Service Currently the Head of Service of Lagos State Civil ... Read More »
This Is The Result When Monarchs Joined Ogboni Confraternity And Became Junior To A Road Side Mechanical Engineer Or . Carpenter – Oluwo
I trust myself and my stool. At death, there are certain things my soul will not take let alone when alive, active and kicking. I only blame the monarchs who stood in obeisance to such an ignoble and desecrating of traditional institutions from the old man. Respects should be earned not demanded. Traditional Rulers respect their subjects too. There is ... Read More »