“Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.” – Brian Tracy. From some products which have been around from one generation to the other, through different rebranding, to associations that started from local levels till they become international entities, some names have been there for years and they continue to ... Read More »
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Amaechi bags degree in law as Baze university graduates 504 students
IMMEDIATE past Minister of Transport and former governor of Rivers State,Chief Rotimi Amaechi, on Saturday,,graduated from Baze University,Abuja, with a Bachelor of Law,LL.B Degree. The former minister was among the 504 students who graduated from the school in various fields of study, having not only successfully passed their examinations but also found worthy in learning and character by the authorities ... Read More »
2023 polls: Media urged to give adequate representation to women
. Media experts have raised concerns on the poor media representation of female politicians at a two-day training for political reporters in Ilorin on Thursday 17 & Friday 18 November 2022. . Toun Okewale Sonaiya CEO Women Radio in her presentation on the “50:50 Strategy: An Inclusive, Responsive and Balanced Reporting” urged reporters to give adequate spotlight to female politicians ... Read More »
Opinion!My Weekend Thoughts – By. Pelumi Olajengbesi Esq –
18th November, 2022. Saw a client I represented a while ago and I thought deeply about the contradictions in this country and how difficult it is to understand why Nigeria is not working. The client was in DSS detention at the time. He had sustained bullet injury in the process of his arrest and bullets got stuck in his hand. ... Read More »
Presidential election not most important – Shina Peller*
A member of the House of Representatives from Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa federal constituency, Oyo State, Honourable Shina Peller, has called on Nigerians, particularly the youth, to stop prioritizing the presidential election as the most important, adding that it should be regarded as the least important of all elections. Honourable Peller stated this on Thursday during a political live programme tagged ‘PRIME TIME’ ... Read More »
US returns another $20m Abacha loot to Nigeria
The United States Department of Justice said it had transferred over $20.6m to the Federal Government in accordance with an August 23 agreement between the governments to repatriate assets stolen by late dictator General Sani Abacha and his co-conspirators. According to a statement published on the DoJ website on Thursday, the repatriation brings the total amount forfeited and returned by ... Read More »
2023: Ensure politicians play by rules, Abiodun charges police
…vows administration will deal ruthlessly with acts of thuggery, hooliganism Towards ensuring peaceful conduct of the 2023 general election in th country, the Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun has called on the police authority to engage politicians in the country on the need to play by the rules. Abiodun who made this call at the Cinema Hall of the June ... Read More »
Kwara Gov swears in new Special Adviser, Perm Secs
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has inaugurated five new permanent secretaries to fill some vacancies in the leadership of the State Civil Service. The new permanent secretaries are AbdulRahman Ameen Babatunde; Asonibare Omolola Christiana; Raheem Abdulbaqi; Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa; and Yusuf Ibrahim Amuda. The Governor also swore-in Patigi-born Umar Muhammed as the new Special Adviser on Sports and Youth Development. ... Read More »
N544m scam: Court frees ex-SGF Lawal, others
A Federal High Court in Abuja has discharged and acquitted a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, and five others from the N544 million contract fraud offences brought against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The court on Friday held that the anti-graft agency failed to establish a prima facie case against the Ex-SGF ... Read More »
SANWO-OLU COMMISERATES WITH LAGOS COMMISSIONER, LOLA AKANDE OVER HUSBAND’S DEATH
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has commiserated with the State Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives, Dr. Lola Akande, on the death of her husband, Dr. Kolapo Akande. Dr. Kolapo Akande, who was brother-in-law to Senator Oluremi Tinubu, the wife of former Lagos State Governor and All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, died on Wednesday ... Read More »