Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has said that the credential of national inclusivity, not ethnicity should be an ideal that the Northern part of the county should examine in electing a new president for the country in the 2023 elections. Atiku made the remarks when he featured as a guest ... Read More »
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Bayo Onanuga responds to Tinubu’s Slip Of Tongue At Kadivest 7.0
Bayo Onanuga released this statement late SATURDAY evening Tinubu’s Slip Of Tongue At Kadivest 7.0 Earlier today at the Kaduna State Investment Summit, All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu while commending, Governor Nasir El-Rufai for his transformational leadership in the state had a slip of tongue that is common to every human being and even great leaders. ... Read More »
UI ranks Nigeria’s best varsity, UNILAG follows
The University of Ibadan is ranked first in Nigeria in the 2023 Times Higher Education World University Rankings. The University of Lagos comes second in the latest ranking. Both the UI and UNILAG are ranked 401-500th out of over 1,799 institutions across the world, the 2023 Times Higher Education World University Rankings released on Wednesday, October 12, 2022 reveals. While ... Read More »
Opinion!Joke Silva and the right to not be* By Abimbola Adelakun
* 13th October 2022 By now, you must have come across dozens of opinions on the blowback actor Joke Silva received for fraternising with the All Progressives Congress presidential campaign. Much of the commentary, steeped in tawdry “woke” ideologies, did not take their analysis on the issues beyond trite arguments of Silva’s “right to choose” and “freedom of speech/expression.” The ... Read More »
SANWO-OLU HAILS EX-SSG, OLORUNFUNMI BASORUN AT 84
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Bababajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated member of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC) and Second Republic Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Chief Olorunfunmi Basorun, on his 84th birthday. Basorun, a retired deputy director of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and former Secretary to the State Government, SSG during former Governor Lateef Jakande’s administration will clock 84 ... Read More »
At town hall meeting, Kwara Govt reels out strides, pledges improved welfare
• You’re an achiever, say Olofa, Senator Ashiru, prominent citizens * You are truly a kind man: Chief Imam of Offa Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has begun a new round of direct interface with the people of the state, with the Governor and top administration’s officials speaking to the specific strides of the government, explaining its various programmes, projects ... Read More »
Lawyer mocks Oyetola for promising Tinubu one million Osun votes
An Abuja-based lawyer and grassroot politician and youth mobiliser in Osun State Pelumi Olajengbesi has described as laughable, the pledge of Osun State outgoing governor Gboyega Oyetola to deliver one million Osun votes for All Progressives Congress presidential candidate Bola Tinubu in the 2023 general elections. Olajengbesi said it is an irony that Oyetola made such a tall promise when ... Read More »
Abiodun: Work will begin soon on Itele, Ota-Idiroko roads
The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday, disclosed that work would begin soon on the reconstruction of Itele and Ota-Idiroko Road. This is just as people that the Atan- Lusada-Agbara, the Tollgate-Singer, Ota-Idiroko and Ijoko-Ota-Alagbole roads would soon be completed. Abiodun gave this disclosure in Ota at a combined ward meeting of the 16 wards in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local ... Read More »
Attorney General 0ffice reacts to Appeal Court Judgement on Kanu
The Attorney General Released this statement Thursday night The Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has received the news of the decision of the Court of Appeal concerning the trial of Nnamdi Kanu. For the avoidance of doubt and by the verdict of the Court, Kanu was only discharged and not acquitted. Consequently, the ... Read More »
BREAKING: ASUU suspends strike after eight months
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has suspended its eight month old strike, The PUNCH can authoritatively confirm. Though the union is yet to make an official pronouncement, our correspondent gathered that the decision was taken at the end of the National Executive Council meeting which was held at the ASUU secretariat in Abuja. Speaking with our correspondent, a highly ... Read More »