…as Ogun Central hosts 2023 budget town hall meeting The Alake and Paramount Ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo has commended the effort of the Governor Dapo Abiodun-led administration in the area of infrastructural development Ogun State, declaring that “you cannot beat a governor who makes promises and keeps promises”. Oba Gbadebo who gave this commendation during the Town ... Read More »
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LAHA Chief Whip to unveil bon awards nominees on Monday, Oct 31
Hon. Moji Meranda to unveil bon awards nominees on Monday, Oct 31 Hon. Moji Meranda, the Chief Whip of the Lagos State House of Assembly, would be unveiling the nominees for the upcoming Nollywood industry awards event, Best of Nollywood Awards, BON Awards, which will be be taking place in Owerri, Imo State’s capital. In a press statement to the ... Read More »
YOU ARE THE FACES OF NIGERIA, PRESIDENT BUHARI TELLS NIGERIANS IN SOUTH KOREA; RESTATES COMMITMENT TO DEEPENING DEMOCRACY AT HOME
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Seoul, Republic of Korea, reminded Nigerians resident in the Asian country that they are the “faces of Nigeria,” and should endeavour to project a positive image of the country through their actions, characters, conducts and general comportments. The President stated this during an interactive meeting with the leadership and select members of the Nigerian Community ... Read More »
Adeleke Assures Osun People i will Correct last minute manipulations of Oyetola
: Osun State Governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has accused the governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, of setting booby traps for him to make the state ungovernable. Adeleke disclosed this on Thursday while receiving a report of the Peoples Democratic Party’s transition committee in Ede, Osun State. He commended the committee members for doing a good job and assured the people of the ... Read More »
Opinion!Top 10 Yoruba Names You Never Guessed Were Arabic Names By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D.
I have always been fascinated by Yoruba people’s creative morphological domestication of Arabic names. There are scores of Yoruba names that are derived from Arabic but which are barely recognizable to Arabs or other African Muslims because they have taken on the structural features of the Yoruba language. This is not unique to Yoruba, of course. As scholars of onomastics ... Read More »
PHOTOS: Atiku Abubakar Arrives US
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has arrived Wasighnton D.C in United States of America for political campaigns. The former VP arrived US alongside Director General of the PDP Presidenital Campaign Governor Aminu Tambuwal, former Imo state governor Emeka Ihedioha, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi. He was welcomed by former Senate President Bukola Saraki, Dino ... Read More »
Obasa Lists 3 Major Areas Lagos 2023 Budget Must Address
Obasa Lists 3 Major Areas Lagos 2023 Budget Must Address – As Governor presents N1,692,671tn Appropriation Bill – Speaker says Asiwaju has capacity to make Nigeria great again The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, on Thursday received the 2023 budget proposal of N1,692,671tn from Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu stressing that the Bill should address ... Read More »
Newspaper workers beg Plateau gov for 100-month salary
Workers of the New Nigerian Newspapers have cried out to the Northern States Governors Forum Chairman and Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong, to pay their accumulated salaries to save them from the hardship they are going through. A press statement signed by Comrade Friday Idoko, Funmi Aderinto, Usman Nasidi and Emmanuel Bello as chairmen and cecretaries of the in-house unions ... Read More »
Keyamo: A Gutter spine in Designer Wears By: Phrank Shaibu
But for the misfortune of knowing the existence of this rural bumpkin, courtesy of the ever-generous Nigerian media which elevates charlatans to superstars, I will die believing it’s infinitely impossible for an oaf to be appointed a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). Besides believing that life begins and ends with genuflecting for, and licking the smelly asses of rotten politicians, ... Read More »
Massive opportunities remain in agric – Sterling Bank
Massive opportunities remain in agric – Sterling Bank Sterling Bank Plc, Nigeria’s leading commercial bank, has said there are massive opportunities in the agricultural sector of the Nigerian economy for those who are prepared to work hard, with a clear vision and commitment. Chairman of board of directors of the bank, Mr. Asue Ighodalo disclosed this in his address of ... Read More »