Dear President Muhammadu Buhari, I am incredibly disappointed in your choice of Chief of Staff. I am getting more convinced, by the day, that you and your generation don’t mean well for the younger ones. President Buhari, when do you and your fellow septuagenarians want to start implementing succession and generational shifts? How is it that after five years, none ... Read More »
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Oyo govt honours deceased Commissioner, orders state flag to fly at half-mast
…Deputy Gov leads government delegation to family The government of Oyo State, on Friday, honoured the late Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Hon. Kehinde Ayoola, by flying its flag at half-mast. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, indicated that the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mrs. Olubamiwo Adeosun, gave the ... Read More »
Aketi must Account for 4.3b missing fund – PDP
It has become very important that the APC-led Ondo State Government be investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over its lack of disclosure on the alleged N4.3B “discovered” to have been kept in a Zenith Bank account and to which the present Commissioner for Information claimed to have also been spent. Investigation by our party has shown that ... Read More »
FEMI ADESINA: “If You Can’t Take Blows Brother, Don’t Throw Blows”
Let me start by giving due credit for this headline, which is not original to me. I lifted it from the 1983 song by reggae star, Peter Tosh, in the album titled Mama Africa. The song is Glass House, and it goes thus: “If you live in a glasshouse Don’t throw stones And if you can’t take blows brother Don’t ... Read More »
Adegboruwa raps Comptroller General over failure to admit new defendants to C-centres
Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Mr Ebun Olu-Adegboruwa on Thursday ask the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola to call the Comptroller General of Corrwctional Centres(CGCC), Mr Ja’afaru Ahmed, to order by obeying court orders remanding accused persons, or defendants in criminal cases, in correctional centers across the country. Adegboruwa said that the directive by the CGCC to his officers ... Read More »
Jandor Hosts Civil Society Leaders, Mulls Partnership
The lead Visioner of Team Jandor Mr. Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran Thursday,he at the Liberty place, played host to leaders in the civil society organisations. The group which was led to Team Jandor State Secretariat by Barrister Richard Akinnola commended the humanitarian gesture of team Jandor, which is being felt across the 57 LG/LCDAs in Lagos state. Members of the group ... Read More »
Wife of Andrew Okeleke, Globacom’s head of PR, dies after being hit by BRT in Lagos
The Head, Public Relations, Globacom, Mr. Andrew Okeleke, has lost his wife, Mrs. Grace Okeleke. According to a statement issued by the family on Thursday, Mrs Okeleke died in a motor accident on Lagos road, Ikorodu, on Monday evening. She was hit by a Lagos BRT with registration number EPE 59 XR. The deceased was said to be crossing the ... Read More »
Oyo loses Environment Commissioner, Kehinde Ayoola
…he would be sorely missed—Makinde The government of Oyo State, on Thursday, announced the passing of its Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Honourable Kehinde Ayoola. The Commissioner, had at the start of the Fourth Republic, served as the Speaker of the 4th Session of the Oyo State House of Assembly, under the administration of former Governor Lam Adesina, also ... Read More »
Three-year-old tests positive in Ebonyi
A THREE-YEAR-OLD child has tested positive for the novel Coronavirus in Ebonyi State, becoming the eighth case recorded in the state. Governor David Umahi announced this yesterday in a state-wide broadcast after the Security/COVID-19 Committee meeting. The governor said the child, whose gender was not disclosed, is one of the two children of a couple who tested positive and were ... Read More »
Hon Shina peller writes on Life as he clocks 44 today
It’s my 44th birthday today. And as I reminisce, I’m filled with immense gratitude for having the opportunity to impact lives and humanity, with a greater sense of consciousness that the best is yet to come. I have been fortunate to set the pace in different industries in the private sector and I am currently contributing my quota to nation-building ... Read More »