By Lateef Raji Osun State is one of the 24 states currently contending with the challenge of unpaid workers’ wages. Obviously, the state’s workers are currently on an indefinite strike action over the issue. Consequently, things are a bit more complicated for the people and government of the state. Dealing with dwindling revenue, unpaid salaries and labour unrest is certainly ... Read More »
The immediate past Special Assistant on Domestic Matters to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Waripamowei Dudafa, has stuck a deadly dagger in the spine of his godparents and benefactors, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Dame Patience Jonathan, as he was seen bad-mouthing his former boss and his wife, describing them as “selfish and wicked” . The former aide, whom ... Read More »
THE ENUGU STATE OF MY DREAM It gives me great pleasure to join you at the Enugu Association, USA Annual National Convention 2015. I convey to you a bagful of greetings from the people of Enugu State. Our people at home appreciate your commitment to giving the people of the State a better life through your many interventions. We appreciate ... Read More »
By Chuks Osuji Incontestably, politics in Nigeria at all levels and in every political party is based mostly on personal and inter-personal interests and considerations. In fact, hardly do people who enter politics do so with the objective to serve the nation but to serve themselves. Few illustrations could throw more light on this assumption. For example, how many Nigerian ... Read More »
Former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, deserves the humiliation she suffered last week when she was denied access to the Protocol Lounge of the Port Harcourt International Airport, the Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said. The party in a statement issued Tuesday in Port Harcourt and signed by the Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, berated ... Read More »
A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected a prayer by five senators opposed to the emergence of Bukola Saraki as the Senate President to stop the upper legislative chamber from constituting it’s standing and ad hoc committees. The five plaintiffs in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/651/2015 – Senators Abu Ibrahim, Kabir Marafa, Ajayi Boroffice, Olugbenga Ashafa and Suleiman Hunkuni – ... Read More »
ABUJA-Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila has been announced as the leader of House of Representatives, while Rep. Alhassan Dogowa emerged as the Chief Whip. The Speaker, Yakubu Dogara who announced this at the end of plenary, also said that Rep. Baba Jibrin is the Deputy Leader and Rep. Pally Iriase as the Deputy Chief Whip. The South East was however excluded in ... Read More »
Justice Olamide Folahanmi Oloyede, the serving Judge who petitioned the parliament has failed to appear before the investigative ad-hoc committee headed by Hon. Akintunde Adegboye, she was only represented by her lawyer, Mr. Lanre Ogunlesi, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) who could not make any headway. At the interactive session, the Committee chairman turned down the plea of Oloyede’s lawyer ... Read More »
The Kwara State government has denied claims that Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, and the crisis at the National Assembly are responsible for the delay in constituting the state executive council. In a statement by Dr Muyideen Akorede, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communication to the state Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, the state government described the claims as ... Read More »
Ever since Lagos PDP suffered a crushing and debilitating defeat in the just concluded national elections, the Party has been telling whoever cares to listen that it worked so hard to win Lagos but something is wrong somewhere. In their age-long tradition of crying wolf over nothing, this Party says APC manipulated the process and schemed them out. They ... Read More »
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