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Lawyer slams Umahi, asks Dangote, Otedola, bank CEOs to pay off ASUU

An Abuja base lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, has appealed to chief executive officers of banks and billionaire businessmen including Aliko Dangote, Femi Otedola, Abdul Samad Rabiu, and Mike Adenuga to pay off the N1.1 trillion demands by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The lawyer said the Federal Government has displayed irresponsibility and nonchalance to resolve the lingering strike by ASUU ... Read More »

No forest reserves were sold by Abiodun’s government – Odusile

…says reserves concessioned by last administration The Ogun State Government has refuted the rumours making the rounds that it has sold some forest reserves in the Ijebu axis of the state, to foreign investors. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Alhaji Abdulwaheed Odusile, who stated this while fielding questions from newsmen on the protest by timber merchants made up of ... Read More »

Number of Kwara’s functional firms grew by 87.5% under us: Abdulrazaq

• MAN hails Gov for being pro-business, commissions secretariat Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday said the local economy has recorded huge gains over the last three years of his administration, with the number of active companies in Kwara growing from just 41 in 2019 to 77 in 2022, representing an impressive 87.5 percent increase. Quoting a data from ... Read More »

GBADEBO RHODES-VIDOUR CLINCHES LABOUR PARTY GUBER TICKET

The desire of the youths to drive a revolution through their votes in 2023 election, has once more paid off with the election of 39 years old Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour as the governorship candidate of Labour Party in the substitution governorship election of the party, held on Wednesday 10th August, 2022. Gbadebo who evinced the new face of hope of the ... Read More »

Owo attack: Lawyer demands immediate prosecution of suspects

…wants suspects in DSS custody to avert their escape through jailbreak An Abuja-based human rights lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, has called for the immediate prosecution of the five suspects arrested in connection to the June 5 attack on a Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State. According to Olajengbesi in a statement on Wednesday, beyond naming the suspects, their swift prosecution and ... Read More »

US-BASED NIGERIAN PROFESSOR BACK HOME ON EMPOWERMENT MISSION

Abuja, Aug. 10, 2022: Professor Hauwa Ibrahim, a Nigerian, who once roamed the streets as a hawker, and now a lecturer in Harvard University, says she is back home on a mission to take away children from the streets and improve on their lives. She spoke on her mission statement during a courtesy visit , along with her strategic visionary ... Read More »

LAGOS’LL STRENGTHEN PARTNERSHIP WITH U.S. ON SECURITY, TECHNOLOGY, GOOD GOVERNANCE, SAYS SANWO-OLU

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday said the State Government will strengthen its partnership with the United States and work closely to deepen a mutually beneficial relationship on security, business, entertainment, technology and good governance, among others, to better the lives of the citizens. Governor Sanwo-Olu made the statement on Wednesday while receiving the new United States Consul ... Read More »

Kwara cabinet okays initiative to support 30K female trader

s • Govt partners with MTN Mobile Money for data capturing, disbursement • Programme modelled after World Bank initiative • Grant will deepen financial inclusion: Gov Kwara State Executive Council has approved a programme to empower at least 30,000 female petty traders with a grant of N20,000 each over the next six months — a social investment measure modelled after ... Read More »

Akeredolu Clears Air On Arrest Of Kuje Prison Escapee, Idris Ojo

The attention of Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has been drawn to the announcement of Idris Ojo as one of the attackers of St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, arrested by the security agencies. Governor Akeredolu acknowledged the confusion the statement has created in the public space, considering that the ugly event of June 5 attack in Owo preceded ... Read More »