The Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland including Edo and Delta States , His Eminence Alhaji Dawud Makanjuola Akinola, has described the sudden death of the young Adeboye, Pastor Dare Adeboye as a rude shock, describing the development as a great loss to the entire nation. Aare Musulumi, popularly known as De-Damak, while condoling with the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church Of God, Pastor Adeboyein a statement released on Tuesday 11th of May 2021 and made available to press maintained that no pain be it physical, emotional or psychological or even spiritual could be more traumatizing than that of a…
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President Muhammadu Buhari is chairing a security meeting at the State House, Abuja. The meeting, which started at 10am, is taking place at the Conference Hall of the Office of the First Lady. It is expected the meeting would review the current security situation in the country and proffer solutions. The briefing is a follow up on the previous other meetings on Friday, April 30th and Monday, 4th of May. Among those attending the meeting were the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha; the Chief of Staff to the President,…
THE All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party, have so far generated a combined total of N423.5 million from the sale of nomination forms for the November 6, 2021, Anambra State Governorship election. Of this amount, 16 PDP aspirants made up of 13 males and three females accounted for a total of N356m while the only three aspirants who have paid and obtained APC forms account for N67.5m. Figures calculated by our correspondent, in Abuja, on Monday, were arrived at after putting together amounts paid by aspirants in each of the two political parties. The opposition PDP pegged its…
Azuka Onwuka Among all Nigerian civilian presidents and military heads of state, there is something incomprehensible and inexplicable about the current President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Other presidents seemed to be doing something about turning Nigeria around or solving some specific problems. Most of them might not have got the results the masses expected, but one could see their efforts and signs that they were trying. Conversely, Buhari seems not to be concerned about Nigerian problems. He seems aloof and detached from Nigerian issues, especially the security challenges facing the country. Most importantly, he does not care that his…
The Oyo State Government stated on Monday that it was on the same page with the Justices of the Supreme Court in its May 7, 2021 ruling, which ordered the payment of salaries and allowances of the dissolved chairmen and councillors of local government councils in the state. The state government in a statement made public in Ibadan said that as a believer in the rule of law and as a government with the utmost respect for the Supreme Court, it will comply with the ruling of the apex court. In the statement endorsed by Mr. Taiwo Adisa, the Chief…
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced that 500 Last-Mile Buses will be rolled out in the state. According to the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on New Media, Jubril Gawat, the rollout will continue until the state meets the target of 5,000 such buses. The buses are to serve as an alternative means to get into inner streets as opposed to commercial motorcycles, popularly known as Okada. Meanwhile, speaking at a stakeholder meeting on security in Alausa, Ikeja, Sanwo-Olu said his administration has concluded plans to review the 2012 Lagos Traffic Law guiding the operations of…
From the promise to the deed is a day’s journey.’ ~ Bulgarian Proverb Governor Seyi Makinde’s campaign train berthed at the palace of Aseyin of Iseyin, Oba Dr. Abdganiy Salawudeen Oloogunebi (Ajinese 1) in January 21st, 2019 and he made the promise that the Moniya-Iseyin road would be reawarded and reconstructed. Fast-forward to 5th November, 2019, the road was rewarded to KOPEK Construction. Among other promises is the establishment of a higher institution of learning in the community, which has also been given a fulfillment, as the Faculty of Agriculture of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso has…
Earlier today, a renowned Pharmaceutical Company with production factory in Awe, Afijio Local Government Area of Oyo State donated varieties of pharmaceutical products to the Oyo State Road Transport Management Authority in support of the multifaceted activities of the Authority especially in the area of Fast-Track Emergency Rescue Operations (FERO). Delivering the products on behalf of the company, the head, Human Resources and Administration, Mr. Niyi Bamidele revealed that OYRTMA’s activities in maintaining sanity and safety on roads across Oyo State has been duly recognized by the Management of the firm and as part of her Corporate Social Responsibilities, decided…
TIMELY RESOLUTION OF LINGERING CRISIS IN THE CIVIL SOCIETY AND PRO – DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT FOR YINKA ODUMAKIN AND INNOCENT CHUKWUMA BURIALS: AWA BAMIJI PERSONAL APPRECIATION TO FEMI FALANA; AFIKUYOMI, SEGUN MAYEGUN, OLU OF IGBOKODA; OBA COMRADE ABIODUN SOWUNMI, EZE GOODLUCK OBI AND ALHAJI YERIMA SHETTIMA. By now, thousands, if not millions, of People across the World are still aggrieved with us for the unnoticed winding down or pulling down or closure of Odumakin’s Accountability Whatsapp Platform that was trying to seek redress on how N9, 995, 000 cash donations for the 3 – day outing of the Civil Society and…
Lagos Police Commissioner, Hakeem Odumosu has said security agencies in the state were on top of threats by Oodua Republic and the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) agitators to disrupt law and order, and attack soft targets, respectively. He stated this at a stakeholders’ forum on security chaired by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the state secretariat, Alausa. Odumosu said: “The command has taken notice of agitators for Oodua Republic by some Yoruba separatist groups and the threats to disrupt law and order in the state. Twenty four of these groups have been identified and being closely monitored. “Similarly, the threat…