International women’s day take place on March 8 every year to celebrate women’s rights and inspire people to act in the ongoing fight for gender equality. women constitute over half of the world’s population and contribute in vital ways to societal development generally. It is apparent that to adequately entrench the right of women, abrogate gender based violence and ensure equal opportunity for all, men have a role to play. Conscripting men in to gender disparity, equality in every strata of life. I am passionate about transforming the lives of families bringing them out of poverty, and believes that economic…
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No fewer than two million Nigerian Polytechnic students will benefit from affordable housing scheme as students of Polytechnics across the federation under the agies of National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) partnered with Domark Group Limited to provide affordable housing scheme for students. NAPS noted that the housing scheme which is strictly meant for Polytechnics students, Monotechnics, and other allied National Diploma (ND) and Ordinary National Diploma (OND) awarding institutions will accommodates two million students. The National President of NAPS, Benedict Olalere while speaking in Ibadan on Monday during the World Press Conference tagged “Introduction of Nigeria Polytechnic Students Housing…
The Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon Adebo Ogundoyin says he will not deviate from his mission statement of giving and providing good and quality representation to the people of Ibarapa East Local Government, Ibarapaland in totality and Oyo State in general not minding some unfounded and spurious criticism coming from some faceless political groups. The Speaker’s statement is coming on the heels of some comments accusing him of non-performance, planned imposition of candidate for local government election, and alleged undue influence and dominance on him by his mother, Yeye Tina Ogundoyin. He described the comments and allegations as…
Governance is a serious business and it should be approached as such. As a case study for every State in Nigeria and the Federal Government at large, towards achieving A Better Nigeria, Lagos State Government has again raised the flag of development through the commissioning of 1.4 kilometer dual carriage flyover and five other Roads, at Agege, Pen Cinema Area of Lagos State, last Friday, 5th March, 2021. The Bridge is a beauty to behold apart from its amazing length and was a timely response to the suffocating nature of the perennial gridlock of huge human and vehicular traffic flowing…
Nigeria is about two years away from the next presidential election, that is , the next precipice . Of course, with the epidemic of kidnappings , ransoming and ethnic- tinged killings , the country seems to be continually on the precipice . Even then, nothing gets us closer to it than a presidential election . And what a pivotal year Nigeria will have in 2023 if the powers that be reach a consensus on a zonal candidate. And there can ’ t be a more logical decision than to zone the presidency to the South East . Beyond political morality…
The former Chairman of the defunct Zenith Labour Party in Oyo State, Comrade Wole Abisoye has described members of a faction of the party that have chosen to work with the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State has political jobbers saying there is no way a true follower of Senator Rashidi Ladoja will join a political party which he alleged is sponsoring insecurity in the Country. Featuring on BOTTOM LINE – a political programme on IBR 92.5fm Ibadan anchored by Aanuoluwapo Omorinde, monitored by InsideOyo, Abisoye said the revelation of top members of the broom party is enough for a…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has elected its substantive South-East executives with a vow to reclaim all lost grounds starting with Anambra State on November 6. The election of the new executives, which took place at South-East Zonal Congress held at Michael Okpara Square, Enugu, saw the emergence of Chief Ali Odefa, who ran unopposed, as the National Vice Chairman with 755 votes. Also elected were Chief Ugwu James with 754 votes as Zonal Secretary; Mr, Emeka Okeke with 750 votes as Treasurer; Uma Ukpai (752 votes) as Legal Adviser and Mary Omeile (754 votes) as Woman leader. The…
A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party , Chief Bode George , says the ship of Lagos has been going in the wrong direction since All Progressives Congress chieftain , Bola Tinubu , took over control of the state . George spoke in an exclusive interview with The PUNCH on Saturday in reaction to comments by Tinubu that the ship of Lagos was heading in a wrong direction within 2017-2018 before incumbent Governor Babajide Sanwo- Olu. Tinubu had made the comments on Friday during the inauguration of the 1 .4 kilometre – long Agege – Pen Cinema…
The murderous activities of the Fulani herdsmen in the last few years and the forced reactions of the frustrated victims of their atrocities in the South necessitate the need to re-visit this topic , the North and the rest of us . The Fulani herdsmen constitute an integral part of Nigeria ’ s North . The government of the pseudo -federation under the control of Major General Muhammadu Buhari ( retd.) who himself is a Fulani , exacerbated the tension by not doing anything visible to stop the heinous activities of the rampaging Fulani terrorists especially in the South and…