…‘I’ve directed release of those detained in Wednesday memorial protest’ – Gov …Asks youths to join ‘Rebuild Lagos’ effort By Ayomide Otitoju As the final report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution is being awaited, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said the Government would be making full disclosure of the report to…
A shade of darkness and a blush of shame conspicuously tarnish the visage of Sen. Ibikunle Amosun. For the two-time governor of Ogun State, ambition, clearly, is the grand enemy of all tact, the eternal adversary to his peace. Perhaps Amosun simply needs to get out of his own way. Since he quit the State…
A former Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi has described embattled secessionist leaders, Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Igboho as more popular than all politicians put together in their respective regions. Kanu is the leader of pro-Biafra group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Both Igboho and Kanu had agitated for Nigeria’s…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State amid a plot to remove his deputy, Rauf Olaniyan, on Monday presented two vehicles worth millions of naira to the immediate past chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state, Alhaji Omokunmi Mustapha, and his successor, Dayo Ogungbenro. According to a statement released by the governor’s Chief Press…
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu on Thursday in Abuja informed the court that he has formally filed a motion on notice through his counsel, Mr. Ifeanyi Ejiofor challenging the Federal Government’s amended charges against him. Shortly after the charges were read to him, Kanu told the court that…
A Northern group, Arewa Youth Alliance for 2023, has thrown its weight behind the presidential aspiration of Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The youths noted that Tinubu was the best presidential material in 2023. The group’s coordinator, Hon Lawan Bello, said the managerial skill, technical know-how, and national appeal of…
… appeals to philanthropic residents to patronise beggars at the facility By Ayomide Otitoju Oyo State government, on Wednesday, has announced its renewed plans to bring back some of the mendicants who have left the provided Akinyele Resettlement Centre back into the facility. The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Inclusion, Alhaja Omolabake Kafilat Olayiwola,…
The President, Centre for Change, Dr Joe Okei Odumakin while marking the first anniversary of the #EndSARS protest which rocked the nation last year has said that the government cannot silence the youths of the country. Odumakin aired her views via a statement released to commemorate the sad event. She said, “We remember today all the…
Founder and Senior Pastor of Daystar Christian Centre, Pastor Sam Adeyemi, has commemorated with youths on the first anniversary of the alleged shooting of protesters at Lekki Toll Gate, which occurred during October 2020 #EndSARS protests. The clergy, via his Instagram page on Wednesday, urged Nigerian youths to keep pressing forward in their fight for…
