Rhodes-Vivour stated this shortly after he received his Certificate of Return, CoR, as the governorship candidate of the party from the National Chairman, Julius Abure, in Ikeja, on Tuesday. The issuance of the CoR by the national leadership has put to rest, controversies over who was the authentic candidate as well as the authentic State…
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, reiterated that his government would commit more resources to ensure that all out-of-school children are returned to school immediately. The Governor gave this assurance at the opening session of the 2022 Lagos State Education Summit, with the theme: ‘Creating a Sustainable Fit-for-Purpose Education Model.Sanwo-Olu…
France’s top administrative court has given the green light for the expulsion to Morocco of an imam accused of “hate speech”, according to Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin. Hassan Iquioussen “will be expelled from the national territory” in “a great victory for the republic,” Darmanin wrote on Twitter, citing Tuesday’s ruling by the Council of State.The…
Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, has died at age 91, Russian news agencies reported, citing medical sources. “Gorbachev died this evening after a serious and long illness,” the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow said late on Tuesday, as quoted by the Interfax, TASS and RIA Novosti news agenciesGorbachev led the Soviet…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Russian soldiers to flee for their lives after his forces launched an offensive to retake southern Ukraine, but Moscow said it had repulsed the attack and inflicted heavy losses on Kyiv’s troops. Ukraine said on Monday its ground forces had gone on the offensive for the first time after a…
Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, says the federal government does not have the legal backing to proscribe the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over its continued strike. Falana said this in reaction to speculations that the federal government is planning to proscribe ASUU for failing to call off the strike. The strike, which began…
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, says something will happen soon as regards the crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Wike spoke on Monday during the flag-off of construction work in the Obio-Akpor area of the state. The opposition party has been embroiled in crisis since the conclusion of its presidential primary election in…
Ahmed Makarfi, former governor of Kaduna, says voting Peter Obi’s Labour party (LP) or Rabiu Kwankwaso’s New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) will only strengthen the PDP and the APC. He said Obi and Kwankwaso should come back to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in order to aid the party’s effort to defeat the All Progressives…
Awori Monarch For Gesture •Governor approves construction of 750-seater theatre, buses, free Internet for Education varsity •‘Why I donated project to school’ Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, inaugurated a 250-seater lecture hall donated by Oloto of Oto-Awori Kingdom, Oba Josiah Ilemobade Aina, to the newly upgraded Lagos State University of Education (LASUED) in…
