Author: Mr Abiodun Borisade

THOSE THAT FAIL TO LEARN FROM HISTORY, WILL RELIVE HISTORY The First came. His name was Odumegwu Ojukwu. He told them Fulani can’t coexist with them. Took them to war against the Fulani and got 2m of his people slaughtered. When the heat on him got unbearable, he simple varnished into thing air leaving his people at the mercy of the so-called enemies. The people did not die after all. They healed instead. Twelve years latter, in the thick of democratic politics, he came back. He met all his people neatly settled in a political party. But that party did…

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#EkitiArtsFest God bless Ekiti… Erelu Bisi Fayemi (Ekiti State 1st Lady) & The Wife of deputy Governor, Chief (Mrs) Margaret Egbeyemi, examining some works of arts at the Ekiti State Arts, Culture and Talent Fair in Ado-Ekiti as the inauguration ceremony events for the the new government continues…. Ekiti State Arts, Culture and Talent Fair was a fun filled event, Ekiti indigenes from different local governments came with their wares and displayed them. From the basket weavers, to mat weavers, shoe makers, well packaged Iru (locust beans), aso oke weavers, Adire and so on. It was a wonderful initiative by…

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FULL LIST: EFCC’s 11 Charges Against Fayose COUNT 1 That you MR. AYODELE FAYOSE and MR. ABIODUN AGBELE (now facing another charge) on or about 17th June, 2014 in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, took possession of the sum of N1,219,000, 000.00 (One Billion, Two Hundred and Nineteen Million Naira) to fund your 2014 gubernatorial campaign in Ekiti State, which sum you reasonably ought to have known formed part of the proceeds of an unlawful act, to wit: criminal breach of trust/stealing and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 15 (2) (d) of the Money…

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President General Lawrence Anirejuoritse Wilbert, publicity secretary Citizen Mohammed Sabo Keana. The newly sworn in USOSA EXCO 1. President General -Lawrence Wilbert (FGC Ugwolawo OSA) 2. Vice President General- Michael Magaji (FGC Jos OSA) 3. Secretary General- Nasir Wasagu (FGC Kano OSA) 4. Treasurer – Osaigbovo Ezekiel (FGGC Benin OGA) 5. Publicity Secretary- Sotonye Edohore (FGGC Langtang OGA) 6. Welfare Secretary- Khadizat Bisallah (FGGC Bida OGA) 7. Financial Secretary- Kingsley Anene (FGC Warri OSA) 8. Legal Adviser -Amure Chinedu (FGGC Bakori OGA) 9. Auditor – Idike Odiri (FGC Lagos OSA) 10. Assistant Secretary General- Chioma Aninwe (FGGC Abuloma OGA) 11.…

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31 women vie for 469 National Assembly seats under APC, PDP By Daily Trust Reporters The chances of a woman making it to the 9th National Assembly in 2019 are slim as only 31 of them secured the tickets of the two leading parties, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the just concluded primaries of the parties. Findings by Daily Trust revealed that there would be no improvement in their number in the 9th Assembly even if all the female candidates that won tickets on the platforms of APC and PDP were to…

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AP NEWS ’We are hungry!” Migrants wail at Mexico-Guatemala border By SONIA PEREZ D. and MARK STEVENSON TECUN UMAN, Guatemala (AP) — A standoff between thousands of Central American migrants trying to reach the United States and Mexican police stretched through the night with some migrants hanging from the closed border gate wailing “there are children here” while others slept on the crowded bridge linking Guatemala to Mexico. Members of the caravan of more than 3,000 migrants had earlier burst through a Guatemalan border fence and rushed onto the bridge over the Suchiate River, defying Mexican authorities’ entreaties for…

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How TDC has started DOING what the one presently in the Brick House could not do. —————————————————————————————————— “The first day we come here people dey cry, the suffering dey too much. Everybody wey we dey see here Na una be the representation of Nigeria. When everybody dey look Nigeria na una them dey see; when everybody look Rivers State na you. So if you dey cry, Rivers State dey cry, the same with Nigeria. If you dey laugh, Rivers State dey laugh, and Nigeria too dey laugh. “So our responsibility be sey if we want Rivers State better, we get…

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324,000 for 4,000 spaces!?? Hmmmn!!! FRSC Recruitment: 3rd stage commences soon The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says the third stage of its ongoing recruitment will commence soon. Public Education Officer of the corps, Mr Bisi Kazeem, made this known in Abuja on Friday. The agency had between Sept. 24 and Sept. 29, commenced the recruitment, with physical screening of no fewer than 324,000 applicants, who applied for 4,000 jobs in the corps. The exercise was for various cadres, including officers, Marshal Inspectors and Road Marshal Assistants. Kazeem said that the last physical screening that was conducted was the second…

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