No fewer than 183 of 360 House of Representatives members do not have a single bill listed against their names since their inauguration in June last year, The Nation has found. The 1,039 bills that have passed first reading were sponsored by only 177 members. The Executive and the Senate also have bills either pending or being passed by the House. Ten executive and 10 Senate bills are at various stages of consideration. Our correspondent found that 93 All Progressives Congress (APC) members have sponsored bills in the House. They lead members of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP’s) 73, All…
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The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has warned the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to focus on his health rather than pursuing a 2023 presidential ambition. There are indications that the astute politician is nursing a presidential ambition come 2023. Primate Ayodele warned that Asiwaju Tinubu should focus and pray for his health not to crumble before 2023 instead of focusing on his ambition. Ayodele, who earlier prophesied that Tinubu will be betrayed by the Presidency, further noted that Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, won’t give enough support for the APC…
Ekiti State Internal Revenue Service (EKIRS), today, commenced the enumeration and tagging of landed properties under the State’s Land Use Charge (LUC) Law with the residence of the State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi at Isan Ekiti in Oye Local Government Area of the State. The Chairman of the EKIRS, Mr. Olumuyiwa Ogunmilade commended Governor Fayemi for what he described as leadership by example, saying that the Governor did not hesitate to give his approval and, in fact, encouraged the flagg off of the enumeration exercise from his house in order to lay good example for the citizens. Mr. Ogunmilade urged…
HOW MY PROFILE, BOOK WON OLUMILUA’S HEART, BY FAYEMI. The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Wednesday paid glowing tributes to former Governor of old Ondo State, the late Evang. Bamidele Ishola Olumilua, describing him as a courageous leader, who was generous and gracious in kindness. Olumilua, who served as Governor of the old Ondo State (comprising present Ondo and Ekiti States) between January 1992 and November 1993, died in his hometown Ikere-Ekiti on June 4, aged 80 years old. Dr Fayemi, at a Special Commendation service organised by Ekiti State Government in honour of the late Olumilua…
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, who has been directed to recuse himself pending the outcome of an investigation, and the Acting VC, Prof. Folashade Ogunshola, have been dragged before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The petitioner is Prof. Boniface Oye-Adeniran, retired Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Medicine, University of Lagos. Oye-Adeniran is also a Member of the UNILAG Appointments and Promotions Board, 2014 to 2018; Member, University of Lagos Governing Council, 2017 to 2019; and past National President, Nigerian Medical Association, 1993 to 1997. Joined alongside Ogundipe and Ogunshola in the…
Former MD Polaris Bank Plc Mr Adetokunbo Mukail Abiru officially joins the race for the Lagos East Senatorial District . The Ikorodu born Politician was received at the APC party Secretariat acme by the State Chairman Hon Babatunde Balogun and our esteemed State Party Executives. The visit availed him the opportunity to address the party leaders on his Legislatives agenda and plans for the district, State and Nigeria . Nevertheless l must say the journey to reposition Lagos East Senatorial District as a socio-economic development hub in Nigeria as started.
The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has advocated the need for the speedy dispensation of justice in the country. Professor Osinbajo made this call on Wednesday when he virtually declared open the Annual National Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association in Lagos, where he represented President Muhammadu Buhari. The vice president wants to see judicial reforms that will fast track all court cases, so that the longest will be a maximum 15 months. Besides speedy dispensation of court case, Osinbajo noted that multiple and conflicting court orders are making a mockery of the judicial process, while highlighting the need for…
The federal government on Wednesday disclosed that it has approved a N10 billion survival fund for transport workers and operators in the country. The Minister of State for Transportation, Senator Gbemisola Saraki, made the disclosure when the President, Public Transport Owners of Nigeria Association (PTONA), Mr. Isaac Uhunwagho, led the association’s National Executive Committee and Trustees to pay her a courtesy call in Abuja. Saraki, in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja by the Director of Press of the ministry, Eric Ejiekwe, informed the delegation that the funds, which will help cushion the sufferings encountered by road transport…
Not less than 60 associations in Nigeria have come together to form a non-partisan, broad-based national platform for all citizens with the aim to promote peace and national stability. In a communique obtained by our correspondent, the organisers said that the new platform became a necessity following the rate of insecurity and incessant killings in the country. The mismanagement of the national economy and global corruption index, which places Nigeria in a ridiculous position, is among factors the group said triggered the formation of the new platform. The group, which comprises Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, Journalists for Democratic Rights, Ohanaeze …
