To help further strengthen national integration for national growth and development, governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state, takes the former Lagos state governor and National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to Kano Emir’s Palace for a courtesy visit to the Emir Aminu Ado Bayero, ahead Tinubu’s Colloquim celebration slated for tomorrow, Monday. Governor Ganduje briefed the Emir that, “His Excellency Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the National Leader of our great party, APC, is in Kano for a special visit to the Emirate, for national cohesion, sight seeing to see our modest development in…
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The field Commandant of the Osun State Security Network also known as Operation Amotekun, Comrade Amitolu Shittu has reportedly landed in trouble over a Facebook post considered to be offensive to some officials of the state government. As a result, Shittu has been summoned to appear before a disciplinary committee set up by the state government, according to a statement posted on the state’s official Twitter handle @stateofosun, on Saturday. The statement read, “Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, willing to ensure that discipline is instilled in his cabinet, especially considering that Amitolu is also a serving member of his government, has directed…
Ekiti State Junior Tennis player,Seun Ogunsakin has again retained his National Tennis under 14 title,in the 2021 CBN National Tennis Championship in Lagos. Seun also emerged as the new under 16 boys champions,while he was also named the most outstanding player of the Championship.His sibling,Seyi lost in the final of the boys under-12. Other players from Ekiti state under the state coach Wumi Ogunsakin represented the state at the Lagos CBN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP are Israel Adeusi, Moyo Akanle, Gbolahan Olaniran, Success Ogunjobi, Foluke Ola and Taiwo Oyeniyi.
Congratulations are in order for Nigerian payments technology company, Flutterwave, which recently clinched a $170m grant, raising the fortunes of the company to over $1bn within a space of less than five years. The story of Flutterwave broke the Internet a couple of weeks ago, inspiring many youths to consider careers in the financial technology space. Launched in 2016 by Olugbenga Agboola, fondly referred to as GB, Flutterwave, with its operational head office in Lagos State and its corporate headquarters in San Francisco, the company rapidly grew in such a short time, leaving many wondering about the vast opportunities that…
The Federal Government on Saturday raised alarm over fake covid-19 vaccines currently in circulation in Africa. It stated that about 3,000 of the fake vaccines, which were Africa-bound from China have been intercepted. The Director of Hospital Services of the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH), Dr Adebimpe Adebiyi, made this known in a letter dated March 26, 2021, to the Chief Medical Directors/Medical Directors of Federal Tertiary Health Institutions. She said: “The Ministry is in receipt of a letter from the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 regarding the arrest of about 3,000 doses of fake COVID-19 vaccines which were…
Bola Tinubu, the National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has called on the Federal Government to invest massively on job creation to tackle insecurity and unemployment in the country. Tinubu made the appeal in a remark at the opening of the 2021 annual Arewa House Lectures, which he chaired on Saturday in Kaduna. The lecture was on “Reduction of the Cost of Governance for Inclusive Growth and Youth Development in Northern Nigeria in a Post- COVID-19 era”. He said that government must urgently think outside of the box in finding solutions to the challenges posed by unemployment. According…
There are different ways to avoid slavery, but committing suicide is quite strange or rare. However the people of Ara in 1855 did not have this ideology. Ara Town in Ekiti as at 1850 was one of the most powerful towns with a settlement as big as that of the people of Ijaye of Egba land. Trouble started when the people of Ara rebelled against their leader, Alara of Ara and even sent him into exile because of his bad leadership and grievous offences he commited against the people of the town. After his exile, the town needed another leader,…
The Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures in Nigeria, on Saturday, advocated community policing as the means of tackling the lingering security challenges in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the speakers made the declaration in a communique read to newsmen in Bauchi, at the end of their general conference meeting, held in the state. Abubakar Sulaiman, Chairman, Speakers of State Legislatures, while reading the communique, stated that insecurity was the major issue discussed at the meeting and the way forward. Sulaiman who is also the Speaker, Bauchi State House of Assembly, said the conference was unanimous…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has urged the Federal Government to remove counterpart funding, as part of basic requirements for states to access Federal Government funding of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC). He urged UBEC and Federal Ministry of Education to improve mechanism for school monitoring and evaluation of projects to promote qualitatY education in the country. Fayemi said this, when Committee on Basic Education Chairman, Prof. Julius Ihonvbere led other members of House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education on a visit to him at the Governor’s Office in Ado Ekiti. Fayemi said: “It is necessary to step down counterpart…
The need to create more space for women to participate actively in the socio-political and economic development of the country received another boost yesterday at The Guardian’s International Women’s Day Summit, which held in Lagos. Leading the renewed campaign was the chairperson of the Nigerian Governor’s Wives Against Gender-based Violence (NGWA-GBV), and the wife of Ekiti State governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi. At the event, she said that it was imperative for Nigerians to reform the country’s political culture with a view to ensuring that the government delivers on its promises. Also making a case for improved legislation and legal reforms,…
