Seventy-two hours after narrowly escaping death in the hands of alleged armed herders, Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom, yesterday, sounded the alarm bell on insecurity, saying the 2023 general elections may not hold if the problem is not solved. Speaking to State House correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Ortom also warned the political class to preoccupy themselves with how to solve the worsening security situation that was threatening the unity of the country and forget about the 2023 election. He said: “I want to let Nigerians know, especially those who are responsible for…
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Yoruba Global Alliance, a leading Self Determination Organization with allies in 133 countries across the world, has admonished the Yoruba people “currently tied down in Nigeria” not to panic in the face of the programmed onslaught by marauders waging war against the whole of Nigeria. In a strongly worded press statement by Veteran International Journalist and Chairman of Council of the Organization, Akogun Tola Adeniyi, Yoruba Global Alliance assured the Yoruba Nation that their goal of Yoruba Sovereignty is not negotiable, on course and irreversible. The statement, endorsed by the founding fathers of the YGA, assured the entire Yoruba race…
Oyo State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Barrister Olasunkanmi Olaleye has said that Tuesday’s protest embarked upon by students of some state-owned tertiary institutions was needless. The commissioner, who spoke on the issues raised by the students said that the state government had addressed accreditation issues affecting the institutions. A statement by Taiwo Adisa, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, indicated that the commissioner stated this on Tuesday, noting that the administration of Governor Makinde has implemented policies and programmes that have impacted positively on tertiary education in the state. He said: “The students are agitating on infrastructural…
The Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, CP Tunde Mobayo has led Senior Government Officials, Ekiti State Police Command Management to the resident of the late female Police officer shot during the last Saturday Ekiti East Bye-Election in the State. According to a press statement released and e-signed by the Command’s Spokesperson, ASP Abutu Sunday, “The Commissioner of Police, Ekiti State Command, CP TUNDE MOBAYO, today being 23rd March, 2021, amidst tears, paid a condolence visit to the family of the Late W/SGT OLAWOYE BUKOLA who gave up the ghost yesterday 22nd March, 2021 after she was shot by hoodlums during…
The All Progressives Congress, APC is reportedly on the verge of suspending its National Convention earlier scheduled for June 2021.It was revealed that the possible postponement of the convention was connected to the upcoming religious festivals.A top-ranking member of the national caucus of the party who confirmed the possible postponement of the event to newsmen said it is impossible for the convention to hold on the earlier announced date, noting that the Christian believers would be observing lent and conventional wisdom dictates that will allow them to observe the religious period.He further explained that after the Christians are done with…
A Bill which seeks to ensure smooth operation of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), on Tuesday, scaled second reading in the Senate. The Bill titled: “A Bill for an Act to amend the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria Act No.3, 2014 to extend the tenor of the resolution cost fund and for related matters, 2021” was sponsored by Senator Opeyemi Bamidele (Ekiti Central). Bamidele in his lead debate noted that the main aim of the proposed amendment is to update a few clauses in the Act that have been hampering the operations of the AMCON. He said: “Under…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has accepted a petition filed by the Mutual Union of Tiv in America. The Deputy Speaker, Ahmed Wase, had prevented the lawmaker representing Gwer-East/Gwer-West Federal Constituency in Benue State, Mr Mark Gbillah, from laying the petition before the House. Gbillah brought the petition back at the plenary on Tuesday and it was admitted. Gbajabiamila said, “I believe this is the same petition that has been causing a lot of misunderstanding. The misunderstanding came from the issue of signature. “Having cleared that misunderstanding, please, go ahead and lay your petition to be…
Taking to his twitter handle, the executive Governor of Ekiti state, Dr john kayode Fayemi has announced the creation and operation of a LinkedIn account to further engage the public. He wrote: ”I am pleased to announce that I have recently opened a LinkedIn account with a view to expanding avenues for engagement. Our administration is the pioneer state to domesticate the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the first state in the Southwest to sign up to the Open Government Partnership (OGP).I look forward to engaging more with you here on #Twitter and on #LinkedIn too.” Click to visit…
Berlin is negotiating to fully restitute hundreds of the Benin bronzes in a shift of policy that has been welcomed in Nigeria but will put pressure on museums in London and Oxford to also return artefacts looted by British troops from its former west African empire in 1897. More than 500 historical objects, including 440 bronzes from the Kingdom of Benin, in what is now southern Nigeria, are held at the Ethnological Museum in the German capital. Half of the collection was due to go on display this autumn at the Humboldt Forum, a newly opened museum of non-European art…
The managing Director of ECKLEEN INTEGRATED SERVICES the contractor that handled the Osusu Road Project in Aba, Engr. Uzoma Onuoha has threatened to sue the former Governor of the State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu for claiming that the road was done by the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC. Mr Onuoha who spoke to newsmen in Aba while reacting to the claims by Senator Orji Uzor Kalu described the claims as the Mother of all lies. He wondered how someone could wake up overnight to claim a job done by the state government under Governor Okezie Ikpeazu. While displaying documents issued…
