The Supreme court has said that it would deliver its judgement on the suit brought before it by Oyo State Chapter of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) against the State government on the 7th of May, 2021. The case with suit number SC556/2020 is between Bashorun Moshood Ajuwon and others and the Governor of Oyo state. It would be recalled that the Governor of the State, Seyi Makinde had instituted a case in the Court of Appeal sitting in the state capital, Ibadan against the 68 chairmen of the 33 local government and 35 local council development…
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Officers of the Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Amotekun have arrested 4 suspected criminals; a Yoruba man, a Togolese and two Fulanis, responsible for robberies along the Ilero to Iganna Road in the Kajola local government area of Oyo state. The criminals who were arrested in Abatan Village, Okeho by men of the Amotekun, Kajola Command are Oseni Soliu, a 40-year-old Togolese, Adekojo Adeniji, a 55-year-old Yoruba man from Okeho, Asani Mekudi, a 35-year-old Fulani and Usman lmaru; a 40-year-old Fulani residing in Okeho. The men were nabbed on the 2nd of February, 2021 and were said to have carried…
The United States Consulate, Lagos, has inaugurated an Education USA Advisory Centre in Ibadan to provide opportunities for Nigerian students to study in America. The opening of the centre was performed on Wednesday by the Public Affairs Officer, United States Consulate, Mr. Stephen Ibelli, and the Oyo State Commissioner for Education, Mr. Olasunkanmi Olaleye, at the American Corner in Ibadan. Ibelli stated that the consulate are working with the commissioner for Education on promoting education and studying in USA. He said that with more than 14,000 Nigerians studying in America, the quality and high standard of American education would assist Nigerians in helping…
The arrival of COVID-19 in 2020 has rapidly reshaped countries, societies and communities. Our response to the pandemic has changed political and social systems and created new social norms. Now the world continues to face a plethora of challenges – including climate change, inequality, technological change, migration and displacement – that are both complex and evolving, and which demand collective action. Most pressingly, the full economic impact of the pandemic is still not fully understood: The IMF projected a historic global GDP contraction of 4.4% in 2020 and a partial and uneven recovery in 2021, with growth at 5.2%. And yet, despite…
A younger brother of the wife of the Governor of Ebonyi State, Mrs. Rachel Umahi has been arrested and paraded by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command in Abuja for kidnapping. The arrest of the young man, identified as Chukwu Betherand, also popularly known as ‘fish’ is said to have come as a rude shock to the Ebonyi first family. The Alleged kidnappers according to police sources were using the Ebonyi State Governor’s Lodge in the high brow Maitama area of Abuja as hide out where their kidnapped victims were kept. The suspects who were arrested on February 6,…
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has appealed to all Nigerians to take whatever issues they feel strongly about to the National Assembly, especially now that the process of the Constitution review is in progress. Lawan made the appeal on Wednesday when a delegation of the Enugu State Committee on the creation of Adada State visited him in his office at the National Assembly. The delegation, which included former Minister of Information and immediate past President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, was led by Chief Vita Abba. The meeting was facilitated by Senator Chukwuka Utazi, who is…
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State came into office on May 29, 2019, precisely less than 21 months ago. As at today, February 10, 2021, for every one month he has spent in office since 2019, he has constructed at least five new roads, totalling over 110 new roads. This means that for every six days Abdulrahman has spent in office, he has constructed at least one new road. With this statistics, we can actually project that by the end of his first term in office, he would have constructed at least 300 new roads, one road in every six…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists has called on corporate bodies to support its efforts in ensuring a successful hosting of the 2020/2021 Press Freedom Award for collective good of all and better Nigeria. The NUJ President, Chris Isiguzo, at a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja said this year’s edition would be combined with last year’s as the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown prevented the celebration. Isiguzo explained that the award was to celebrate the important principles of press freedom, defend the media from attacks on their independence and pay tribute to journalists who had lost their lives in the…
The Federal Executive Council at its meeting on Wednesday approved a new Medium Term Debt Management Strategy for Nigeria for 2020-2023, according to the official website of the Debt Management Office. The DMO explained that the MTDS was a policy document that provided a guide to the borrowing activities of a government in the medium-term, which is usually four years. It said: “It is recognised as one of the best practices in public debt management and is recommended by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF). “This is to ensure that public debt management is driven by a well-articulated…
The Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE) on Wednesday inaugurated over 80 projects executed at its Oye and Ikole Ekiti campuses by the outgoing Vice Chancellor, Prof. Kayode Soremekun. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the inauguration ceremony was held at the Oye Ekiti campus of the university. NAN reports that some of the completed projects inaugurated include the university library, 500 capacity lecture theatre, theatre arts complex, and Faculty of Art building. Others include; Foundry building, Faculty of Engineering workshop building, Faculty of Agriculture complex, male student hostel, Faculty of Pharmacy building and Faculty of Management Science phaseamong others.…
