Renowned politician and Economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, has said some actors in the Northern part of Nigeria are afraid of the call for the restructuring of the country because they are facing a crisis of unity and are uncertain about what it portends for them. Utomi spoke at a virtual media parley on Sunday, organised by Nzuko Umunna, Ovation and Njenje Media, ahead of the conference to foster national cohesion and development. He said the North cannot stand on its own without the rest of Nigeria as less than five states can unite as one. The second edition of the:…
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Tinubu is now in high spirits and is very hale and hearty if feelers from France is anything to go by. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been seen in new picture with His Royal Majest,Oba Saheed Elegushi and Lagos State Head Of Service, Hon Muri Okunola.
….SAYS EXERCISE AIMED AT QUALITY SERVICE DELIVERY The Ekiti State House of Assembly Service Commission has released the report of the concluded Staff Audit as part of the efforts to reorganize the legislative service commission for effective and quality service delivery in line with the scheme of service. The audit which started last year on assumption of office of the present Commission members engaged the services of Auditors over complaints, agitations and petitions from members of staff on allegations of irregular advancement, absenteeism, arbitrary promotion and placement of officers above colleagues without regards to scheme of service. The audit which…
State chairmen of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-West zone have advised the former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola to quit the reconciliation committee. Recall that Oyinlola was appointed as the chairman of the reconciliation committee by the faction of the Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde. The chairmen said that the committee was not set up by legitimate Excos of the Zonal Caretaker Committee in the South-West. A statement on Sunday, by the Chairman of the State Chairmen, Dr Sikirulai Ogundele, said that by virtue the committee not being set up by the Zonal Caretaker Committee…
One of the world’s largest known deposits of untapped iron ore is buried inside a great, forested mountain range in the tiny West African republic of Guinea. In the country’s southeast highlands, far from any city or major roads, the Simandou Mountains stretch for seventy miles, looming over the jungle floor like a giant dinosaur spine. Some of the peaks have nicknames that were bestowed by geologists and miners who have worked in the area; one is Iron Maiden, another Metallica. Iron ore is the raw material that, once smelted, becomes steel, and the ore at Simandou is unusually rich,…
Former presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba, has withdrawn his $1 billion lawsuit against Twitter and its founder, Jack Dorsey, before the Federal High Court in Abuja. Garba sued the tech boss after he (Dorsey) showed his support for the #EndSARS protest in October 2020. In his lawsuit, he asked the court to compel Dorsey to pay the Nigerian Government $1 billion as compensation for all the damages caused during the #EndSARS protest. He alleged that the grand plan of Dorsey and others was to use the protest to topple the government of the day. He also asked the court to compel…
The Ogun State Commissioner for Forestry, Hon. Tunji Akinosi has explained why a N20million worth of bridge being built by some unknown persons in a government forest reserve must be demolished. Akinosi revealed that the illegal construction site was discovered in 2018 by the immediate past administration of Former Governor Ibikunle Amosun. Akinosi said the last administration had stopped the construction of the bridge at the time. However, it appeared those behind the project have since returned to site to continue the work, prompting the present government of Governor Dapo Abiodun to take a more stringent measure. We can recall…
RESUMPTION OF ONLINE ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES The Senate of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti at a virtual meeting held on Thursday, 7th January, 2021 thoroughly assessed the global, national and the State government protocols/precautions to manage the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and decided to put the Health of the students and staff first. Senate accordingly decided that ONLINE CLASSES will begin across all faculties in the University on Monday, 18th January, 2021 as continuation of the 1st Semester of the 2019/2020 academic session.Senate further stated that only students who have completed payment of all prescribed fees/charges will have the opportunity…
The Commissioner for the Imo state office of the Public Complaint Commission, Chief Willy Amadi may have landed himself in sex tape mess following the fast circulating in video of his alleged sexual indiscretion. In the fast spreading video, the Commissioner was seen videoing himself in the 12-second sex tape which captured his image and those of two girls making out on a bed while he videoed the raunchy scene. As at the time of processing this report, Chief Willy Amadi could not be reached for comments. The position of Commissioner in the Public Complaint Commission (PCC) as occupied by…
The desire of Nigerians for increased level of implementation of 2020 capital projects ( as contained in the 2020 budget) is currently being threatened by the inability of Federal government Ministries, Departments and Agencies ( MDAs) to pay for completed and on-going capital projects. For many years, implementation of Capital projects component of government annual budgets has remained a major set back to economic development of Nigeria. The Senate had on 16th December 2020 approved a request by Mr President for the extension of the Capital projects component of the 2020 budget to 31st March, 2021. Investigations by BusinessDay reveals…
