…Praises Buhari for sanitizing the system A senatorial aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Austin Ovuigwerie Orette has promised to attract federal presence and foreign investment to Delta South. He also promised to create better opportunities for the people. “Are the people much better now than they were eight years ago? Some of the aspirants belong to the past and bringing them back is like putting old wine in a new bottle” he said. Orette spoke about his readiness to represent the people of Delta South and what he calls poor performance. “I’m in the…
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The recent appointment of Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi as an Advisory Board Member of the United Nations Road Safety Trust Fund (UNRSTF), as well as Sole Representative of Nigeria and Africa in the Fund has been described as a well-deserved recognition of his feats as Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation. All Progressives Congress (APC) Chieftain, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, stated this while reacting to Amaechi’s appointment, which took place during the inaugural meeting of the UNRSTF Advisory Board at the UN Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, on 9th August, 2018. “This, no doubt, is recognition of Amaechi’s revolutionary strides as Nigeria’s…
Dakar, Senegal – 29th August 2018: Toyin Saraki welcomes new World Health Organization ‘State of Health in Africa’ report; calls for sustainable improvements towards universal health coverage Her Excellency Mrs Toyin Ojora Saraki, Special Adviser to the Independent Advisory Group of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa, has welcomed the launch of ‘The State of Health in Africa’ report which demonstrates that improvements in health can only be sustained and expanded if countries significantly alter the way they deliver essential health services. The report was launched today in Dakar, Senegal, by Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO’s Regional Director…
Former Presidential Adviser and Chieftain of the Accord Party, Dr Doyin Okupe has said he remains the leader of the party in the southwest. Okupe was reacting to a statement credited to some leaders of the party in the Southwest denouncing his leadership of the party in the zone. He said: “I remain the authentic leader of Accord Party in Southwest. There’s a letter from the National secretariat of the party authenticating this.” He described, as a charade, the meeting of some chieftains of the party led by the party’s National Secretary, Dr (Mrs) Adebukola Ajaja, in Ibadan. Okupe said…
A Civil Society Organization, Centre for Public Accountability (CPA), has dragged the Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETfund) Dr. Abdullahi Baffa, to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of abuse of office and cases of contract deemed improperly awarded by the TETfund Chief Executive. The group led by its Executive Director, Comrade Olufemi Lawson, in a petition submitted today at the Lagos Office of the EFCC, said “It is with a deep sense of responsibility, that the Centre for Public Accountability (CPA), find it compelling to lodge a formal complaint, for investigative activities, of…
The Coalition of Civil Society Groups against Terrorism in Nigeria, has demanded for the arrest and interrogation of a Chieftain of the Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CNM), Mr. Akin Oshuntokun, for allegedly claiming that there was a bomb blast in Maiduguri, Borno State on Sallah day, which he claimed killed about 88 people. The Coalition also urged the Federal Government to order an investigation into the role being played by some desperate politicians, among whom Mr. Oshuntokun plays a critical role, in the spreading of false information, and narratives while giving moral support, for the Boko Haram insurgency. It said…
The National Industrial Court has ruled that the non-payment of salaries to 255 workers of the various Demonstration Primary and Secondary Schools in Rivers State since 2016 is unlawful and null and void. The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, had in February, 2016 directed immediate stoppage of salaries of workers in the Demonstration schools in the Rivers State University, Nkpolu, Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni and the Ken Saro Wiwa Polytechnic, Bori. The Governor had stated that the Rivers state government would no longer pay salary of the workers where pupils pay some forms of fees. In the…
….As INEC corrected itself immediately Members of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Osun State have been asked to put their mind at rest as Justice Olamide Folahanmi Oloyede (rtd) is still remain the deputy governorship candidate of the party in the forthcoming September 22 governorship election in the state. This word of assurance was given by the State Chairman of the party, Hon. Adelakin Ajao in Osogbo while reacting to a recent report that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had not changed the former deputy governorship candidate, Mr Arowolo Oladele to that of Oloyede as legally demanded by…
A women rights activist, Mrs. Adeola Adeyemi has warned the authority of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against playing hanky-panky in their dealings with the African Democratic Party (ADC),alleging the electoral body of insincerity in their preparation of the forthcoming guber poll in the State. Mrs. Adeyemi also alleged that the electoral umpire was planning to rig out the party (ADC) and its candidates from the governorship race, threatening to use the democratic means of approaching the court of competent jurisdiction to seek redress. In a signed statement by Adeyemi and copies were made available to newsmen at the…
As 2018 Osun State governorship election is drawing nearer, an Osun women group under the aegis of Obokun Women Forum (OWF) has pledged its support to the Deputy-Governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), retired Justice Olamide Folahanmi Oloyede, calling on the women folks across the length and breadth of the State to rally round the courageous retired jurist. The women Forum gave the charge through its Leader, Mrs. Agboola Taiwo, during an interactive session with the ADC Deputy-Governorship candidate on a familiarization tour of the Obokun local government area of the State, assuring Justice Oloyede of their support…