Month: March 2023

Parliamentary Group lauds Tinubu’s stance on Election of 10th NASS Leadership

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A socio-political group that strives to strengthen good governance through effective parliamentary representation at the National Assembly, Parliamentary Advocacy Network, PAN Nigeria, has lauded the position of the President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on a complete non-interference of the members of the Executive in the selection process of Presiding Officers of the two Chambers of the National Assembly scheduled for sometime in June this year. Speaking to selected media men at the National Assembly Complex, Tuesday, in Abuja, National Coordinator of the group, Prince Sunny Anderson Osiebe, said he was…

Strategic Development of Education Sector in Lagos State, By ABUBAKAR YUSUF

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The Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration in Lagos state has given hope to the hopeless with education as the bedrock of the society, as well as one of the core mandate of social services to ordinary Nigerians, in view of the desire of the country to meeting up the SDGs Goals.   Before the inception of the present administration, education in Lagos state was in shambles and sorry state, with the private schools cashing in on the inability of the public schools to carry out it’s statutory functions from payments of salaries,…

INEC to Political Parties : You cannot substitute candidates for Saturday polls.

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All political parties can no longer substitute candidates they have nominated and have their names published on the final list by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).   The commission said only dead candidates and those whose nomination are voided by the courts can be substituted.   According to INEC, the window for the withdrawal and substitution of candidates has closed after the publication of the final list of candidates nominated for national and state elections.   The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had said it will not contest the rescheduled…

They sell the needy for a pair of shoes. By Owei Lakemfa

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I woke up at the weekend to a letter by Professor Ibrahim Adamu Yakasai of the Bayero University, Kano. He had on February 25, 2023 performed a civic duty as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Returning Officer for the Tudun Wada/Doguwa House of Representative elections.   He had announced with his professorial authority that Ado Doguwa of the All Progressives Congress, APC, polled 39,732 votes to defeat his closest rival, Yushau Salisu Abdullahi, of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP, who polled 34,798 votes. Now, in his letter, he…

The scramble for Lagos By Lasisi Olagunju

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If you were in Western Nigeria in the 1980s, you would remember a television drama with the title Fó’po mó’yò which featured Fadeyi Oloro, the hugely popular ‘venomous’ actor who died last week. May God rest his soul. Fó’po mó’yò is about the appointment and installation of a new king. It is about the intrusion (or injection) of the powerful, malevolent, poisonous outlaw, Fadeyi, into the mix and spanners thrown in the works. It is about a bitter, painful, violent struggle for power – and for peace, sanity and fairness.…

Now that we have arrived Rwanda By Festus Adedayo

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Just before genocide broke out in Rwanda in 1994, a broadcaster on the Radio Television Libre des Mille Collines (RTLM) had said: “Someone must … make them disappear for good … to wipe them from human memory … to exterminate the Tutsi from the surface of the earth.” That statement, among others, from that Kigali-based radio which broadcast from July 8, 1993, to July 31, 1994, became the tinder that set Rwanda on fire. By this time next week, the 2023 Nigerian general elections would have been concluded. However, like…

Tinubu hails Prof. Aderinto on winning $300,000 Dan David prize in History

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The Nigeria President-Elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent a warm congratulatory message to Prof. Saheed Aderinto, a prominent Professor of History and African and African Diaspora Studies, Florida International University, for winning the prestigious Dan David $300,000 prize in History. Tinubu in a statement personally signed by him described the Award as a rare achievement, said Prof. Aderinto has not only further etched his name in academic excellence but has also made Nigeria, Africa and the entire Black race proud, for which “we must all remain thankful to him”.…

IGP directs Commands to conclude Electoral cases, handover case files to INEC for prosecution

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The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has directed Commissioners of Police in charge of State Commands to ensure that investigations in all cases of violations against the 2022 Electoral Act during the February 25th 2023 Presidential and National Assembly electioneering process are swiftly concluded and the case files forwarded to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for prosecution.   In a bid to ensure all-inclusive election security management and accord Nigerians benefits/leverage of active participation, to achieve free, fair, and credible Gubernatorial and State Houses of Assembly elections…

Old naira notes remain legal tender – CBN breaks silence

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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said the old N200, N500 and N1000 notes remain legal tender until December 31, 2023. CBN spokesperson, Isa Abdulmumin announced the development in a statement on Monday. The statement read; “In compliance with the established tradition of obedience to court orders and sustenance of the Rule of Law Principle that characterized the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, and by extension, the operations of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), as a regulator, Deposit Money Banks operating in Nigeria have been directed to comply with…

I have no preferred candidates for 10th NASS leadership – Tinubu

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The President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu has met with the Senators and members of the house of representatives elected on the platform of the All Progressives Party (APC) in the last elections at the State House conference centre in Abuja.     In the meeting which was held on Monday, March 13, 2023, among those present were Orji Kalu, senator-elect for Abia north, Ahmad Lawan, former senate president, Abdulaaziz Yari, former governor of Zamafara state and senate-elect, Adams Oshiomhole, former governor of Edo state and Godswill Akpabio.   While addressing the…