Month: December 2023

2024:Orelope-Adefulire calls for Accelerated SDGs Implementation, Peaceful coexistence

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The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SSAP-SDGs), Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, has emphasized the critical need for peaceful coexistence among Nigerians, alongside intensified efforts and expedited actions in the implementation of the SDGs in Nigeria. The Presidential Aide made this call in a statement marking the commencement of the year 2024 and the ninth year in the implementation of the SDGs. With only seven years remaining to achieve the ambitious global goals, Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire underscored the urgency for collaborative and concerted endeavours to ensure that…

New Year : NILDS DG pledges commitment to Democratic Consolidation, Lawmaker Capacity Building

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As new year beckons,Prof. Abubakar O. Sulaiman, Director General of National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), emphasized that the Institute’s primary focus in 2024 will be enhancing the capabilities of Nigerian lawmakers and those in the sub-region The goal is to strengthen Nigerian democracy through various programs and initiatives. In a statement, Prof. Sulaiman highlighted the Institute’s commitment to improving Legislators’ capacity to sustain and consolidate democratic governance through effective deliberation and policy formulation. Looking ahead to 2024, he extended New Year wishes to Nigerians worldwide, expressing gratitude…

Life, Akeredolu, Na’Abba and the “Ebi npa wa” shame By Festus Adedayo

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For the Algerian journalist, editor and editorialist, playwright and director, novelist and author of short stories, political essayist and activist, Albert Camus, life is meaningless and absurd. To him, it is inexplicable why we live, struggle all through and die. The meaninglessness of life is explained in his book The Myth of Sisyphus where he captures the absurdity of the god, Sisyphus struggling to push a rock up the mountain. The rock is pushed uphill; the rock rolls back in an endless, fruitless fight of forces. It is what human…

Do Not Hurry Your Expectations… By Abdullahi O Haruna Haruspice

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What I don’t eat is what you eat, what you don’t eat is what I eat- our common ground, however, is the toilet; at the end, we shall empty our bowels. The person who didn’t help you won’t go broke or get punished, the point is that he wasn’t the one destined to help you- your helper is on the way- na you no get patient.   I once dragged to sit in the front seat of a friend’s car, las las it started raining and the side glass of…

INFANTILE CALL FOR SOLUDO’S RESIGNATION AND POLITICISATION OF SECURITY IN ANAMBRA, SOUTH-EAST By Law Mefor

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When one read the statement from the so-called Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, demanding Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, the governor of Anambra State, to step down due to his purported incapacity to address security concerns in the state, one was taken aback. The call was ostensibly in response to Thursday night’s vicious attack in the state that claimed the lives of two police officers. May their souls rest in peace. Unidentified gunmen had ambushed Chief Chris Uba’s vehicle, a prominent figure in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Two of…

Zamfara Juma’at mosque reopens after seven years

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Zamfara state Governor, Dauda Lawal resolved a seven-year dispute that led to the closure of one of the largest Juma’at mosques in Moriki town, Zurmi Local government.   The Juma’at mosque in Moriki had been closed for over seven years due to a dispute between two factions in the community.   A statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris, said the intervention was necessary to address the disunity issue among the people.   According to him, the governor recognized unity’s crucial role in fostering social harmony and promoting sustainable…

New Year: Deputy Speaker Ben Kalu congratulates Nigerians,says Better days ahead

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Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu has congratulated Nigerians on the successful crossing over to the new year, 2024.   Kalu in his new year message to Nigerians said that 2024 promises good tidings and economic prosperity for Nigerians, urged the people to keep hope alive.   The Deputy Speaker said that the 2024 appropriation bill recently passed by the national assembly will substantially meet the expectations of Nigerians when assented to by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, believed that the economic conditions of the…

Yoruba Progressive Youths commends Speaker Abass, Bichi ,over timely passage of 2024 Budget

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One of the foremost support groups of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South West, Yoruba Progressive Youths (YPY) has joined other Nigerians in commending the 10th House of Representatives, for the swift passage of the 2024 Appropriation Bill. Otunba Kola Salau, President of the group, in a statement Sunday afternoon, described the Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas-led House as “most proactive and patriotic”. Salau specifically acknowledged “the dexterity with which the Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation, Hon. Abubakar Bichi conducted the budget scrutiny and how he advanced the…

Aiyedatiwa! By abiodun KOMOLAFE

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Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu is dead! May God repose his soul! Since nature abhors a vacuum, his Deputy, Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa has now been sworn-in as the substantive governor of the state. May God order his steps in the onerous tasks ahead!   By the way, if Aiyedatiwa could become the governor despite the intimidations from those whose hearts were made of rocks, nothing is impossible on earth. But then, this is just the beginning of what to expect in the foreseeable future, especially if the Obe-Nla, Ondo…

THE COST OF LOYALTY: A Sterling Example In A Resilient Aiyedatiwa

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There seems to be truly no reward for coming second in life. In leadership, the person who comes behind has serious problems of standing perpetually in the image of another until his own appearance is diminished or lost in the service of his master. Kindly cast your minds on a master-servant relationship and you will appreciate how defeating it could be to be under the influence of anyone, no matter how good. In political leadership where all things are fair, it’s worse. I know you must have read Greene’s Laws…