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Coronavirus: Oyo govt declares emergency, closes schools

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Amid growing concerns over the Coronavirus pandemic, the Government of Oyo State has declared an emergency by ordering the immediate closure of schools and the inauguration of emergency operation centres, among other measures. Governor Seyi Makinde, who addressed newsmen late on Friday, after the inaugural meeting of the State’s COVID-19 Task Force, held at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan, said that schools in the state will remain closed till after Easter. The governor also declared that the state remained fully committed to the prevention, curtailment and control of the disease.…

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Boss visits Suleja ….assures completion of on-going projects

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The Managing Director of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Niger State Alh Ahmed Arah,today visited Suleja local government area to assess ongoing construction of clinic in Madalla which is at 90% completion. Arah said the project is to be completed by 6th April, 2020, and handed over to the local government for public use immediately.   In his remarks,the Vice Chairman of Suleja local government council , Hon Garba Biba, who represented the council Chairman appreciated the effort of the SDGs, and lobbied for the intervention of the SDGs boss to…

For Whom the Gates Open Wide, By Wole Soyinka

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Why, I am not certain, but I do have the feeling that the palace gates of the Kano emirate are not yet definitively slammed against this Islamic scholar, royal scion and seasoned economist. It is just a feeling. Closed and bared, or merely shut however, the doors of enlightened society remain wide open to Muhammad Sanusi. These are depressing times – stemming from different factors of course – for a large sector of the nation. Insecurity, economy in a coma, a leadership in name only, having vanished into ether, permanently…

BREAKING: Court Orders Immediate Release Of Sanusi From Confinement

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A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the immediate release of dethroned Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi from confinement/detention. Justice Anwuli Chikere made the order in an ex-parte ruling on Friday morning after listening to the lawyer to Sanusi, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) who argued a motion ex-parte to that effect. The order, made interim, is directed at the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Attorney General of Kano State and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) – who are all…

BREAKING: El-Rufai, Sanusi Meet In Awe

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Kaduna state Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai is currently in a meeting with the dethroned Emir of Kano, Lamino Sanusi who is taking asylum in Awe local government area of Nasarawa. The Kaduna Governor who is a close friend to the dethroned Emir had shortly after he was removed as emir appointed him into the board of the state Investment Promotion Agency, KADIPA. He also appointed the dethroned Emir as the chancellor of Kaduna state University. Already the state has witnessed an increased number of security check points in the last…

North Central Commission establishment bill passes second reading in Senate

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A Bill for an Act to establish North Central Development Commission (NCDC), passed second reading on the floor of Nigerian Senate on Thursday. The NCDC Bill, being Sponsored by Senator Abba Moro (Benue South), is coming barely two years, when the North East Development Commission (NEDC) was established by the Federal Government and barely 24 hours when the Bill for establishing North West Development Commission (NWDC) passed second reading at the Senate. The Bill seeks to establish a Commission responsible for receiving and managing funds allocated by the Federal Government…

$22.7bn Foreign Loan: NASS South East Caucus Protests Exclusion Of Region

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The South east Caucus in the National Assembly on Thursday protested the exclusion of projects in the region from the recently approved $22.7bn foreign borrowing plan of the federal government approved by the senate. The group led by former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu took their protest to the Senate President, Senator Ahmad Lawan and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. Senator Ekweremadu who briefed journalists on the outcome of the meeting with the two principal officers, said it was a meaningful discussion as the National Assembly…

S/West PDP Meeting: Makinde harps on unity, says region‘ll set example for others on internal democracy, party cohesion

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The Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, told members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-West geopolitical zone to unite and work together to reposition the party and reclaim its glory. Governor Makinde made the call while speaking at a South-West Stakeholders’ meeting of the PDP held at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan, on Thursday. He noted that he had already dedicated himself to the cause of uniting all tendencies in the zone, adding that a united South-West PDP would rub off positively on the national…

Makinde appoints Simiyu Adepoju as Special Adviser on infrastructure

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The Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, has approved the appointment of Mr. Simiyu Adekola James Adepoju as his Special Adviser on Infrastructure. A statement signed by the Special Assistant (Print Media) to the governor, Moses Alao, said that the appointment was communicated through a letter signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Mrs. Olubamiwo Adeosun.. The appointment, according to the letter, took effect from March 9, 2020. Prior to his appointment, Adepoju, a corporate member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) and registered member of COREN, has…

Sanusi sues IG, DSS DG, seeks release from detention

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Muhammadu Sanusi, former emir of Kano, has filed a suit before a federal high court in Abuja, seeking an order for his release from confinement following his dethronement. Sanusi is praying the court for an interim order releasing him “from the detention and or confinement of the respondents and restoring the applicant’s rights to human dignity, personal liberty, freedom of association and movement in Nigeria, (apart from Kano State) pending the hearing and determination of the applicant’s originating summons.” After he was dethroned on Monday, he was taken to Loko, a town…