Diri Directs Distribution Of FG Palliative, Excludes Civil Servants,Politicians. Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri,On Monday confirmed the receipt of 20 trucks of rice from the Federal Government in Yenagoa. The governor also directed the immediate distribution to the people in communities across the state irrespective of political party except political appointees and civil servants. He instructed those in …

GOV AIYEDATIWA COMMISERATES WITH MUYIWA ADU ON DEATH OF FATHER The Governor of Ondo State, Hon Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has commiserated with a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Muyiwa Adu, over the death of his father, Pa Joseph Oni Adu. Pa Adu, of Urowo Quarters, Akure, died at the age of 94 years. Baba ‘Soja’, as he …

Dangote Refinery: Pride to the Nation and Beacon of Hope A business mogul the size of Aliko Dangote is assumed to say less outside his business engagements. Yet, as a guest speaker at the 38th ABU convocation lecture on Friday, January 29, 2016, he held an unusual audience: the elites, industrialists, technocrats, academia, and teeming youths, spellbound to breath-taking silence, …

Of minimum wage, tortoiseshell and Akpabio’s threat. “Unlike the stomach, the brain doesn’t alert you when it’s empty.” – Arabic proverb. There are many tales about how the tortoise got its cracked back. One with various versions stands out. It is the one in which the tortoise had two geese as friends. In the Buddhist scriptures, the tortoise fell from the …

  WHY WE ARE PROTESTING: For the love of Democracy or Humanity! Let me start by acknowledging what I read in one Editorial which says “We live in a time when it is extremely hard to listen to the opinions of others. The world around us seems to be divided more and more everyday with polarization becoming sharper, and the …

Princess Olajumoke Ajanaku passes away at 84. The death of Princess Olajumoke Eunice Ajanaku (née Adegbite) has been announced. According to a statement released by the deceased’s family, she passed away at the age of 84. She was a princess of the Adegbite Royal House of Ado Ekiti, Amudipe Dynasty of Akure, and a retired civil servant and entrepreneur. Princess …

An Open Letter to Protesters: Prioritize Electoral Amendment for Lasting Change Dear Fellow Nigerians, I write to you today with deep respect for your commitment to our nation’s future and the drive for positive change that fuels our collective desire for progress. Your readiness to take to the streets from August 1st under the banner of “End Bad Governance” speaks …

Ondo State and the Politics of 2028 As the November off-season gubernatorial election beacons in Ondo State with its political almighty formula (you remember that in Mathematics?), given the peculiar nature of politics in the state where power spins between north, south and central, the challenge with the people of the state (particularly Southerners) is who becomes the next governor …

Abacha Family Appeals Judgement Over Revoked Abuja Property Nigeria’s former first lady, Hajia Mariam Sani Abacha and her eldest son, Mohammed, have dragged the President, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and two others before the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, seeking the recovery of the alleged unlawfully revoked property of the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha. …

Before you sign the New Minimum Wage, consider them too At times, I wonder if all animals are equal in Nigeria. The equity I am talking about isn’t about wealth or political power, but equity in the real sense of man as man in the hands of our Creator. I see a situation where some groups of people are treated …