Not too Young to Run-Yahaya Bello on the Run The current mêlée between the former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello and the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, brings to remembrance, a piece early this month titled: “Youth in Governance: Africa in Senegal’s Story.” In the piece, I discussed how young leaders who took over…
Dating scams: German police arrests 11 suspected Nigerians … Says victims lost $5.7m in 2023 German police has announced that it has arrested eleven suspected members of a criminal syndicate from Nigeria, the Black Axe, during a nationwide raids. All eleven suspects are Nigerian citizens but most of them have been in Germany for many…
AGBOOLA AJAYI FORMER AKEREDOLU DEPUTY WINS ONDO PDP GUBER TICKET. Hon. Ajayi Agboola the former Deputy Governor of Ondo State under late Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has won the 2024 PDP governorship primary election. Agboola polled 264 votes to defeat his closest rival, Hon. Kolade Akinjo who had 157votes. Sola Ebiseni scored 99votes; Adeolu Akinwunmi polled…
AGOJEJU-ODOH KILLINGS: SSA ASSURES RESIDENTS OF PRESIDENT TINUBU’S COMMITMENT TO PROTECTION OF LIVES AND PROPERTIES OF NIGERIANS In the wake of the recent farmer-herder conflicts that plagued Omala Local Government Area of Kogi State, where tens of innocent persons of Agojeju-Odoh Community were reportedly killed by Fulani herdsmen in an unprovoked attack, the Senior Special…
Why Government must encourage polytechnic, Technology institutions —OSCOTECH Chairman. The only way for Nigeria to developed is to encourage polytechnic and Technology institutions that are capable of training students on skill acquisition programs required for development of the nation. To this end, students of polytechnic and Technology institutions should be well funded by both federal…
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Diri, Oborevwori, Uzodinma, Others Task NDDC, Niger Delta Ministry On Collaboration …As Tinubu Promises To Complete East-West Road. Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, his Delta counterpart, Chief Francis Oborevwori and other stakeholders have called on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and the Niger Delta Ministry to collaborate more effectively with subnational…
Tragedy: Over 20 families rendered homeless as inferno razes building in Akure. Call for Help In a tragic turn of events, mid-day inferno had engulfed a building at Number 8, Ogo Oluwa Street, around Yayi Akorede, Oshinle Quarters in Akure, the capital of Ondo State, leaving nearly twenty residents, including an expectant mother, a widow…
The wife of Nigeria’s president, Senator Olufemi Tinubu yesterday said the future of the nation rests on the need for proper education of the Girl- child which she said is panacea for Nation building. She said there is no nation in the world that grows without education, hence the present administration of president Bola Tinibu…
APC primary election: Your victory, testament of God’s love, Otunba Abubakar Adeshina congratulates Aiyedatiwa The Chairman, RUGIPO Alumni association Abuja Chapter, Otunba Abubakar Adeshina aka Omoluabi, has congratulated Ondo State, Governor, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, over his emergence as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming November governorship election in the…
Economic Hardship: Nigeria Should Have No Business with Hunger II How can we triple or quadruple the current irrigable land? This question was posed in the first part of this piece last week. In 1998, out of Nigeria’s 320,000 hectares planned for irrigation, only 97,000 hectares were developed, and only 70,000 hectares were used for…
