Your victory divine, historic, Prince Dr Wumi Akintide congratulates Gov Aiyedatiwa on election victory An American-based Ondo State senior citizen, Prince Dr Wumi Akintide, has congratulated the Ondo State Governor, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, on his well-deserved and landslide victory at the governorship election held on Saturday, 16th November. Dr Akintide described Governor Aiyedatiwa’s victory as both divine and historic, …

GUBER POLL: GOV AIYEDATIWA, DGOV ADELAMI RECEIVE CERTIFICATES OF RETURN. We conducted credible, peaceful, conclusive election in Ondo, says INEC Ondo State Governor, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has promised more developmental strides across the state as a way of repaying the massive votes given him in the just concluded election by the people of the State. The Governor stated this …

National Grid, Alau Dam Collapse: Who Pays?, The national grid collapsed three times last month and twice this month. This year, it has collapsed at least 11 times. This underscores our long-standing struggle to have a consistent power supply, even if not for the whole nation, at least for those fortunate enough to have access to the few megawatts produced …

Smart Farming: SAA-KNARDA-KSADP Model for Food Security in Nigeria Partly as an analogy to last week’s article on smart farming as a pathway to food security in Nigeria and partly as a digression, it is expedient to discuss the Sasakawa-KNARDA-KSADP model. This model demonstrates that achieving food security in Nigeria does not require rocket science but rather our leaders’ political …

DSS Personnel Threatens To Kill Journalist In Kebbi By Jameel Gulma, Kebbi   An Officer of the  Department of State Security (DSS) attached to Kebbi State Command, identified as Dauda Auwalu Taura has slapped a correspondent of the Authority newspaper, Mallam Shuaibu Zubair, when the journalist asked him to pay up his electricity bill. Taura, who got angry because his …

Group Tasks INEC On Leveraging Collaboration And Voter Register Audit By Binta Haroon   The Inclusive Friends Association (IFA) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to leverage collaboration and conduct an audit of its voter register for better service delivery. The programme manager of the association, Mr. Moses Oluwaseyi, made the call while sharing its election observation …

Bayelsa Deputy Governor Weeps For Law Profession In Nigeria …says profession Is fast losing respect, dying   Bayelsa State deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has once again expressed concern over setbacks vitiating the integrity and relevance of the law profession in Nigeria due to unprofessional conducts of some members of the bar and bench. Senator Ewhrudjakpo, who stated this during …

ONDO 2024: THE CONTEST THAT NEVER WAS, THE INTRIGUES, AND THE CHALLENGE OF DEVELOPMENT. The 2024 Ondo Governorship election has come and gone, but the lessons are here with us. My principal and I tried our best, using the Labour Party platform, but as it turned out, the intra party crisis that erupted in the party consumed that effort, leading …

Kebbi To Emulate Indonesian Model To Transform Almajiri System By Jameel Gulma, Kebbi   The Kebbi State Government has stepped-up efforts to transform its Almajiri system of education by emulating the Indonesian model, the commissioner for Religious Affairs, Alhaji Sani Aliyu, has disclosed. The commissioner, who made this known on Sunday in an interview with Journalists, in Birnin Kebbi, said …

President Tinubu Commends The Peaceful Conduct Of Ondo Governorship Election, Congratulates Aiyedatiwa By Shalom Oludele   President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has commended the peaceful conduct of the process of the Ondo State Governorship Election. The President also congratulated Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the All Progressive Congress, APC on his victory at the poll. In a statement by his special adviser …