#StopASUUStrike: What are the options for an ASUU strike? As I write this piece, the additional 14-day ultimatum that began on Monday, 23rd September 2024, after the 21-day expiration, would end on Monday, 7th October 2024. This means that the government must urgently act to avoid ASUU’s declaration of trade dispute. In my article “#StopASUUStrike: Can the Nation Afford ASUU’s …

Rivers Boils, 5 Feared Dead, Presidency Orders Police to Restore Peace Rivers State, on Monday, boiled, with five killed after the last Saturday’s local government councils election, just as the Presidency asked Governor Siminalayi Fubara and other political stakeholders to embrace the law in the resolution of their grievances over the outcome of the polls. It also directed the Inspector …

A New Rivers Begins From Now, Gov. Fubara Assures Rivers People . . . As 23 Elected LG Chairmen Take Oath Of Office   Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has said that with the Local Government Council election now over, the state has now entered into a season of transformation where democracy will not only thrive, but the people …

OIL IS NIGERIA’S WEAKNESS. At 64 since Independence, Nigeria has degraded its economy to Oil. This commodity is the major source of national calamities including civil war (1967-1970), while it generates income and foreign exchange earnings, it has transmuted to a veritable national curse instead of national purse. The reason for this remarkable transition from blessings to a curse is …

Improved healthcare service for a better Nigeria Healthcare in Nigeria has become a critical issue that we can no longer ignore. The system is crumbling under the weight of inefficiencies, and the situation has left many Nigerians at the mercy of high costs, poor services, and a lack of adequate medical infrastructure. Every day, lives are lost not because of …

My encounter with Aba Afe Babalola As I reflect on my assignment to Nigeria being the President of an indigenous group based in US, Ekiti Kete Coalition USA, purposely to honor an enigma, and a trail blazer Aare Afe Emmanuel Babalola somethings come to mind Flipping through the photographs we took with Baba and pages of my notes I jotted …

MPPUD Commissioner Olaniyi Sympathizes with Victims of Ondo Flooding; Warns People Contravening Building Laws in the State.o Ondo State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Hon. Gbenga Olaniyi, has expressed sympathy to the victims and the people of Ondo Kingdom over the recent flood which took over the city, on Friday, October 4, 2024. The commissioner described the incident …

DEMOCRACY MAY BE   Some of the conversations and essays written on the ongoing Middle East crisis are self depressing and also a personal reflections on grief suffered by the Palestinians longing for social justice. Some of us tried to explore fundamental themes that confront the Palestinian people in this unprecedented time. The contents of all narratives constitute our guide …

Ex-President Jonathan Warns Trouble Peddler in Rivers LG Election Crisis By Shalom Oludele In his statement headlined, “RIVERS CRISIS: A NOTE OF CAUTION”, released Saturday on X, the former president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has said that the current happenings in Rivers State is a call for concern, as he sends a note of warning to those whose actions are capable …

National Honours: Speaker Abbas Applauds President Tinubu for Correcting Past Mistakes …says the President is a listening leader   The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, Ph.D, has applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, for correcting the mistakes of the past by according the House its constitutional status in conferring the Speaker with the Grand Commander …

INEC Releases Summary of Polling and Collation Agents for Ondo 2024 Governorship Election In view of the closure of the portal for the upload of polling and collation agents for the Ondo State Governorship Election, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has published the summary of submissions made by political parties. The portal opened on 20th August 2024 and automatically …

  Tinubu is Leading Nigeria on the Right Track – Amb. Anister By Ahiaba Douglas, Abuja Ambassador of the African Union 2023 Agenda, Dr. Sammy Anister, has said that the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu led-federal government has positioned Nigeria on the right path and Direction for multifaceted development. Amb. Anister made this statement at a programme tagged: “Nigeria at 64 …

Rivers LG Election: Gov Fubara Foils Attempt To Cart Away Materials By Emele Chime Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has foiled an attempt by men suspected to be of the Nigerian Police, to take over the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) at 1:00am on Friday, 4th October 2024. The rogue policemen were said to have attempted to scale …

Unravel Oil Mystery Now: A Letter to Petroleum Minister, Bola Tinubu Dear President Tinubu, permit me to congratulate you on the independence anniversary of our dear Nigeria or is it “independence anniversary celebration” (if there is anything to celebrate)? As so much water has passed under the bridge of the existence of our dear nation in the last 64 years, …

Raising champions: How Mrs Bola Olusa’s commitment to excellence transformed JSS Dutse Alhaji 2 Mrs Bola Olusa, a Deputy Director with the Universal Basic Education Board (UBEB), FCT, and the Principal of Junior Secondary School, Dutse Alhaji 2, is a mother of three and married to Dr Olusa Olusegun. She trained as an agriculturist and teacher. Mrs Olusa’s teaching career …