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The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, has said President Bola Tinubu’s government offers no hope for Nigerians. The National Leader of Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) said all economic and security policies of President Tinubu have only worsened the situation of Nigerians. In his “State of the Nation” open letter on Tuesday, the Aare Ona Kakanfo accused Tinubu of turning a dictator by charging #EndBadGovernance protesters with treason for doing what he had always done to other administrations. “When you came with the ‘Emilokan’ coinage in the build up to the 2023 elections, many Nigerians were persuaded that as…
The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Wednesday, disclosed that his administration is working towards implementation of the new minimum wage. Abiodun also highlighted that with this year’s N703bn state budget becoming 80 per cent in execution by September, the state’s 2025 budget proposal is on track to reach one trillion Naira. The governor announced this during a meeting with the leadership of organised labour at the Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. Abiodun recognized the crucial role that workers have played in the state’s rapid economic growth. He assured the union leaders that Ogun State would not lag in implementing the…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has advised traditional rulers in the state to avoid victimizing opponents or those who didn’t support their enthronement and be fathers and kings to all without prejudice. Fubara urges Rivers Monarchs to work with all sections of their subjects for peaceful coexistence, harmony, and development by Partnering with the State Government for peace and accelerated development. He presented certificates of recognition and staff of office to two first-class traditional rulers, King Marcus Oduma Woyike and King Ndamzi Nsirim, in Ikwerre and Obio/Akpor Local Government Areas, accordingly. Fubara buttressed that their recognition is an opportunity to…
The interim coach of the Super Eagles, Austin Eguavon, has dismissed reports that he resigned after Nigeria’s match with Rwanda on Tuesday. Eguavon, in the early morning on Wednesday, on arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, said his statement was taken out of context. Eguavon had stated that the interim contract he signed with Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) was to lead the Super Eagles in the Benin Republic and Rwanda qualifier matches for the 2025 African Cup of Nations. The Super Eagles legend noted that he would sit down with the leadership of NFF to discuss on the…
From the Bayelsa state post primary schools board. List of employed secondary school teachers for documentation. Serial No. 001 – 112 September 11, 2024 113 – 227 September 12, 2024 228 – 343 September 13, 2024. See the list below.
LAGOS indigenes under the aegis of De Renaissance Patriots Foundation, Tuesday, declared that the group has no problem with Igbo residents, insisting that it is worried about Yoruba from other South-West states. The group’s President, Mr Miftah Bolaji Are, who spoke during a visit to Ikorodu, said there were individuals from South-West, not indigenes of Lagos but hold prominent offices in Lagos. Are said they would no longer tolerate individuals who short-changed them under the pretense that they were Lagos indigenes. He said: “We have no problem with Igbo. It is the South Westerners that are our problem. I have…
INDEPENDENT Media and Policy Initiative, IMPI, has traced the genesis of subsidy regime to the administrations of the former military Heads of State, Gen Yakubu Gowon, and Olusegun Obasanjo, alleging that they institutionalised petrol subsidy at a time Nigeria’s economy was bouyant. IMPI explained that the two former military heads of state introduced subsidy as a short-term measure to cushion the rising international oil price. Speaking to journalists in Abuja, yesterday, the Chairman of IMPI, Chief Niyi Akinsiju, stated that subsidy was intended as a temporary fiscal response to an oil price spike instigated by the actions of the Organization…
Supporters of Delta-based cleric, Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin, on Tuesday, embarked on a protest rally to the office of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control in Asaba, the Delta State capital. The placard-wielding protesters, including some bishops, called on NAFDAC to desist from what they call an attack on Fufeyin, who is the spiritual leader of Christ Mercy Land Delivery Ministries in Asaba. NAFDAC had on Sunday called on Nigerians to stop patronising spiritual products, such as miracle water and oil, being offered for sale by the cleric. According to NAFDAC, the cleric falsely claimed that his…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has predicted thunderstorms and rains from Wednesday to Friday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Tuesday in Abuja envisaged thunderstorms over parts of Borno, Adamawa, Taraba, Yobe, Katsina, Sokoto and Kaduna States during the morning hours on Wednesday in the northern region. According to NiMet, thunderstorms are expected over parts of Kano, Borno, Katsina, Adamawa, Kaduna, Taraba, Zamfara, Kebbi and Jigawa States during afternoon and evening hours. “In the North Central region, thunderstorms are anticipated over parts of the Federal Capital Territory, Nasarawa and Niger states during the morning hours. “Later in the day,…
Contrary to speculations in some quarters, there are strong indications that former President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan would not bow to pressure to contest for the Presidency in 2027. His wife and former First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, gave this hint in Abuja when she hosted Greater Igbo Forum(GIF),Worldwide led by its President, Ambassador Lois Jonathan when it paid a courtesy visit on the former First Lady. While responding to the group, Dame Patience Jonathan went down the memory lane on the humble beginning of the former President of Nigeria until he got to the apogee of political office. With a…