Akeredolu to Jegede: Face your petition, stop seeking attention
Akeredolu to Jegede: Face your petition, stop seeking attention The latest whining of the defeated Eyitayo Jegede SAN, on an alleged threat to life did not come to us as a surprise. This is because Jegede has been known with his series of attention seeking tactics even during the electioneering campaign ahead of the October 10th Guber election. The news of the allegation of threat to life credited to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last election is, therefore, another lame attempt to stir unpopular discussion around an exercise that has been concluded by the good
How police brutalised, teargased me during 2014 campaign, by Fayemi
Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has narrated his ordeal in the hands of some operatives of a police team during his 2014 governorship campaign in the state. The governor said he was allegedly brutalised and teargased by the police team, an experience he said traumatised him. He accused the then Commander of Police Mobile Force in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, Gabriel Selenkere, in the alleged manhandling when members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) embarked on the symbolic sweeping of roads that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members passed through during their rally. The alleged police action led to the
#EndSARS: Court orders probe of Sam Adeyemi, Davido, Tuface, others
A Chief Magistrate Court in Abuja has ordered the Commissioner of Police in the Federal Capital Territory to launch an investigation into 50 notable persons who promoted the #EndSARS movement.The order was given by a Magistrate, Omolola Akindele, sequel to a criminal complaint filed by an activist, Kenechukwu Okeke.Okeke alleged that during the riot, his properties were destroyed and the defendants who promoted the #EndSARS protests must be brought to justice. The magistrate gave the police two weeks to investigate the matter and send a report for proper adjudication. A letter written by the court registrar which was addressed to
FG seeks fresh $1.2bn loan from Brazil
The Federal Government is seeking a $1.2bn external borrowing from Brazil to finance agricultural programmes in the 2021 budget. A request for approval has also been transmitted to the National Assembly. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, who appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Finance in Abuja on Tuesday to defend the budget proposed by her ministry, made this known. Ahmed disclosed that the Federal Government sent a request to the National Assembly to approve the loan from the Brazilian government to address issues in the agriculture value chain as Nigeria. Ahmed also said
We have failed our children, says finance minister
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has urged parents to instill family values in their children as a way to save the country from degeneration.The minister made the call on Saturday in Kaduna during a stakeholders’ engagement with 77 district heads, religious and community leaders from the 23 Local Government Areas of Kaduna State.“We are calling the attention of parents that we have failed our children in the sense that the kind of values we use to have is no more.“We need to remind ourselves that our children need to be upright and that this criminality
Oyetola approves new minimum wage, lifts ban on workers’ promotion, others
Oyetola approves new minimum wage, lifts ban on workers’ promotion, others Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State has approved the immediate implementation of Minimum Wage, lifting of ban on Annual Salary Increment and embargo placed on promotions and conversions since 2012. Consequently, Oyetola announced the immediate implementation of welfare packages for all categories of workers in the State. This was contained in a statement by Oyetola’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Ismail Omipidan on Saturday. He disclosed that the implementation of welfare packages will commence on November 1, 2020. Signing the new minimum wage at the Governor’s office, Abere in the
2023 Igbo Presidency : Ohanaeze, church leaders to hold rally
Ohanaeze Ndigbo and some church leaders have fixed December 27 for street rallies to campaign for Igbo presidency in 2023. They also said they had concluded arrangements to write the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), the leadership of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party to notify them of the need to zone the 2023 presidency to the region. They said the rallies would hold in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states simultaneously. The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Chairman in the Diaspora, Dr Nwachukwu Anakwenze, disclosed these to journalists in Awka, the Anambra State capital. He said, “Those
Include Panadol Inside COVID-19 Relief Packages!
The outrageous revelations concerning COVID-19 relief palliatives is evidence that all levels of government in Nigeria are either corrupt or at best incompetent, and public officials in Nigeria still treat the citizenry with total disregard for their welfare. To appreciate this, minds must be cast back to what can best be described as thepost-COVID-19/pre-ENDSSARS protests period. This is the time between when the federal government announced total lockdown and palliative measures, and the start of the ENDSARS protests. Back then, the Minister for Humanitarian Affairs drew the wrath and ridicule of the many Nigerians when she announced that the federal
Channels TV, Arise, AIT sanctioned over coverage of #ENDSARS protests
The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, Monday sanctioned Channels Television, Arise Television and Africa Independent Television over their coverage of #ENDSARS protests that lasted for about two weeks in the country. The Commission, according to its Director-General, Prof. Armstrong Idachaba, sanctioned the above listed media houses due to their unprofessional coverage of the protests in the country. Details later: ( Vanguard)
Sanwo-Olu announces new curfew hours in Lagos
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of has announced that the curfew imposed to restore law and order in the state will now operate on a new timeframe. Sanwo-Olu made the known in an update given by his Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, on Sunday evening. According to the notice, the 12hour curfew which operated from 6pm to 8am will now be functional between the hours of 8pm and 6am. As such, Lagos residents can now go about their businesses from 6am in the morning to 8pm in the evening. This came after the governor, on Friday, eased the 24-hour curfew
