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The Action Congress of Nigeria, Oyo State chapter, has described as untrue the claim by former Governor Rashidi Ladoja that the election of Governor Abiola Ajimobi would not have been possible but for God and the Accord Party (AP). The party, in a stat...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State has accused the opposition of pursuing a ‘very dangerous agenda’ aimed at distracting the government from its focus toward a peaceful and prosperous society. The party’s state secreta...
Amidst cries of insufficient funds, the failure to broker a deal between state governors and state labour congresses over minimum wage has seen a plethora of strikes with more in the offing. Chibuzo Ukaibe, in this report re-examines the issues. ...
Femi Fani Kayode is a renowned public speaker, former Special Assistant on Public Affairs and Minister of Culture, Tourism and later Aviation in the President Olusegun Obasanjo administration. Though he was before his appointment an avid critic of the ...
The Federation of Ekiti State Students’ Union (FESSU) has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Ekiti State Government to deproscribe the banned Student Union Governments (SUG) of the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti and College of Education, Iker...
The Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola has alerted Nigerians on the need to defend the current democratic experiment in the country in order for them to lose their legitimate power to decide their fate. He warned that emerging trends, including t...
The Federation of Informal Workers’ Organization of Nigeria (FIWON) has commended the Lagos State Government for its recent initiative of signing the newly enacted Lagos Tenancy Bill into law, insisting that there is the need for more social hous...
No fewer than 8,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have defected to the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Niger State ahead of the local government election scheduled for next month in the state. The leader of the defectors, Moham...
Stakeholders on Emergency Management in Nigeria (SEMN) have attributed the recurring devastating effects of natural and man-induced disasters in some parts of the country to lack of legally-backed and functional state emergency management agencies (SEM...
Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako has tasked traditional rulers to take advantage of the responsibilities of their positions to preach the gospel of peace to their subjects regardless of their tribal, ethnic or religious affiliations. This was e...
The National Insurance Commission, (NAICOM ), has engaged the services of a Non-Governmental Organisation, Fire Safety and Environment Surveillance of Nigeria (FSESN) to ensure a compulsory insurance implementation in the country. Speaking to newsmen i...
The Chief of Army Staff, (COAS), Lt-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, has drawn a distinction between promotion in the military and traditional titles, saying it is not similar to chieftaincy title. Ihejirika, who drew the distinction on Friday in ...
President of the Nigeria Institute of Management NIM, Dr. Sally Adukwu Bolujoko has attributed the loss of moral value to bad managers in governanceAdukwu-Bolujoko who made this statement while addressing a news conference to mark the 50th annive...
The Federal Government has expressed concern over the lingering inter-state boundary dispute between Edo and Delta States, the National Boundary Commission (NBC) has said. This was made known in a statement signed by Mr Charles Dafe, NBC’s...
The Traditional Rulers Council of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has conferred the chieftaincy title of Eduek Akwa Ibom on Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State.The title was conferred on Obi on Friday in Uyo by the outgoing chairman of the council, Okuku Uwa Umo...