President Tinubu Releases Birthday Tribute To Kayode Fayemi My relationship with Dr Kayode Fayemi dates back to our time together in the pro-democracy movement in the 90s when we mounted local and international campaigns against military dictatorship. During the challenging General Sani Abacha era, civil rights and pro-democracy activists, especially those in exile, had to rely on their ingenuity to survive. Kayode’s brilliance, commitment, and strategic skills were invaluable to our cause. The struggle for Chief MKO Abiola’s release from incarceration and the de-annulment of the June 12, 1993 Presidential election, then considered the freest and fairest in Nigeria, led…
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Abiodun Mourns Alaperu of Iperu-Remo Ogun State Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun has described the transition of the Alaperu of Iperu-Remo, Oba Adeleke Adelekan Idowu-Basibo, as a deeply shocking, irreplaceable personal loss. Abiodun, a prince of Iperu-Remo kingdom, added that even though he was still trying to come to terms with the news of the passing of the royal father, he acknowledged the immutability of the counsel of Almighty God whose decision on human life no mortal can question. Abiodun, who described the late monarch as a royal father, friend and confidante, said he was devastated to learn of the sudden…
FG Scraps JSS, SSS, Introduces 12-year Basic Education Model The Federal Government has announced the scrapping of all Junior Secondary School (JSS) and Senior Secondary Schools in the country and introduced a compulsory 12-year uninterrupted basic education model after which a Nigerian child can aspire to higher education. With this development, the Nigerian Government is seeking the abolition of 6-3-3-4 education system and replacing it with 12-4. This is even as it has sought the approval of the National Council on Education to officially adopt 16 years as the minimum entry age requirement into the country’s tertiary institutions. Minister of…
Group Accuses Kaduna Governor of Keeping Political Prisoners …Urges Amnesty International, others to wade in A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) known as the Voice of Truth Nigeria (VTN) has accused the Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani of keeping political prisoners in spite of valid and subsisting orders of court of competent jurisdiction granting them bail. In a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by VTN’s Programmes Coordinator, Dare Quadri, the group stated that the political prisoners are Jimi Adebisi Lawal, the former Senior Advisor and Counsellor to ex-Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai; Umar Waziri, the former Accountant-General of…
House of Reps Committee Proposes Creation of 31 New States The House of Representatives Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution announced on Thursday, that it has received 31 proposals for the creation of new states across the six geopolitical zones. Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu read a letter from the committee during plenary, outlining the conditions that must be met before any state creation requests can be approved. According to the letter, the proposals include five from the North Central, four from the North East, five from the North West, five from the South East, four from the South…
Nigerian Professor, Dubem Okafor Kills Wife, Self in US One of Nigeria most respected poet and professor of English and Literature, Dubem Okafor is dead. He died last Sunday in the United States after shooting his wife Cheryl Reports and calls from the US say Okafor, 64, cousin to the late poet, Christopher Okigbo apparently distraught his wife had left him a few days earlier, arranged to meet her at his sister Reading home, Pennsylvania, where he shot her several times and himself once in the head at 3:45 p.m. Sunday, police said. A small-caliber handgun was found near the…
Edo Poll Dispute: INEC Tenders Results Before Tribunal The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has tendered before the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal the results of the September 21 governorship poll it conduct in the state, among other documents. INEC’s lawyer, Abdullahi Aliyu, (SAN) tendered the results at the resumed sitting of the tribunal in Abuja on Wednesday. Aliyu also tendered a certified true copy (CTC) of a document, which he said contains the declaration of the results as well as a copy of INEC’s Regulations & Guidelines for the conduct of elections, 2022. Lawyer to the Peoples Democratic…
President Tinubu Directs Armed Forces, Security And Intelligence Agencies To Harmonise Their Operations Combating Evolving Security Challenges President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the Armed Forces, Security and Intelligent Agencies to harmonize their operations and adopt a whole of society approach in combating evolving Security challenges. Mr. President underscored the critical importance of joint security operational effectiveness in tackling Nigeria’s emerging security challenges. President Tinubu who was represented by the Honourable Minister of Defence H. E. Mohammed Badaru Abubakar CON, mni gave the charge at the opening session of the Chief of Defence Staff Joint Task Force Commanders Conference held…
Court Remanded Traditional Ruler in Prison Over Failure To Fulfil Bail Conditions In a dramatic turn of events, the suspended traditional ruler of Orile Ifo, Oba Abdulsemiu Ogunjobi, has been remanded at the Ilaro Correctional Centre in Ogun State. This development comes after he failed to meet the bail conditions set by the court.¹ Oba Ogunjobi was arraigned before the Ifo Magistrate Court on a three-count charge of conspiracy, assault, and conduct likely to cause a breach of public peace. The charges stem from a viral video showing the monarch allegedly assaulting an elderly chief in his community. Despite pleading…
Don’t Scrap TETFUND, OOU VC Begs FG The Vice Chancellor of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU),Ago iwoye ,Ogun State, Professor Ayodele Agboola, has appealed to the Federal Government not to abolish the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETfund) Speaking in a chat with some newsmen in Ago Iwoye, Ogun State during the 34th Convocation of OOU, Agboola said that instead of scapping TETFUND for Nigerian Education Loan Fund(NELFUND) ‘’both can be operating pari-pasu because they perform different functions.” He said that TETFUND’s role is to assist the government-owned higher institutions at the federal and state levels in the area of infrastructure and…