Author: NPO Admin II
By Jude Obuseh The name General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi evokes different memories for different people: The Army General who became Nigeria’s first Military Head of State following the bloody January 15 1966 putsch that sacked the First Republic; a patriot who took over the reins of governance at a very critical juncture of the country’s history; a villain who replaced the country’s federal system of administration with a unitary setup. Sadly, of all the tags attached to Ironsi’s name, his promulgation of the “Unification Decree No 34”on May 24, 1966, which replaced Nigeria’s federal system of administration with a unitary arrangement, following the suspension of the 1963 Republican Constitution, has tended to stand…
Amidst unending calls for accountability over security votes, a Nigerian advocacy group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project on Sunday urged President Muhammadu Buhari commence a probe into how governors have abused the funds. SERAP said the President should direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr. Abubakar Malami, and other anti-corruption agencies to investigate allegations of systemic mismanagement of security votes by state governors since 1999. The group, in a statement by Kolawole Oluwadare, its Deputy Director, said, “Anyone suspected to be responsible should face prosecution as appropriate, if there is sufficient admissible evidence, and…
Thousands of Ibadan residents have thronged the ancient Mapo Hall, Ibadan to witness the burial of the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji. Buried according to Islamic rites, Oba Adetunji was brought to the old expansive facility for view by residents who had come to pay their last respect to the Oba. Oba Adetunji passed on early Sunday morning at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan. Details later…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday said the selection of the successor to the late Olubadan must be guided by wisdom and good judgement. The president, in his message of condolence to the people of Ibadan and Oyo State in general, described the late Oba Saliu Adetunji as a visionary and a compassionate leader. He said Adetunji used the spheres of his influence as a respected traditional ruler and a lover of the creative industry. The president said this advanced the progress of his people and encouraged them to give their best in their vocation and to the nation. The president’s…
Tributes have started to pour in as Nigerians react to the death on Sunday of one of the nation’s prominent paramount ruler, the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji. Adetunji passed on this morning at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Among those who have expressed grief are Governor of a leader of the All Progressive Congress, Bola Tinubu; Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde and the Postmaster General of the Federation, Adebayo Adewusi. In a condolence message released by his Media Office and signed by Mr. Tunde Rahman, Asiwaju Tinubu said: “I received the news of…
Asiwaju Tinubu, is a leader of leaders. He has raised and continued to raise leaders in the South-West and in different parts of the country. His greatest impact, however, is in the South-West of the country where he is the undisputed political heavyweight champion since 2007. Between 1999-2007, he was a participant working hard to carve a niche for himself. He survived Hurricane Obasanjo that swept away the governors of other states in the South-West, who fell for his sweet-death talk of Yoruba unity. He also survived Obasanjo’s orchestrated financial strangulation of his state, and held on to defeat his candidate…
The government of Osun on Sunday admitted that scam has hit the recruitment of teachers it conducted. The government asked those who applied to be teachers under its recruitment scheme to disregard scammers who are circulating a fake list of successful applicants on social media. Government said it is contacting successful applicants through text messages and voice notes. Commissioner for Education, Mr. Folorunsho Oladoyin, who stated this via a statement in the state capital, said his Ministry has not released any list to the public. He explained that the one thousand successful applicants are already being contacted through text messages…
Baring all unforeseen circumstances, a former Senator representing Oyo Central, Senator Lekan Balogun, is set to become the next traditional ruler of Ibadanlan. Senator Balogun, who is the next in hierarchy to the Olubadan, has had distinguished careers in academic, oil company, personnel management and of course in political activism. An indigent student who rose by dint of personal efforts in acquiring Western education, Balogun later attended Brunel University after which he bagged his Masters’ degree and PhD giving him a rare edge among peers so early in life. Balogun returned to Nigeria and became a researcher at the Ahmadu…
A large fire has severely damaged the Houses of Parliament in the South African city of Cape Town. Video footage showed a plume of black smoke filling the sky, with huge flames coming out from the roof of the building. President Cyril Ramaphosa visited the scene and called it a “terrible and devastating event”. A man was being held and questioned by the authorities, he said. The building’s sprinkler system had not functioned properly, he added. The blaze came hours after Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s state funeral at St George’s Cathedral, near parliament. More people in more places trust BBC News than…
OLUTAYO CHARLES ADESINA, a professor of History at Nigeria’s Premier university, the University of Ibadan, has some grand ideas of the way Nigeria should work for the good of all and for her to be respected among other countries of the world. Adesina appears irked by the state of affairs and feels that the leadership has remained insincere to earn the trust of the followership. The outcome is a topsy-turvy atmosphere that stunts growth. His words in this special Nigeria-at-60 interview with NPO Reports are those of the average bitter Nigerian who silently sheds tears over the hard fate of…