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Barring any last minute resolutions, a faction of Osun Peoples Democratic Party will conduct parallel gubernatorial primary election today. The faction is disagreeing with the decision of the National Working Committee of the PD to allow only the elected Ad-Hoc delegates loyal to one faction participate in the exercise. Recall that the Ad-Hoc delegate Congress had been a subject of conflict within the Party, as there were parallel congresses in several locations in the State. As at press time on Tuesday, supporters of Senator Ademola Adeleke had gathered at the Osogbo Township Stadium to elect the candidate of the party.…
By Debo Adesina When it comes to the story of humanity, beauty and dignity, courage and compassion, diligence and perseverance constitute the central theme. And none of God’s creations embodies all of these more than A Woman. Today, the world pays a huge price for not according her the deserved place in the scheme of arrangements. Human happiness is circumscribed, progress is delayed and growth is gravely stunted when women are, willfully or inadvertently, denied seats at the table, sentenced to poverty or kept in captivity. It bears repeating: the McKenzie Institute’s report that 26% of today’s global GDP, about…
A media trainer and media advocate, Lekan Otufodunrin, has called on media houses to stop the awards to politicians and others. Otufodunrin, a veteran journalist who has engaged in the training of younger personnel over the years, said the motive for the awards are so clear. His intervention came as debates rage over proliferation of awards for governors and other political leaders in the country. “Can media houses please stop all these Man of the Year, Governor of the Year and whatever of the year awards? “The underling motives are obvious for all to see.” Just on Sunday, Silverbird Television…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has described as deceitful the latest move by the Federal Government to set up a new committee to renegotiate agreements it had with the union in 2013. President of ASUU, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, while speaking on an Arise TV programme Monday night, described as unpatriotic and insensitive the decision to now raise a new panel to commence negotiations. Osodeke said the move is to buy time and frustrate the union. He said the action of the government is killing education and destroying the future of Nigerian youths. The Minister of Education Adamu Adamu, had…
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state on Monday evening, joined the special Task Force Team to ensure compliance with N165 approved pump price of petrol at filling stations in the state. Akeredolu alongside the special task force team visited filling stations in the Akure metropolis including Sunbeth Petrol Station, Oke-Aro, Idanre Road, Akure, to ensure compliance. Mr Richard Olatunde, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, in a statement said that Akeredolu joined the special task force team amidst lingering fuel scarcity and long queues at petrol stations in the state and the country at large. Olatunde said the governor visited…
The Federal Government has urged the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to advise its affiliate, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), to abide by the provisions of the Trade Disputes Act and call off its ongoing strike. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Christ Ngige, made the call on Monday at the opening ceremony of the 2022 edition of the National Labour Advisory Council (NLAC) in Lagos. Ngige said this in a statement signed by Mr Charles Akpan, the Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations, in the ministry. “I’m using this opportunity to plead with the NLC to which…
The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), says it has patnered with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for the sensitisation of Nollywood members on dangers of addictive drugs. Emeka Rollas, National President of AGN, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Lagos. Rollas said the sensitisation is a fall out from the meeting between AGN and the Chairman of the NDLEA, retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, in Abuja. He noted that the sensitisation became imperative because of the prevalent situation in the country as drug abuse has become a pandemic. “The Guild is embarking on nationwide sensitisation exercise on…
The National Movement (TNM), led by Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, a former Governor of Kano State, has adopted the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), as the political platform to pursue its aim of gaining power in the 2023 general elections. The National Chairman of the Party’s Caretaker Committees, Retired AVM John Ifeimeje, disclosed this at a press conference held by the movement’s Protem leadership, on Monday in Abuja. TNM, launched in Feb. 22, is a group of concerned and patriotic Nigerians from all the 36 states and the FCT who are worried about the state of the nation and agreed to…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says Nigeria’s daily COVID-19 count maintained a relatively low figure on Monday, with two new cases. The centre, via its website on Tuesday morning said, the two cases were reported in Kaduna State and Rivers. This, it added, brings Nigeria’s total cases to 254,659. The centre recorded 17 COVID-19 cases on Sunday. The centre also said that Lagos and the FCT in the last three did not report any new cases. The NCDC said COVID-19 has claimed 3,142 lives across the country since the outbreak in 2020. It noted that seven patients were…
By Abiemwense Moru It is a day set aside by the UN to bring issues that affect women and girls to the front burner and raise global consciousness on such matters so as to proffer possible solutions to them. The day is also an opportunity for women and girls to raise their voices and remind the world about their contributions and the different roles they play toward nation building, and ask that they should be seen as partners in progress and should be carried along. The 2022 IWD which has “Break the Bias” as its theme, is, therefore, aimed at…