The Senator representing Ogun West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Sen. Tolu Odebiyi has doled out cash donation to the Oyeyemi family for the upkeep of the new born triplets left behind by their late mother Mrs Ikimotu Oyeyemi.A statement by his media Aide Olubunmi Omoogun indicated that Mrs Oyeyemi died after a caesarean section in Ayetoro, Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State leaving behind the triplets. According to the senator the gesture of the financial assistance is to aid the family to ensure the new born babies live without too much stress and struggles through life,…
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Having come to terms with the reality that the South East and it’s quest for presidency can not be achieved without the support of other regions, former Abia State Governor Orji Uzor Kalu has shelved his presidential ambition. The senator who is also the chief whip of the senate had earlier indicated interest to run for the presidency on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with a proviso that the Ruling Party zones it to the South East.In a statement the senator personally signed and made available to newsmen on Tuesday, he acknowledged that the situation in Nigeria…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has alerted Nigerians over plans by criminal elements to bomb soft and hard targets in parts of the country.The Public Relations Officer of the Department of State Services, Peter Afunanya, in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja said their aim is to return the country to the Pre-2015 era of IED attacks.He said, though there are already reported cases of such incidents in some areas, the Service has uncovered a ploy by suspected criminal gangs to forge an alliance among themselves with a view to launching further attacks on critical infrastructure and other…
***As court orders him to appear for senate investigation Attempt by the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Yakubu Umar to stop senate from investigating him has crumbled as a Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday dismissed his suit, ordered him to appear before the senate committee. The Court declared that as a public officer administering law, he is answerable to the Senate on moral standards. In a judgment in the suit, Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo, ordered the CCT boss to present himself before the Senate to answer questions on a public petition brought against him by…
The people of Ezza in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi state under the platform of Ezza Unity Forum (EUF) has condemned and rejected what they described as provocative statement and ethnic profiling of their people by governor Dave Umahi.The Ezza Unity Forum was reacting to a statement allegedly credited to the Ebonyi state governor where he described Ezza people as “troublesome fighters or war mongers” as down rightly provocative. In a statement released Tuesday and signed by the Umuezeoka, Ezza North LGA Chairman, Chief Williams Nweke, Ezza-Effium, Ohaukwu LGA), Secretary Mr. Cosmos Onele Nwagu, Oriuzor, Ezza North LGA, Financial…
By Friday Idachaba Journalists have been urged to act independently, defend and prioritise public interests, ensure fairness and impartiality in their reports at all times for attainment of an accountable and egalitarian society. A veteran journalist and Lead Facilitator Mr Steve Salawu, made the call during a one-day training workshop on Ethics for Journalists, organised by Stallion Times Media Services at the weekend in Lokoja. Salawu in his presentation titled, “Code of Ethics for Journalists”, urged participants to uphold honesty, accuracy and fairness in their reportage as he cautioned them against compromises under whatever guise. Managing Director and Chief Executive…
From Abel Daniel The three governorship aspirants under the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) in Nasarawa State have agreed to work in unity for any one of them that emerges as governorship candidate after the party primaries. The trio of Labaran Maku, David Umbugadu and Nuhu Angbazo all from the northern zone made the declaration at a critical stakeholders meeting on Monday at the PDP state Secretariat in Lafia. The PDP chairman in the State, Hon Francis Orogu while addressing journalists said the party had identified lack of unity as its major set back in previous elections that gave the opposition…
A leading People’s Democratic Party (PDP) aspirant for Yagba Federal constituency, Hon. Sikiru Bamidele Yusuf, has purchased nomination and expression of interest forms. Sikiru who addressed his supporters shortly after picking the forms at the PDP national secretariat in Abuja noted that as a founding member of the PDP, he has consulted widely with positive response from stakeholders of the constituency. He said based on his experience working with a former reps member Sunday Karimi for eight years as legislative aid and currently with Senator Francis Fadahusi in the national assembly he is eligible and have the capacity to deliver…
***reels out legislative dividends The Senator representing Kogi East Senatorial District, Isah Jibrin (Echocho), has declared to take another shot at the senate, under the platform of All Progressive Congress (APC). His Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Mikail Ibrahim quoted the senator to have made the declaration on Monday at an event that was attended by the party Elders Advisory Council, State Executive, Zonal Chairman, Divisional party chairmen across the 9 (nine) LGAs, stakeholders, and the party members at Ejule, Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State. Echocho in the statement said, his decision to re-contest, is to continue…
The nation’s anti-graft agencies should urgently probe alleged award of $3.7billion contract to rehabilitate dead refineries, former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has charged. Frank in a statement in Abuja on Sunday condemned in strong terms the award of the said $3.7billion contract to rehabilitate the nation’s refineries as revealed by the House of Representatives Adhoc Committee investigating the state of refineries in the country. He described the sum of the contract as an unimaginable heist and brutal looting of the nation’s financial resources under President Muhammadu Buhari’s watch in a country…