Month: October 2017

By Steve Oni, Ilorin A World Bank Official, Dr. Khama Rogo, has observed that Africa has the largest burden of diseases in the world, and the lowest in accessible healthcare delivery to its citizenry. Dr Rogo who is the Lead Health Specialist in Africa, World Bank Group, made this observation on Monday when he led…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin Vice- Chancellors of Nigerian universities have lamented the country’s poor investment in education, saying it is tantamount to sentencing the Country to a bleak future. The VCs under the aegis of Association of Vice- Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (AVCNU) made the declaration on Monday at the opening of their 32nd conference…

By Hassan Galadima, Abuja President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has pledged the commitment of the 8th Senate to work with relevant agencies like the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) to curb increasing incidence of drug abuse in the country. Saraki, according to a statement by his Special Assistant on Print Media, Chuks…

   By Aaron Ossai  The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has prescribed far-reaching constitutional reforms as panacea for the challenges of leadership and development in Africa. He observed that even though many African countries, Nigeria inclusive, had recorded relative success in reviewing the constitution, the issues that plague the continent could hardly…

  By Aaron Ossai Human rights group operating under the aegis of Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent an Open Letter to President Muhammadu Buhari requesting him to use his good offices and leadership position to urgently refer the allegations of corruption and abuse of office against Mr Maikanti Baru, Group Managing Director Nigerian National Petroleum…

By Aaron Ossai The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has said that cooperation between the national parliaments of Nigeria and Morocco would speed up socio-economic development and deepen bilateral cooperation between the two nations. Ekweremadu spoke at the inauguration of the Nigeria-Morocco Parliamentary Friendship Group at the National Assembly, Abuja. The Senator,…

  By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara state Police Command has dispelled the wide spread rumour in the social media alleging that some officers and men of the command have become agents of ritualists in the state. The rumour went viral in the social media in the last one week, accusing some policemen from one…

By Sule Aliyu, Bauchi All Progressive Congress APC led federal government has been urged to learn and emulate the legacies of first and second republic leaders in the way they are leading the country in order to address basic challenges bedeviling common man. A Chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party PDP Alhaji Bashir Bukar Rimin…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara state House of Assembly has vowed to sanction individuals or Organisations found guilty of misappropriation of assets and liabilities belonging to the state government, under the care of the state-owned Harmony Holdings Limited. The Chairman of the eight-man ad-hoc Committee investigating the alleged misappropriation of government assets, Hon Hassan Oyeleke  gave the assurance…

By Aaron Ossai The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu has warned politicians and political parties against going about soliciting for electoral support, describing such action as illegal. Yakubu who disclosed this at a quarterly consultative meeting with the media at the Commission’s Secretariat, Abuja however said it has commenced…