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  • We didn’t adopt Atiku as our presidential candidate– Action Alliance

    We didn’t adopt Atiku as our presidential candidate– Action Alliance   By Taiye Agbaje The Action Alliance (AA), on Sunday, said it did not adopt former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar as its presidential candidate in the next Saturday’s election. The National Chairman of AA, Dr Adekunle Omo-Aje, in a statement in Abuja, said the party neither…

  • How to build progressive, resilient societies—- Ezekwesili

    How to build progressive, resilient societies—- Ezekwesili   Dr Oby Ezekwesili,   By Busayo Onijala    Dr Oby Ezekwesili, Founder, School of Politics, Policy and Governance (SPPG) ,says focus on policies that encourage gender equality and inclusion help in building progressive and resilient societies. Ezekwesili, also a former Vice-President of the World Bank, Africa Region, said…

  • Kwara Distributes Motorbike Ambulances To 12 Rural Communities

    Kwara Distributes Motorbike Ambulances To 12 Rural Communities By Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The joy of leaders of benefitting rural communities in Ilorin West, Ilorin East and Ilorin South local government areas of Kwara state knew no bounds as the state government distributed 12 motorbike ambulances to them to aid the movement of patients from…

  • NGO alleges huge infrastructural gaps in Kwara

    NGO alleges huge infrastructural gaps in Kwara By Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Elites Network for Sustainable Development (ENetSuD), an anti-corruption civil society organisation in Nigeria, has alleged that corruption has led to huge infrastructural gaps in almost all of the 193 wards in Kwara state. Speaking at the launch of Report on Kwara Communities’ Needs…

  • Tinubu Promises jobs At Maiduguri Rally

      Tinubu Promises jobs At Maiduguri Rally By:Ali Musa Biu-Maiduguri   Thunderous crowd, amongst them thousands of supporters of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, on Saturday converged on Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, to attend a campaign rally in support of APC’s Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and his running mate, Senator Kashim…

  • Consensus candidate: Northern Elders Forum denies adopting Atiku

    Consensus candidate: Northern Elders Forum denies adopting Atiku Alhaji Atiku Abubakar By Deji Abdulwahab Alhaji Seidu Baba, a member of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), says the forum has not adopted former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Presidential candidate, as consensus candidate. Baba made the clarification on Saturday at a news conference…

  • Osinbajo inaugurates 100-bed Maternal, Child Hospital in Ogun

      Osinbajo inaugurates 100-bed Maternal, Child Hospital in Ogun     By Abiodun Lawal   Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, on Saturday officially inaugurated a 100-bed Mother and Child Hospital in Iperu-Remo, Ogun state.   The project is a collaboration between the Ogun Government and the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable…

  • Violence not solution to Naira shortage difficulty – Sanwo-Olu

    Violence not solution to Naira shortage difficulty – Sanwo-Olu   Gov. Babajide-Sanwo-Olu of Lagos By Florence Onuegbu Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Saturday appealed to residents to remain calm, even in the face of the difficulties and frustrations due to cash shortage. Sanwo-Olu made the appeal while addressing newsmen at Lagos House, Marina,…

  • Elections: Obi has no political godfather, coalition tells Nigerians  

    Elections: Obi has no political godfather, coalition tells Nigerians   Mr Peter Obi Peter-Obi By Angela Atabo A coalition of Obidient groups on Saturday called on Nigerians to vote for a presidential candidate without political baggage ahead of the Feb. 25 elections. Mr Marcel Ngobgehei, Head of Strategy and Operations, Obidient Global March, made the…

  • FRSC@35: How we succeeded in traffic management- Kazzem

    FRSC@35: How we succeeded in traffic management- Kazzem             By Ibironke Ariyo The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has recorded tremendous achievements in the area of traffic engineering, road safety administration, traffic management, rescue operation, changing bad road use behaviour and crash reduction.   The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO),…