Author: Olabanji Ayoola
Presidency explains how $1bn excess fund was spent
The Presidency has dismissed Peoples Democratic Party’s allegation that the one billion dollars drawn from the Excess Crude Account was spent by the Muhammadu Buhari administration on the 2019 general elections. The party in a statement on Sunday had asked Buhari to explain to Nigerians what his administration had done with one billion dollars drawn […]
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PDP asks Buhari to explain alleged missing $1b excess fund
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to explain to Nigerians how $1 billion allegedly disappeared from the Excess Crude Account (ECA). In a statement on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party drew the attention of Nigerians to “the shocking confession by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Gen. […]
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Cannabis oil and its health benefits
By Kayode Oseni Health is wealth. You need CBD oil. What is CBD oil? CBD oil is extracted from the Hemp plant which is part of the Cannabis family but which does NOT give you a “high” or “drug induced state” like Marijuana which is a different species of the same Cannabis plant. CBD has […]
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The historic failure of Nigeria’s elite
It is no longer in dispute that the Nigerian elite have failed spectacularly. Big time, and in historic manner. By their complete irresponsibility, Nigeria, a jewel in the sun, with high promise and high optimism at independence, has been brought to her knees by blunders committed by her elite, the very group that should have […]
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FG begins consultations with traditional rulers on insecurity
The Federal Government has started consultations with leading traditional rulers to improve security in local communities while rearranging the security architecture nationwide. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo disclosed this on Saturday, declaring that the Federal Government would collaborate with the states to maintain law and order across the country. He kicked off the consultations with the […]
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Osinbajo meets Ogun obas on insecurity
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday held consultations with the Akarigbo of Remoland, Oba Babatunde Ajayi, as well as other monarchs in Ogun State. The consultations were on the way out of the security challenges currently confronting Nigeria. He was accompanied to the palace of the royal father by Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State. […]
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One dies, another injured as petrol tanker lost control in Ogun
The Ogun Command of the FRSC on Saturday said that one person died and another injured in an accident that involved two vehicles and a motorcycle at Jujo Area, along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway in Ogun State. The Ogun Sector Commandant of the FRSC , Mr Clement Oladele, said in Ota, that the accident happened at […]
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ECOWAS warn against xenophobic attack in sub-region
ECOWAS Commission wants member states of the Commission to adopt policies that will enable it put in place regional mechanisms that will facilitate and enhance social integration and create decent jobs among member states that will discourage xenophobia and other forms of discriminations in the work place. Commissioner for Social Affairs and Gender of the […]
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‘We are killed, robbed, kidnapped on a daily basis’
Monday Ogo is a commercial driver. He plies the Yenagoa-Port Harcourt road through the popular East- West Road. On that route, he hustles back and forth, every day, to earn his livelihood but sometime in November, last year, Ogo encountered death in common hours, along Rumugi and Emogha in the Rivers State axis of the […]
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