President Bola Tinubu (left) with former President Goodluck Jonathan. PHOTO: PHILIP OJISUA President Bola Tinubu has described former President Goodluck Jonathan as an icon of democracy who inspires hope of good governance in the country and on the African continent. The president made the declaration on Sunday in Abuja in a statement issued by his […]
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George Weah (L) Joseph Boakai (R) Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI and SEYLLOU / AFP • George Weah Earns Accolades For Conceding Defeat, Congratulating Winner • Change Of Leaders Through Ballot Best For Continent, Say Analysts • INEC Should Understudy Liberia’s Electoral Body On Transparent Polls — HURIWA Months after military coup d’etats in Niger Republic […]
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Opaleye Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has described the tenure of the departed former military administrator of the old Ondo State, now comprising Ondo and Ekiti States, Major Gen Ekundayo Babakayode Opaleye (rtd) as indelible. While mourning one of his predecessors, the governor said in a statement on Sunday by his Chief Press Secretary, Richard […]
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The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Prof. Adenike Oladiji will on Sunday, November 26 deliver the keynote address at the 2023 public lecture of Precision Online Newspaper. A statement by the founder of the newspaper, Olusegun Hakeem Adebumiti made available to newsmen in Akure, the Ondo State capital, indicated that […]
Continue ReadingThe Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja, on Friday, sacked Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf. However, it upheld the election of his Bauchi State’s counterpart, Bala Mohammed. Yusuf of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) was declared the winner by the Independent National Electronic Electoral Commission (INEC) with 1,019,602 votes, surpassing Nasiru Gawuna’s 890,705 […]
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Nuhu Ribadu. Photo: Twitter • Peter Obi: APC administration made similar claims in 2015 • Lawmakers reject proxies, turn back representatives of service chiefs • Advocate inter-agency synergy to combat insecurity • Inclusivity in armed forces will make Nigerians safer, says Ireti Kingibe National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, yesterday, admitted that security wise, his […]
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President Bola Tinubu has announced the immediate cancellation of the automatic deduction of 40% from the internally generated revenues (IGR) of federal universities, citing the ill-timed nature of the policy. The president’s announcement was conveyed by the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, during his speech at the ongoing 75th Founder’s Day ceremony of the University […]
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– Says it followed due process Osun State Government on Friday said it is unaware of any pending suit before it sacked the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Adepele Ojo. Newspapers had on Friday morning reported that Governor Ademola Adeleke sacked the Chief Judge despite a court order restraining him from doing so. But the government […]
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The All Progressives Congress, APC, has knocked the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, over ‘baseless attacks’ on Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. In a statement by its state Director, Media & Publicity, Mr Steve Otaloro, titled ‘APC, Ondo State commends Governor Akeredolu’s leadership and dismisses PDP,s uninformed criticism’, the party said: “The All Progressives Congress (APC), […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has described as ‘meaningless’ the vote of confidence passed by the state executive council on Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. In a statement titled “Akeredolu’s cabinet dances naked in the market square”, signed by the party’s state spokesman, Hon Kennedy Ikantu Peretei, the party said: “Keen watchers of Ondo State […]
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