A Founding Executive Director, African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development Centre (LSD), Dr Otive Igbuzor has established that election of visionary leaders will put Nigeria on the right path of progress. Igbuzor stated this while delivering a paper titled, “National Balance: Infrastructure, Institutional Capacity and Diversity as Tools for Building Blocs and Good Governance in Nigeria” at the 6th anniversary lecture of Penpushing Media held at new marquee events centre, Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, Ogun State Capital. The keynote speaker pointed out that national balance is imperative for nation building, sustainable development and good governance in Nigeria, stressing…
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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has sued the Central Bank of Nigeria for failing to account for over N100 billion in ‘dirty and bad notes’ stored in various CBN branches. The lawsuit by SERAP also addresses other substantial sums of cash that are awaiting examination. SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare disclosed this in a statement released on Sunday. The lawsuit, filed under suit number FHC/L/MSC/441/2024, is praying the Federal High Court in Lagos State to compel the CBN to explain the whereabouts of the over N100 billion in question, which has been held since 2017. SERAP also requested the court…
…urges Nigerians to give FG three years before assessing its performance Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, daughter of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has declared that there will be no protest throughout Lagos State. She also said it would be unfair for Nigerians to begin to assess the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government that has only spent one year in office. Tinubu-Ojo spoke while addressing a group of marketers. She argued that there’s no way a government that has not spent three years in office can be fairly assessed and criticised by anyone. “Before you say a government has not done well, you have…
… pledges to reposition OGUNCCIMA Segun Ayinde, Abeokuta Lion Niyi Oshiyemi has emerged the 20th President of the Ogun State Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (OGUNCCIMA). Top members of OGUNCCIMA, while rising from the Chamber’s 40th Annual General Meeting held at Tunwase Hall, Ijeb-Ode, invested him withthe position, saying he’s fit to steer the affairs of the chambers to greater heights. The new OGUNCCIMA president In his speech, expressed gratitude to the immediate past President, Engr. Mike Akingbade and the Chambers for entrusting him with the esteemed position. Oshiyemi pledged to leverage available opportunities to redefine and reposition…
Three weeks after the Federal Government ordered the closure of an illegal mining site being operated by some persons at Ilate Etido Community in Obafemi – Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, armed land grabbers, on Friday, invaded the community unleashing terror on the villagers. According to the Baale of Ilate Etido Community, Chief Samsudeen Akintunde Ajibawo, the two parties involved in the issues, Ilate Etido Community and DePass, were invited to Abuja on Thursday by the Federal Government and both parties were told that the site remained closed. The Baale stated, “On Thursday, Ilate Etido Community and Depass…
Ahead of the proposed mass protest tagged #EndBadGovernance on August 1 by some aggrieved Nigerians, a human rights activist and National Convener of Social Rehabilitation Gruppe (SRG), Dr. Marindoti Oludare, has advised the Federal Government to urgently engage Nigerians in conversation on specific policies it had so far undertaken to revamp the economy. Oludare, a Nigeria-born United States-based medic, gave the at the weekend while speaking on a Television Continental (TVC) interview programme. According to him, “This planned protest was always bound to happen. I believe the administration had walked a very long and dreary road to this place by…
The unfortunate loss of several members of the National Assembly has marked the last one year. The 10th Assembly has recorded the death of five members since its inauguration in June 2023. While the House of Representatives lost four members, the Senate recorded the death of one member. There are 469 members of the National Assembly, comprising 109 senators and 360 House of Representatives members. National Assembly members who had died in the last one year are Ekene Adams, Olaide Akinyemi, Isa Dogonyaro, Abdulkadir Danbuga and Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, who died. Their deaths have left a significant void in the…
Police have disclosed that Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has redeemed the N100m bounty placed on the head of a notorious cult leader, Gift Okpara, aka 2Baba. 2Baba, alongside his gang members, killed a Divisional Police Officer, Superintendent Bako Angbashin, in the Oduemude area of the state. State Commissioner of Police, Olatunji Disu, confirmed the development during a parade held in honour of the slain DPO at the state police headquarters on Saturday. Disu also disclosed that the corpse of the slain officer had been released to the family. The Rivers police boss said, “On March 25, 2024, the police killed the…
…sets stringent conditions for organisers to meet Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has given stringent conditions that the organisers of the #EndBadGovernance protests must fulfil before they can be granted the permission to use the popular Eagle Square, Abuja, on August 1. According to Wike, the protest organisers must apply formally and pay security costs for their scheduled protest. The Minister stated issued these conditions at a Town Hall Meeting held in the Conference Room of the Federal Capital Development Authority, Abuja, on Saturday. A group, the Take It Back Movement, had written to the FCT Minister…
The Forum of Nigerian Commissioners for Local Government has announced the appointment of Kano State Deputy Governor, Comr. Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo as its new interim Chairman. The decision was made during the Forum’s maiden meeting held in Abuja on Saturday, where commissioners from across the country gathered to discuss and strategize on key issues affecting local governments in Nigeria. Comrade Gwarzo, who currently serves as the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Kano State, will bring his wealth of experience and a track record of excellence in local government to bear in his new role. A statement issued…