PROFESSOR Kolapo Olubunmi Olusola is the governorship candidate  of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Ekiti State, who will be
slugging it out with other contestants during the July 14 elections. Prof. Olusola, popularly referred to as Eleka, spoke with some select journalists in Ado-Ekiti, perhaps the first major interview he will be granting since assumption of office in October 2014.
He speaks, among other issues, on his SHIELD continuity agenda for Ekiti State if elected governor, his resolve to continue with the stomach infrastructure programme initiated by Governor Ayodele Fayose and the need for devolution of power in Nigeria.

When everything is considered, the ultimate guarantee of a successful federation rests in the hearts and minds of the citizens

NATIONAL Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, NUTGTWN, has pleaded with the Federal Government to hasten the plan to shut down the land border between Nigeria and Benin Republic in an attempt to curb smuggling of foreign rice into the country.

Kwara State government, yesterday, banned the production, transportation, storage and sale of charcoal in any part of the state, saying it would set up a task force to enforce the ban and checkmate illegal tree felling.

A Non-Governmental Organisation has applauded the decision of the Lagos State Government to write-off the medical expenses of victims of tanker explosion last Thursday on Otedola Bridge who are currently recuperating in various hospitals.