Strong institutions are the bedrock of sustainable governance: Lessons from the US
By Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, OFR, CON Political institutions have been defined as the organisations in government that create, enforce and apply laws; they prescribe, enact and implement the set of rules which an orderly society obeys and ultimately decides and administers the laws for violators. One of the most important elements of governance is […]
COVID-19: Closure of varsities unconstitutional, disastrous, Afe Babalola
Ado Ekiti- A legal Luminary and founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti(ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), has described as unconstitutional, the mass closure of Nigerian universities by the federal government owing to the second wave of Covid 19 pandemic .
South Africa police arrest thousands for not wearing masks
South African police have arrested more than 7,000 people caught without face masks in public since the end of December, the government said on Wednesday. Officials made face coverings mandatory in May last year at the same time as they gradually eased movement restrictions imposed in March to stem coronavirus infections. A partial lockdown was […]
Kwara APC crisis: Lai, Saraki’s loyalists slam Buni’s C’ttee, vow to unseat Gov Abdulrazak
The crisis of confidence in the Kwara state chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC took a turn for the worse on Wednesday as loyalists of the Information and Culture minister, Lai Mohammed and those of Minister of state for Transportation, Sen. Gbemi Saraki rejected the verdict of the national leadership of the party sacking Bashir Bolarinwa as state Chairman of the party.
UPDATED: 233,000 candidates to write disrupted NECO exams in February
The National Examination Council (NECO) says that 233,000 candidates who could not write the examinations as a result of the #EndSARS protests will join external candidates to write the examinations in February. Mr Azeez Sani, Head of Information and Public Relations Division of the council told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on […]
Ndubisi Kanu left indelible footprints in annals of Nigeria’s democracy — Orji Kalu
Senate Chief Whip, Sen. Orji Kalu, has described the death of former Chairman of National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), retired Rear Adm. Ndubuisi Kanu as `a big loss’ to Ndigbo and Nigeria as a whole. Kalu, in a condolence message on Wednesday, commiserated with Ndigbo, the people and government of Abia in particular over Kanu’s demise. […]
COVID-19 second wave: PDP laments FG’s lack of commitment
…Demands dissolution of PTF …Demands special department to tackle pandemic The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is alarmed by the manifest lack of commitment and proactiveness by the Buhari administration to check the spate of the second wave of COVID-19 and the escalating deaths arising from the spread of the pandemic in our country. Disclosing this […]
2021: Nigeria needs massive jolt of reforms to escape its fragility
THE year 2020 is gone, unsung! The year 2021 is here. But what will it bring? I mean, what will the new year mean for Nigeria? For the entire world, we already know, sadly, that COVID-19 is mutating and still ravaging.
Sexual harassment: Police conclude investigation on suspended Commissioner
By James Ogunnaike ABEOKUTA – The Ogun State Command of Nigeria Police said it has concluded the interrogation of the suspended Commissioner for Environment in Ogun State, Abiodun Abudu-Balogun, who was accused of sexual harassment by a teenager, Barakat Melojuekun. Vanguard reliably gathered that Abudu-Balogun was grilled by the State Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun […]
Kukah has offended many with his controversial remarks – Presidency
By Nwafor Sunday …Show me a video of Kukah calling for violence against Muslims, I will give you N1m – Fani-kayode “Father Kukah has greatly offended many with his controversial remarks against the government and the person of the President, with some even accusing him of voicing anti-Islamic rhetoric”. The above statement was made by […]
Wike confirms receipt of N78bn FG refund
By Egufe Yafugborhi FEDERAL Government has refunded to the Rivers State Government the N78 billion the state spent on federal projects, Governor Nyesom Wike has confirmed. Wike gave the confirmation Wednesday at Isiokpo where his Special Guest, former Governor Peter Obi, commissioned Internal Roads Phase 2 in Ikwerre Local Government Area. The Governor announced, “Rivers […]
