Archive for January, 2021
Community police
Community police •As a stop-gap measure, it matches Governor Sanwo-Olu’s low- hanging fruit approach The concept of community policing is a counterfeit for the state police Nigerians are clamouring for. In recent times, as insecurity across the country spirals out of control, many who opposed state police, have however joined the clamour for it,
Rewarding excellence in the Nigerian society: lessons from Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s scholarship award & 5 million gift | Momoh Emmanuel Omeiza
Rewarding excellence in the Nigerian society: lessons from Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s scholarship award & 5 million gift | Momoh, Emmanuel Omeiza Barely a week ago, the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu awarded a fully-funded educational scholarship and a five million naira cash prize plus automatic employment in the state’s civil service to Oladimeji Sotunde a Bachelor
APC, Gbajabiamila, Lalong felicitate with Lawan at 62
THE ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, his deputy, Ahmed Idris Wase and Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong have felicitated with Senate President Ahmad Lawan on today’s celebration of his 62nd birthday. A statement on Monday in Abuja by the National Secretary of the party’s Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC),
LASU VC Appointment: ASUU commends Sanwo-Olu for cancelling process
LASU VC Appointment: ASUU commends Sanwo-Olu for cancelling process They described the selection process as flawed, error-ridden, and inevitably controversial. The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities at the Lagos State University (LASU) has commended the decision of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos to cancel the process for the selection of a
PRESIDENT BUHARI BACKS DEMAND FOR DIASPORA VOTING
PRESIDENT BUHARI BACKS DEMAND FOR DIASPORA VOTING President Muhammadu Buhari has added his voice to the advocacy for Diaspora voting by supporting the calls by Nigerians in the Diaspora to vote in future elections. But he said such a decision should pass through a legislative process. “I have said it severally that I am not
GOV. MAKINDE’S FOREIGN TRIP AMID INSECURITY IN OYO, HEIGHT OF INSENSITIVITY | APC GROUP
GOV. MAKINDE’S FOREIGN TRIP AMID INSECURITY IN OYO, HEIGHT OF INSENSITIVITY | APC GROUP A group of media players within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo state, The Pacesetter Initiative (TPI), has taken a swipe at Governor Seyi Makinde over his reported trip to the United States of America at a time most parts
COVID-19 not a hoax, cases rising daily —Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has cautioned Nigerians against the belief that the existence of coronavirus is a hoax. Instead, he said that COVID-19 cases are rising in Lagos State in a social media post on Sunday. The governor said the Lagos government has activated a new oxygen plant to ensure that more patients recover
Just In: Polytechnic Ibadan Declare Industrial Action Over Non-Implementation Of Minimum Wage By Governor Seyi Makinde
Workers of The Polytechnic Ibadan have declared an industrial action, over the non-implementation of the minimum wage by the state government At a general meeting of academic and non-academic staff convened by a Joint committee of all Staff Unions, it was reiterated that the governing council, and by extension Oyo state government has repeatedly refused
LAGOS POLICE GO TOUGH ON UNREGISTERED VEHICLES, COVERED NUMBER PLATE
LAGOS POLICE GO TOUGH ON UNREGISTERED VEHICLES, COVERED NUMBER PLATE *Contravene Vehicles, Motorcycles for Traffic Offences, Arrest 2 Traffic Robbers* The Lagos State Police Command has again directed its operatives to go after unregistered vehicles, vehicles with covered numbers plates, fake number plates and unauthorised use of siren in the state as the operstives of
N5m TO CELEBRATE NUDITY, N5m FOR MENTAL EXCELLENCE | Festus Adedayo
N5m TO CELEBRATE NUDITY, N5m FOR MENTAL EXCELLENCE | Festus Adedayo When Big Brother Naija graduate, Olamilekan Moshood Agbeleshe, a.k.a Laycon, was announced winner of the contest and was instantly made Youth Ambassador by the Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, dashed a house and a cash gift of N5million, this writer lamented the loss of