Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu yesterday reiterated that the ban on open grazing by Southern state governors is irreversible. He said all governors were in agreement on full autonomy for the Judiciary and Local Governments administration. He spoke at the 2021 Nigerian Bar Association (NBA-SPIDEL) annual conference in Ibadan. “The southern governors at our meeting in Asaba took a decision. We want to say that the decision is irreversible and we are maintaining it. “Although for one reason or the other, I couldn’t attend the All Progressive Congress (APC) Southwest leaders forum meeting, I am happy that meeting supported…
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) plans a $50 billion fund to end the COVID-19 pandemic. In a ‘Proposal to End the COVID-19 Pandemic’, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva emphasised the need to arrest rising human toll and economic strain from the pandemic. The plan proposes vaccination for, at least, 40 per cent of the population in all countries by the end of this year and at least, 60 per cent by the first half of 2022. Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala pushed for equity distribution of COVID-19 vaccines across the globe. The IMF proposal will include grants, national…
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said the deaths of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 other military officers have increased Nigeria’s security challenge. He regretted that the bad incident happened at a time the country is battling security challenges. Buhari spoke, on Monday, when he received a delegation from the Nigeria Governors Forum who came to the presidential villa, Abuja to condole with him on Friday’s air crash that happened in Kaduna. The president said, “This is a situation that only God knows when it will happen and it happened at a…
THE House of Representatives is considering discontinuation of the National Youth Service Corps scheme. The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Alteration Bill, 2020, which is seeking to repeal the NYSC Act, is billed for the second reading. The sponsor, Mr Awaji-Inombek Abiante, in the explanatory memorandum of the proposal, listed the various reasons why the NYSC should be scrapped. It read in part, “This bill seeks to repeal Section 315(5)(a) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, (as amended) on the following grounds: “Incessant killing of innocent corps members in some parts of the country…
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has explained why he was absent at Sunday’s meeting of the All Progressives Congress Southwest Leaders’ meeting held in Lagos State. Governor Akeredolu who said he supported the resolutions reached at the meeting. He attributed his absence to lack of timeous communication. Akeredolu spoke in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde. He described the parley as ‘commendable and timely. According to the statement, “Governor Akeredolu would have loved to be present at the meeting for several reasons. Far more important, the issues distilled bordered on the Southern Governors’ Asaba Declaration. However,…
Parents have been advised to ensure proper upbringing of their children in order for them to have peace of mind in old age. The National President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof Biodun Ogunyemi gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Ota, Ogun. According to him, children neglected at young age, without proper training will not give their parents peace of mind at old age. The ASUU president noted that parents, due to the harsh economic situation in the country presently and the pursuit of what to eat, no longer…
In honour of the recently decease Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, and ten other officers and men who died last Friday, President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the postponement of this week’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. In the same vein, the President also ordered the postponement of the Police Council meeting, which was scheduled to hold on Thursday, May 27, but now to hold next week Thursday, June 3, 2021. These were disclosed in a statement issued by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha on Monday. It would be recalled that…
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) on Sunday described the adoption of Oduduwa anthem in public secondary schools in Ondo State as a very serious assault on the integrity of Nigeria. The state government had, in a circular dated May 6, 2021, signed by Tolu Adeyemi, Permanent Secretary, Ondo State Teaching Service Commission and addressed to the Tutors-General, All TESCOM zonal directors and principals of public secondary schools in the state, said it was mandatory to recite the Oduduwa anthem in all functions in public secondary schools across the state. The circular read: “The present administration of Arakunrin Okuwarotimi Akeredolu…
Leaders of the All Progressives Congress in the South-West, including the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, and governors in the region, on Sunday reinforced the call for true federalism and ban of open grazing in the country. The party leaders, who met in Lagos, backed some of the decisions of the Southern governors in Asaba, Delta State, saying there was the need for the Federal Government to address insecurity in the country. Also at the meeting were the National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; governors of Lagos, Ogun and Osun states, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Mr…
THE House of Representatives has invited ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government as well as top officials, the private sector and civil society organisations to explain the status of looted funds and public assets recovered in the last 18 years. The Ad Hoc Committee on Assessment and Status of All Recovered Loot, Movable and Immovable Assets from 2002 to 2020 by Agencies of Federal Government of Nigeria for Effective/Efficient Management and Utilisation is to hold an investigative hearing on Monday. Chairman of the committee, Mr Adejoro Adeogun, had last week laid an interim report by the committee. Among…