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The Gubernatorial Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Dr Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran aka Jandor, on Friday said that he was committed to faithfully deploying state resources to ease the burdens and hardship of the residents of the state . Adediran made the pledge when his campaign train went to Somolu Local Government Area of the state in continuation of his tour of the 245 wards in the state. The governorship hopeful, in an interactive sessions with various artisans, religious and other groups in the area, said that his ambition was not personal, but that it is in the interest of the masses. According to him, God has so much blessed the state with huge resources, while promising that he will utilise the wealth of the state to address various challenges facing the residents if elected in the forthcoming elections.  "I will not run a government, where the people  I am ruling would not know me. I never knew there was no mechanic village and workshop ...

     The Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative (ASR Africa) – the brainchild of Industrialist, philanthropist, and founder of BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu, and the BUA Foundation have awarded development grants worth N1.5 billion to Yewa Land in Ogun State comprising Ilaro, Igbogila, Ibeshe, Egua, and Igonade communities for key community, social, and infrastructural development projects. This was announced at the grant presentation and mutual accountability framework signing ceremonies held today in Ilaro, Ibese, and Igbogila. The grants will be channeled towards interventions in the areas of health, education, or social development initiatives that are identified for implementation.   Presenting the grants award letter to Oba Kehinde Olugbenle, the Olu of Ilaro and Paramount Ruler of Yewaland in Ogun State, Ubon Udoh, Managing Director, ASR Africa assured of more partnership with the people of Yewaland and reiterated that the vision of Abdul Samad Rabiu, Founder of A...

    Presidential Candidate of Accord Party (AP), Prof. Christopher Imumolen, on Friday said the February 26, 2023 presidential poll will not be for highest spender, positing that past exercises had been won by people, including Chief Olusegun Obasanjo down to the incumbent, President Muhammadu Buhari, who were not money bags, because God was the determinant.   Imumolen said this while speaking at the "Inauguration of Lagos Chapter of Accord Party Campaign Council/Flag Handover and Presentation of Certificate of Return to Party Candidates for the 2023 General Elections with Comr. Lanre Ogundare as the Campaign DG," which also saw him receiving over 1000 decampees into the fold from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).   The party's standard bearer, who spoke at the event, which took place in Oshodi area of the state, projected himself winning the coming presidential poll, beating all his co- contestants, saying that the party also targeted to secure five millio...

 “You can’t buy a good reputation; you must earn it.” – Harvey Mackay Presidential candidate of the crisis-torn Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar was in the news again for the wrong reasons when he infamously declared that “As Customs Officer, I Blocked You From Bringing Hard Drugs To Nigeria.” He was attacking APC Flag Bearer, Bola Tinubu.   In the above story, which was largely reported in the media, Atiku stated that while serving as Deputy Director of Customs in charge of Enforcement and Drugs, he stopped the ruling APC candidate and others from bringing hard drugs into the country. The statement read, “Tinubu’s frustration is quite understandable given the fact that in 1989 while Atiku, a Federal officer, was serving as the Deputy Director of Customs in charge of Enforcement and Drugs and was protecting the country’s borders from smugglers and drug dealers, Tinubu was in bed with two notorious drug kingpins, Muiz Akande and Abiodun Agbele. “American authoriti...

The Chairman of the Lagos State Council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mr Adeleye Ajayi, has commended the Federal Government for the free flow of traffic being enjoyed on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway as a result of temporary re-opening of the highway to traffic.   Ajayi, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday, joined some other road users to hail the authorities on the seamless movement now experienced on the highway.   NAN reports that the Federal Ministry of Works had on Monday re-opened closed lanes on the Section one of the highway which spans Ojota in Lagos to Sagamu Interchange to traffic days ahead of schedule.   The re-opening, which entailed removal of barriers that had been used to narrow lanes in the area, followed the suspension of reconstruction works on the OPIC axis of the expressway until January, to ease traffic flow during the festive period.    “I drove through the highway this morning and the road was fre...

The Ogoni - American organizations; National Union of Ogoni Students, NUOS Int'l USA, Center for Democracy Human Rights and Anti- Corruption and Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, MOSOP have urged the United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres to declare a state of climate and heath emergency in Ogoniland, Niger Delta Nigeria. This, they said is due to "the Nigerian Government and the Royal Dutch Shell's failure and refusal to timely and adequately clean the radioactive or ecological waste buried into Ogoni underground waters." NOUS Int'l USA and CDHRAC Int'l USA then humbly asked Guterres "to declare a state of emergency in Ogoniland because of decades of Royal Dutch Shell hydrocarbon wastes and coupled with HYPREP'S contamination and unprofessional disposal of contaminated residues." These were contained in a letter to Antonio Guterres jointly signed by the President of NOUS Int'l USA, Pius Barikpoa Nwinee, it's Secr...

Excellence can simply be defined as the quality of being outstanding or extremely good. It is not just about doing the right thing; it is about doing it exceptionally well. The truth is, the more people there are in any society who put uncommon efforts into the common everyday tasks, the more progress it makes. Undisputedly, this best described the North East Development Commission (NEDC). Following the inauguration of North East Development Commission (NEDC) by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2017 to coordinate all Humanitarian interventions by government Ministries, Departments and Agencies based on The Northeast stabilization and restrategizing masterplan, a lot can be said about its magnanimous achievements in the elimination and mitigation of various effects caused by terrorism in the Northeast, which has so far resulted to rapid economical growth in the affected areas. The North East Development Commission, as we all know, is an interventionist agency. However, the existential-effe...