Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo state on Monday sent all members of his Cabinet packing. The dissolution affected all Commissioners, Special Advisers and Special Assistants. A statement issued by the Director, Cabinet office, Dotun Omokemi, said that the decision was taken after the weekly state executive council meeting. The Governor, the statement reads felt there was need to inject fresh blood into the administration in the quest to serve the state better. Consequently, the sacked Commissioners and Special Advisers were asked to hand over to the Permanent Secretaries in their various ministries.
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Member States of the Steering Committee for the Abidjan-Lagos Highway project have agreed to coordinate the mobilization of funds for the 1,028-kilometre road project involving five ECOWAS countries and linking several commercial and capital cities of the region. At the end of their third meeting in Accra on 20th September 2013, the Committee, comprising Ministers of Infrastructure/Public Works of the five countries endorsed the Terms of Reference (TOR) for the feasibility studies of the project and a draft treaty to be submitted for “further consultations” to the Justice Ministers of the affected states The decision to fast track the project…
For the umpteenth time, President Goodluck Jonathan has reminded politicians eyeing his office to exercise patience, saying he is not in a hurry to vacate Aso Rock. According to him, since the nation’s constitution guarantees the President and the Governors maximum of two terms in office, those jostling to take over from him should allow the people to decide his fate. President Jonathan who was speaking at a lunch with Nigerian professionals in New York, therefore, called on politicians to stop distracting him from concentrating on delivery of dividends of democracy to the Nigerian people. He also seized the opportunity…
The electoral reform promoted by the Jonathan administration has deepened democracy in Nigeria and opened the way for Nigerians in Diaspora to participate in the politics of the country, the Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Ahmed Gulak has stated. Addressing the Annual Conference of the Nigerians in Diaspora (NIDO) of all America, in New Jersey, Gulak reiterated that the transparency and the fairness of the electoral process was one of the major achievements of President Goodluck Jonathan in two years. According to him, the opening of the political space for more Nigerians anywhere in the world to participate was…
The Peoples Democratic Movement, PDM, is saddened by the dastardly and unnecessary killing of Nigerians by security agents without recourse to the law as happened, recently, at Apo in Abuja, on alleged suspicion of belonging to a terror group. The Party calls for an immediate stop to all extra judiciary killings and urge security agents and all security Organizations to do the hard work of apprehending criminals instead of killing them. Killing criminals without trial does not solve crimes. It only deprives security agencies of the information needed to understand and preempt future breaches of the law. The National Chairman…
Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed has denied allegations by the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Kwara State, that Christians in the state are being marginalized by the state Government. Speaking during this month’s edition of a monthly radio program, “the Governor Explains”, Governor Ahmed said political appointments and patronages in the state have never been based on religion persuasions “and shall never be. Appointment of political office holder in the State has always been purely on local government bases. It will be perilous to give political patronages on religion bases, especially as we try to evolve a nation out of…
Nigeria recovered from two semi-final defeats to clinch the bronze medals of the season two of the Airtel Rising Stars U-17 Africa Championship hosted in Agege, Lagos. The male and female ARS teams defeated their counterparts from Tanzania 2-0 and Uganda 4-1 respectively in the third place matches decided on Sunday at the Agege Township Stadium, Lagos. In the female third place match, Uganda shot into the lead in the 25th minute from a beautifully taken free-kick. But their joy was short-lived as Nigeria responded two minutes later through Alekiri Owabie. She then put Nigeria ahead in the 32nd minute…
By Gracious Akujobi Super Falcons have been drawn to play against fellow West African’s Sierra-Leone in the first round of the African Women Championship (AWC) qualifier to be hosted by Namibia in 2014. The first leg round of matches will be played in February with Falcons playing home first. Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and South Africa draw bye Super Falcons who are currently in Japan for a two legged friendly against the Japanese women’s team are yet to have a substantive coach.
By Gracious Akujobi Kano Pillars Chairman, Abba Yola, has distanced himself from the act of financially inducing referees and match officials during league matches. Speaking with Prompt News Online in Abuja, Yola said that club owners were not happy with what is happening in the league regarding match officials and allegation of bribery. “That is a matter of discuss I don’t know because I am not one of them. I believe that club owners are not really happy with what is happening as far as the league itself is concerned. No, we don’t give them money because the LMC takes…
By Gracious Akujobi Kano Pillars boss, Abba Yola has charged the League Management Company (LMC) to be consistent in punishing offending clubs and officials. Yola, while reacting to the LMC’s decision to fine Pillars N5 million, close the Sani Abacha stadium for the rest of the season and banishing them to Kaduna, said the LMC was not fair to his team, expressing hope that the NFF Organizing and Disciplinary Committee (O&D) will do justice to them. He wondered why Enyimba FC that refused to finish the game after the crowd was cleared from the pitch and the referee called for…