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    The wife of the Ondo State Governor, Mrs. Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu has been honoured with a Distinguished Community Service Award by the Oyo State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association at a colourful event which took place at Ibadan Civic Centre, Idi Ape. In her acceptance speech, Akeredolu expressed...

In every setting/organisation, leadership is key. What we have been seeing in the last eight years, is basically conjectural posturing often encased in grandstanding. As a result, what we require to develop is proper planning and commitment on the part of both the leaders and the led. *Fatai Akinbade* is...

  ***says he’s not a Lawyer, challenges him to public debate A public interest lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, has challenged a member of the House of Representatives, Wole Oke, representing Oriade/Obokun Federal Constituency in Osun State to a public debate. The debate, according to him, would keep with the best standards...

  Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media has stated that majority of Nigerians were solidly behind President Mohammadu Buhari, his boss. He also dismissed rants against Buhari by social media users, calling them “minority”. Adesina told Thisday that his job as Buhari’s spokesman gives him fulfilment...

  The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has postponed until further notice its planned public protest billed for July 11, 2018. It said it did so due to some circumstances beyond its control. CAN President, Rev. Samson Ayokunle made the announcement in a statement signed by Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, his...

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has assured labour unions in the country that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration is committed to the implementation of an improved National Minimum Wage for Nigerian workers. Oshiomhole spoke while receiving a delegation of the Trade Union Congress...

Reno Omokri, ex-aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan has called on Nigerians to compel President Muhammadu Buhari to explain why his children, Sarah and Yusuf, have not been enrolled for the compulsory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. He said this while reacting to a report claiming that Minister of...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sack, arrest and arraign the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, for alleged criminal forgery of her NYSC certificate. The party urges President Buhari not to provide a cover for Adeosun in the character of his Presidency whenever...

  Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, did not participate in the mandatory one-year national youth service scheme. Instead, she forged an exemption certificate many years after graduation, Premium Times can authoritatively report. The year-long service, organised by the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), is compulsory for all Nigerians who graduate...

    ...even as Oriade Local Government endorses him   A chieftain of the of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State, Hon Mayowa Adejorin has declared that among those angling to be the next governor of the state after Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, the former Secretary to the State...