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http://ift.tt/2oAzrVD Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode The Lagos State Government on Sunday joined Oyo, Ogun and Osun states to declare Monday public holiday to mark the June 12 anniversary in the state.. Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, in a statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Tunji Bello, said the state remains committed to the ideals of the annulled 1993 Presidential election. Ambode said the holiday was in honour of the ideals which June 12, 1993 Presidential election represented, being a day that the country experienced an election that was adjudged as the freest and fairest in Nigeria’s history. He said that 24 years after, the ideals of June 12 are still worth celebrating, describing the day as one of the most defining moments of the country’s political history which had positively shaped its democracy. The Governor urged Nigerians to go beyond the commemoration and strive to entrench a viable democracy. He said that this was a way to immor...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Tribute in brief Celebrating a ‘lawmakers’ lawmaker’ I , Senator Ike Lawrence Ekweremadu, do solemnly swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to the Federal Republic of Nigeria…” the voice of the Senator representing Enugu West Senatorial District reverberated in the hallowed chamber of the Senate on June 6, 2007. The lawmaker, who was first elected into the Senate in 2003, was being led in Oath of Office by the former Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA), Alhaji Ibrahim Arab, after his emergence as the Deputy President of the Fifth Senate. His election was preceded by the battle of two brothers, Senator Akume (PDP, Benue North West) and Senator David Mark (PDP, Benue South), for the position of the Senate President, which Mark won with 68 votes as against Akume’s 39 in an election defined by a vortex of intrigues, drama, and extreme anxiety. A senator abstained, while Senator Chimaroke Nnamani was absent. Meanwhile, although Ekweremadu was alre...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Wahab Abdulah T he non-Muslims could not possibly imagine the joy that Muslims feel in Ramadan. The wealthy and the poor, the environment and economy including all strata of the society are inundated in the spirit of Ramadan. Apart from the spiritual blessings which every Muslim yearns for, the spirit of giving and care for the have-nots enliven the society and every Muslim is happy. The giver gives cheerfully while the receiver receives with joy. Overtly or covertly, this is the rahma of Allah on us. No amount of words can describe how important Ramadan is or the blessings and the benefits we, as Muslims, take from it. Feeling of festivity No words can describe how good it feels to complete a day’s fast or the joy and the feeling of festivity when each day’s fasting is over with gifts exchanging hands. We cannot pretend not to know that there are many Muslims in our environment whose fast will not end. In fact, thousands are starving merely because they...

http://ift.tt/2ry5IOK President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has described the high rate of smuggling of agricultural products into the country as “economic sabotage.” A statement by his Special Assistant on Print Media, Mr Chuks Okocha, on Tuesday in Abuja, said that Saraki said this when he received representatives of Poultry Farmers’ Association of Nigeria who visited him. “We all know that about 40 per cent to 50 per cent of poultry products are still being smuggled into the country and this is bad. “Something needs to be done about it. Nigeria Customs must sit up because it is an economic sabotage. “ It is now that we must stop this smuggling particularly on agricultural products like rice and chicken. “We will take this up aggressively. Without that, we are only wasting our time. Nothing we are going to do at this level in support of agriculture if products are still going to be smuggled in. “Chicken is still being ...

http://ift.tt/2ru6IVm The Acting President Yemi Osinbajo made this known in his opening address at the 2017 Digital Africa Conference and Exhibition. AFP PHOTO / Miguel MEDINA The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja said it would build a one billion dollar ICT company to boost indigenous technology. The Acting President Yemi Osinbajo made this known in his opening address at the 2017 Digital Africa Conference and Exhibition. The theme of the event is “the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Getting Africa Ready“. According to him, such feat will make Nigeria no longer a dumping ground for ICT products and services. “The Nigerian government is committed to encourage the growth of indigenous ICT companies to world standards by proving policies that will help them thrive. “With the mantra of change, the Nigerian political milieu will be recalibrated for the age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. “So that both the executive and legislative will be more responsive and responsible...

http://ift.tt/2oywruo Former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Caretaker Committee has called for unconditional release of the former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido and other political detainees in custody. The PDP made the call in a statement issued by Mr Dayo Adeyeye, the National Publicity Secretary of the Committee on Monday in Abuja. The party stated that its attention has been once again drawn to “unwarranted arrest and detention” of Lamido by men of the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) in Kano State. Adeyeye described the arrest of Lamido as “outrageous and anti-democratic” and not base on the frivolous allegation of ‘inciting the public’ levied against him. “The true reason for his arrest, however, has to do with the forthcoming Local Government elections in Jigawa State.” The arrest of former Governor Gabriel Suswan of Benue, according to the party, was also linked to the forthcoming Local Government elect...