Lagos not dangerous city to live in the world—Falana (Vanguard)
Mr Femi Falana, A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has said that he does not believe in the report that Lagos State was the third most dangerous city to live in the world. Falana debunked the report on Sunday evening during the investiture of Mr Kayode Opeifa, the former Commissioner for Transpin Lagos State as the President of Rotary Club. Read more
Saraki blames Presidency’s ‘lack of foresight’ for 2019 election budget delay (PremiumTimes)
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has said the late submission of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC’s 2019 election budget by the presidency was due to a lack of foresight. He said this while reacting to allegations by Buhari’s Media Organisation (BMO) that the senate president was slowing down the approval of the budget request for the 2019 elections. Read more
Saraki, Tambuwal left APC for automatic tickets-Tinubu (Sun)
Senate President Bukola Saraki and Sokoto State Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal and others defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) because the party could not offer them an automatic ticket and unfettered access to the public till. National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who made the claim in a statement he personally signed, entitled: “They Go Away Because We Go the Right Way,” said the defectors “left the party to return to a motley agglomeration that would promise them what true democracy could not: automatic tickets, sharing of the national wealth and other offices and privileges.”Read more
Youth development: The ‘Itesiwaju’ dimension (Sun)
We are in that time of the year that the International Youth Day (IYD) is observed. August 12, every year, is a day set aside to draw attention to the myriad of issues that affects young people across the globe. The need to create “Safe Spaces for Youth” is this year’s talking point. A random search on the internet shows that so many countries of the world have decided to make the day memorable in form of events, fun activities and discussion platforms. Considering the fact that the current generation of youth are the largest in history of mankind, and Africa being the continent with the highest number of young people, this year’s international youth day calls for celebration, reflection and implementation. Read more
Buhari and Trump: betwixt and between (Sun)
I have been in the United States of America attending family events and attempting a vacation. Before I left Nigeria, I was really downcast with the turn of events in country, especially the show of shame happening in the political circles: rumours of planned decamping, mass decamping and some des-camping; threats of impeachment and attempted impeachments in the midst of worsening insecurity and growing poverty. Read more
IPOB Alleges Arrest of Women Demanding Kanu’s Release (ThisDay)
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB have alleged that an undisclosed number of women members of the group in Owerri, Imo State were arrested yesterday. The group said the women were arrested when they staged a peaceful protest to demand the release of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The group in a press statement signed by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful demanded the immediate release of the Women, which they said have been taken to Etche Local Government Area (LGA) in Rivers State. Read more
315,000 PVC Yet To Be Claimed in Kwara, Says REC (ThisDay)
The Kwara State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Alhaji Garbage Madami, at the weekend said a total number of 315,000 permanent voters cards (PVCs) are yet to be claimed by registered voters since 2015 till date in the state. Malami disclosed this in Ilorin during a courtesy visit to the Correspondents’ Chapel of the state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). Read more
Omokri Berates Fashola (Thisday)
Former aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. Reno Omokri, has urged the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, to stop spreading falsehood about the former president and instead focus on how to provide power to Nigerians. In a statement sent to THISDAY yesterday, Omokri said Fashola, should be preoccupied with salvaging the dying reputation of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). Read more
Adams Cautions Candidates in Osun Governorship Poll (ThisDay)
The Aare OnaKakanfo, Gani Adams, has highlighted the need for all stakeholders in Osun State to play by the rules in the forthcoming governorship election as part of the ways to sustain peace in the South-west region of Nigeria. Adams, who paid a courtesy call on the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state in the September 22 governorship election, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, said all political parties and candidates participating in the election must see peace at the end of the exercise as a major condition. Read more
DISCOs urge government to tackle power transmission challenges (guardian)
Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs), have identified low Transmission owing to persistent directive from the National Control Centre (NCC), to Generation Companies (GENCOs), to generate electricity below optimal level as a major hindrance to Nigeria’s drive towards efficient power supply. Read more
Nigeria’s Education System Deficient, Says Dogara (Thisday)
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has said the prevailing education system in Nigeria has not enabled the youths to discover their talents and effectively deploy such to their advantage. He stated that overhauling curriculum would be key to combating the present scourge of unemployment in the country. Read more
PDP, APC, Nigeria’s problem —Presidential aspirant (Vanguard)
A PRESIDENTIAL aspirant, Mr. Placid Emmanuel, has fingered the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the problem of the country. Urging Nigerians not to vote any of the two parties in the 2019 elections, he described the PDP as the killer squad that hacked the nation down, and the APC as the unprepared, mindless and tactless mortician, who performed the burial rites. Read more