State Assembly Election: PDP IN EARLY LEAD IN OSUN STATE

• * Urge Voters To Protect Their Votes

By Obafemi Adefaye (Osun State Correspondent, in Oshogbo)

Situation report from the 26 state constituencies of Osun State House of Assembly election has shown the Osun People's Democratic Party (PDP) is in early lead and poised to deliver all her candidates on the ballot.

State Assembly Polls: OSUN PDP CONGRATULATES ELECTED CANDIDATES, THANKS OSUN VOTERS FOR THEIR MASSIVE SUPPORT

• * Describe Murdered Party Members As Martyrs Of The Electoral Victory

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief) @CelestineOkaf11

The Osun People's Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated all her elected candidates in the just concluded House of Assembly election for their victory at their different local constituencies.

State of The Nation: ATIKU, GOV MAKINDE VISIT INB IN MINNA

By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the Governor of Oyo state, Seyi Makinde on Tuesday visited former Military Head of State, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), over issues that may not be unconnected with state of the nation.

State Of The Nation: TAKE NIGERIA BACK TO WHERE YOU MET IT, SENATOR DINO MELAYE TELLS BUHARI

By Sule Tahir (Jigawa State Correspondent, in Dutse)

Worried by the prevailing socio-economic challenges in Nigeria, a former federal lawmaker, Senator Dino Melaye, has pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to take the country back to where he met it in 2015.

State Reproach: THE MANY AFFLICTIONS OF NIGERIAN JOURNALISTS

By Jude Eze

Of late, the press in Nigerian has been unfairly blamed by many state actors for the multisectoral tragedies bedevilling the country. Journalists are becoming scapegoats for the failings of the current regime. Pressmen are guilt-tripped at every turn. In fact, the government's stock-in-trade is gaslighting the masses and guilt-tripping the press; which are basic characteristics of despotic regimes thriving on propaganda.

State's Titles/Slogans In Nigeria: A MISNOMER OR TRUE REFLECTION?

By Eze Jude O.

At the return to democracy in 1999, the federal government under former President Obasanjo was bent on redefining our global image, reorientating our psychosocial spirality, and re-engineering our national order. Having been under the junta regime for 33 out of our then 39 years of nationhood, the government felt we should begin our democratic experiment by walking our consciousness back into what is the norm and ethos of living in a free world where people rule themselves by those they choose through the electoral process.

STATUS OF THE 3.5GHz SPECTRUM AUCTION

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOKaf11

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) hereby announces that by the close of business on Monday, December 5, 2022, only two companies expressed interest in the auction of the 3.5GHz Spectrum band namely;

STCI NIGERIA URGES SOKOTO YOUTHS TO ACQUIRE SKILLS WITH CERTIFICATE

By Ankeli Emmanuel (In Sokoto State)

A Non Governmental Organization (NGO) Save The Child Initiative, Nigeria (STCI) has advised youths in Sokoto State to acquire skills alongside whatever educational heights they wish to attend.

STEPCRAFT BOOKS UNVEILS ‘THE CONVERSATION' TARGETED AT ADDRESSING FAMILY ISSUES

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief) @CelestineOkaf11

StepCraft Books, the publishing arm of StepCraft Nigeria Limited, has unveiled a new book targeted at addressing common issues in family and marital relationship.

Stinking NDDC: DETAILS OF SHOCKING MASSIVE LOOTING REVEALED AT NASS PROBE PANEL

Chilling revelations were made on Monday at the public hearing of the House of Representatives committee investigating the massive looting and abuse of power and failure of moral authority of the worst kind, at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

Stolen Journalist: WHERE IS SEGUN OLATUNJI, EDITOR OF FIRST NEWS?

( A Nigerian NewsLeader Editorial)

Nigerians and indeed the media community in Nigeria woke on Saturday morning, March 16, 2024, to learn of the abduction of one of its citizens and the Editor of First News Newspaper, Mr Segun Olatunji.

STOP CALLING ME SUPREME COURT GOVERNOR, HOPE UZODINMMA WARNS DETRACTORS

•  Threatens Legal Action

By Desmond Ukandu (Group Politics Editor)

Imo state Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has sternly warned his detractors and political opponents to stop describing him as "Supreme Court Governor" or be prepared to face the full wrath of the law. He described such people as mischievous and ignorant.

STOP COLONIZING SOUTH EAST APC, SENATOR KEN NNAMANI TELLS GOV UZODIMMA

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

Apparently dissatisfied with what he viewed as the unhealthy role the Imo State governor, Hope Uzodimma, is playing in the affairs of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in Nigeria, former Senate President, Senator Ken Nnamani, has advised the Imo governor to desist from attempting to "colonize" the party, especially in the South East geo-political zone.

STOP DATING FOR WRONG REASONS

By Michael West

Dating is a prelude to marriage for adults. It is otherwise known as courtship but because some engaged adults don't really want to settle down, they remain in dating for as long as it serves their purposes and interests.

STOP PARADING YOURSELF AS PDP NATIONAL CHAIRMAN, COURT TELL IYORCHIA AYU

By Christopher Enenche (Benue State Correspondent, in Makurdi)

This is certainly an unpleasant season for Senator Iyorchia Ayu, National Chairman of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as a Benue State High Court sitting in Makurdi, on Monday, issued an order restraining him from parading himself as PDP chairman.

STOP VICTIMIZING PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES, PREACHES AWARENESS CAMPAIGNER

• * Says Cases Can Be Tamed, Managed

By Princess Simon (Bureau Chief North Central, in Minna)

As Nigeria joins other countries to mark the 2021 World Mental Health Day, a Mental Health Awareness Advocate in Niger state, Aisha Obiageli Wakaso, has over the weekend in Minna, Niger state called for an end to the stigmatization of victims of mental health-related issues.

STRENGTHENING LOCAL INSTITUTIONS FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA

By Dr. Okechukwu Chuks Ironkwe

As I sit to pen down this week’s thoughts, I am reminded of an old African proverb that says, “If the foundation is shaky, the house will not stand.” For too long, Nigeria’s grassroots governance—our Local Governments, Wards, and Community institutions—have been like that house built on a shaky foundation. We have celebrated democracy on paper while ignoring the very engine rooms where democracy thrives: local institutions.

Strike Action: ALEX EKWUEME VARSITY BRANCH OF ASUU SANCTIONS ERRING LECTURERS

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu Alike Ikwo (AE-FUNAI) branch, has sanctioned some of its Council members for flouting the nation-wide 4-week roll-over strike action declared by ASUU.

Strike: FG DEFEATS ASUU, AS COURT ORDERS VARSITY LECTURERS TO GO BACK TO WORK

By Chinwendu Agoha (Education/Governance Reporter)

Nigerian University students and their parents heaved a sigh of relief as the National Industrial Court, on Wednesday, ordered the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to return to the classroom without further delay.

Strike: FG SETS UP ANOTHER COMMITTEE ON GREY AREAS OF ASUU DEMANDS

The Federal Government has again set up a 14-man committee to look into the grey areas of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) demands.