100 Days: Adeleke officially commissions second phase of dualization of Osogbo – Ikirun – Ila Odo (KWSB) road 10.5km

The Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke officially commissions second phase of the Dualization of Osogbo – Ikirun – Ila Odo (KWSB) road 10.5km. According to his press statement issued on Tuesday, signed Adeleke reads: “Today signifies another landmark in the annals of history of our dear state. This Government has been able to meet…

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Nigeria’s 2023 elections fascinating, positive — British envoy

The outgoing British High Commissioner in Nigeria, Catriona Laing, described the 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections as fascinating and offered future assuredness for democratic governance in the country. The polls, which were conducted on Saturday, February 25, 2023, had the candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as the winner. The Independent…

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Court halts Sanwo-Olu from installing man as monarch

A Lagos State High Court, sitting in Epe, has barred the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sawo-Olu, from installing or recognising the Alaketu-elect, Adelaja Akeem, as a monarch in the Ketu area of the state. The court also ordered Akeem to stop parading himself as the traditional ruler of the Ketu town in Ikosi-Ejirin Local…

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Iwo Traditional Council commends Gov. Adeleke, calls for lifting of Executive order on Monarchs

Iwo Traditional Council under the headship of the Paramount Ruler of Iwoland,HIM Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has commended Governor Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke of Osun State over various projects inaugurated to mark his 100days in office. The council described Governor Adeleke as God sent to the good people of Osun, saying his governance has brought…

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Gov. Adeleke, PDP, INEC defends July 16 2022 Governorship Election Victory, as APC wobbles at Appeal Court

…Tribunal Bound By Applicable Judicial Decisions – Appeal Panel Chairman ….Appeal Court Reserves Judgement On All Grounds Of Appeal The appeal court sitting holden in Abuja on Monday reserved judgement on the three grounds of appeal by Governor Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke, The Peoples Democratic Party and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC on the…

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CBN discloses date for MPC meeting

The Central Bank of Nigeria has announced its Monetary Policy Committee meeting would be held on March 20 and 21, 2023.The two-day meeting, according to the apex bank, would be held in Abuja.The apex bank disclosed this on its website, monitored by our correspondent on Tuesday. The members of the committee include Godwin Emefiele, Governor,…

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Japanese local government: Comprehensive autonomy

Recent decades have seen a drive to push more power to a local level in Japan, writes deputy editor Martin George. Local government in Japan has something its counterpart in the UK can only dream of: a chapter in the country’s written constitution that guarantees its role, including a commitment to “the principle of local…

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