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…
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…
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…
…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…
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,…
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…
Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the February 25 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has said the problem of Nigeria is accepting what is wrong and unacceptable as God’s wish for the country.Obi said this on Monday, while featuring on ARISE Television’s Morning Show. He was reacting to the position of some Nigerians that the…
The Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has presented Instructional materials to secondary student in the state today.This was confirmed in a press statement issued on Monday, signed by Gov. Adeleke at the state capital that, students stand for the future of the state and how we treat them will tell us what our society…
Governor Sanwo-Olu has urged Lagosians to accept old Naira notes stating that it remains legal tender. Sahel gathered that Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has called on business owners, especially retailers, to accept the old N500 and N1,000 notes in line with the Supreme Court judgment that the currency remains legal tender until December 31. A…
The Governor of Anambra State, Prof Charles Soludo confirmed on Monday that the Central Bank of Nigeria has asked commercial banks to dispense and accept old naira notes as deposits. It was gathered that Soludo, a former CBN governor, made this known in a statement he posted on his social media handles. He explained that…
