•••Governor Adeleke to Inspect Road project next week The administration of Senator Ademola Adeleke has mobilized the contractor handling the Osogbo-Ikirun/Kwara State boundary road back to site to resume work on the project immediately after many years of abandonment. This was disclosed by the Coordinating Director, Ministry of Works and Transport, Engr Olusola Ajao during…
Civil rights activist and former Senator representing Kaduna Senatorial District, Shehu Sani has described the cashless policy introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, governor, Godwin Emefiele as disastrous and poisonous. In a statement he issued on Friday, Sani wondered how public policy should be a catastrophe to people rather than being a succour….
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke on Friday extolled a former Governor in the state, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, as a charismatic leader whose approach to service inspires dedication to the people, rejoicing with him as he turns 72 years old today. In a statement signed by Gov. Adeleke described the Okuku-born blue…
Osun State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has described as unfortunate the unending gaffes of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress on the podium of his campaigns, advising the national chairman of the APC, Abdulahi Adamu to save the country from Tinubu’s incurable voyage of embarrassment by keeping him indoors. In a…
Ex-CBN Director demands Emefiele’s resignation, as citizens struggle to get cash Report gathered by Sahel Standard revealed that the transportation system in Lagos has been badly hit by the absence of new naira notes in circulation with many people struggling to get cash. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has fixed February 10 deadline to…
President Muhammadu Buhari warmly felicitates with the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Mamman Nami on his 55th birthday, praising him for making commendable efforts to raise government revenues, especially at this time of great need. According to a press statement signed by the senior special adviser to the president,Graba Shehu…
… subject to a maximum daily payout limit of N20,000.The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has given a new directive to the country’s banks on the Naira, even as it assured that queues at Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) across the country would soon disappear. The CBN in a statement issued on Monday, signed by the…
…says 160,000 children acquired the HIV in 2021 The World Health Organisation said a child dies from AIDS-related causes every five minutes and 160,000 children acquired the Human Immunodeficiency Virus in 2021. The WHO also said a child dies from AIDS-related causes every five minutes globally. The global health body in a press statement made…
When he speaks about Iwo, Mr Rasheed Olawale speaks with a gentle passion that is suggestive of serious thoughtfulness and undeniable love. He makes his points not by shouting or through unnecessary emphasis but by presenting facts and arguments in the most convincing manner. Before setting out to meet him for this interview I was…
There are indications that Nigeria might be re-included in the United State Government’s list of countries that violate religious freedom. The US government had in 2021 removed Nigeria from its list of countries that violate religious freedom against the recommendation of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. But according to a report by…
