People&Politics

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Eating the fruit of one's labour became a reality as Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) decorated no fewer than 28 newly-promoted personnel with their new ranks in its Enugu/Anambra/Ebonyi Command. The personnel included 15 officers and 13 other ranks. Decorating the personnel in Enugu, the Customs Area Controller for Enugu/Anambra/Ebonyi Command, Comptroller Comfort Ukpanah, urged the officers and men to always reflect on the mission and vision of the NCS Comptroller-General (C-G), Bashir Adeniyi. Ukpanah noted that all officers and men must follow the visionary leadership of the C-G on his robust plans and transformative ideologies aimed…

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan It was back to the classroom, albeit temporarily, for First Lady of Ekiti State, Dr. Olayemi Oyebanji, as she taught some students of the State University (EKSU), Ado-Ekiti, South-West Nigeria, on Wednesday, February 12. In a rare combination of brain and beauty, she delivered a lecture to students of the university's Department of Educational Management. A statement by the institution's Deputy Registrar/Head, Directorate of Information and Corporate Affairs, Bode Olofinmuagun, stated that: "It was a moment of joy and excitement, as the students listened with rapt attention to Her Excellency's delivery of EDM 303 lecture with…

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan The management of Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Ekiti State, has dismissed as false a report circulating on social media alleging that the institution’s Vice-Chancellor (VC), Professor Abayomi Sunday Fasina, was involved in the arrest of one Dr. Agbeleoba Samuel Opeyemi by the Department of State Services (DSS). Dr. Opeyemi, identified as the younger brother of Mrs. Folasade Adebayo, a FUOYE staff member who had accused Fasina of sexual harassment, was reportedly arrested under unclear circumstances. Social media reports had claimed that the VC orchestrated the arrest to suppress alleged audio recordings that purportedly implicated him in…

By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan Oyo State governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, has inaugurated two bodies, a Steering Committee and a Technical Working Committee, on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in the state. The committees were raised on Wednesday, February 12, during the commemoration of the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation held at the Local Government Service Commission Staff Training Centre, Secretariat, Ibadan, capital of the South-West Nigerian state. Inaugurating the committees, Gov. Makinde, represented by the state's Head of Service (HoS), Mrs. Olubunmi Oni, stated that the bodies were saddled with the mandate of developing and implementing programmes and…

By Okerafor Athanasius, Jalingo A youth vanguard group of the opposition All Progressive Congress (APC) in Taraba State, North-East Nigeria, has called on the State Governor, Dr. Agbu Kefas, to give account of his frequent foreign trips to the people of the state. This was contained in a signed press statement issued to journalists by the Publicity Secretary, APC Youth Vanguard in the state, Ambassador Rikwense Muri, on Wednesday, February 12. Gov. Kefas and his officials have often defended the journeys as necessary to attract foreign investors to the state so as to facilitate development and ensure a higher quality…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu European Union (EU) and Enugu State Government have committed to exploring potential partnership areas across the power and infrastructure sectors to drive economic growth and development in the state. This was disclosed by Head of Cooperation at the EU Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Mr. Massimo De Luca, when he paid a working visit to the governor of Enugu State, Dr Peter Mbah, at Government House, Enugu. Mr. De Luca, who underscored the strategic place of the state to the EU, added that the state had since emerged as a key partner in several areas, particularly…

By Okerafor Athanasius, Jalingo Janet Audu Nyajon, Taraba State Correspondent of Daily Independent newspapers, has emerged Chairperson of the state chapter of Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ). Declaring the results before delegates after a keenly-contested election held on Tuesday , February 11, at the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Press Centre in Jalingo, capital of the North-Eastern state, Chairperson of the electoral committee, Mrs. Elizabeth Usen Smith of Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), Jalingo, said prior to the polls, four seats were vacant. Of them, the position of Chairperson was contested for while the other three had candidates who were…

By Felix Durumbah "The opposition’s work is to criticise the sitting government and hold them accountable. My views changed after I met the President, and he saw a need to appoint me." With these words, former spokesman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) for the 2023 election, Daniel Bwala, sought to justify his 'cross over' to becoming a spokesman of President Bola Tinubu. Tinubu, elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023 and inaugurated on May 29,2023,suffered some of the most virulent attacks on him ahead and immediately after the…