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 Let give it to the dancing-performing Governor, says Olawale Rasheed, the spokesperson to Senator (Dr) Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke. Public governance demands broad mind and readiness to experiment by the leadership. The urge to be innovative to fast track state building is essentially a rare attribute. You only find it here and there within the political space and the public sector. A state with such leadership is sure to experience unusual churning out of equally surprising policies and programmes. From January till date, readers should attempt a survey and review of subnational administrations and point out where new state decisions are taken that are out of the ordinary. From across the six geo-political zones, you may be confronted with mediocrity and docility covered with garb of civility. The likely result will be a preponderance of a unanimous show of uninspiring state actions. Mostly, critical state issues are approached with shockingly pedestrian solutions. Let me co...

  Governor Ademola Adeleke has vowed to punish those behind the resurgence of violence around Ifon/Ilobu areas of the state. In a statement signed by Mallam Olawale Rasheed, spokesperson to the State Governor, Adeleke said those who ignited the attacks again will be rounded up and arraigned for breaching peace in the area. “I hosted a virtual security meeting last night. A physical meeting is now ongoing. We will not spare sponsors of this dastardly act. “ Any traditional ruler found to be fanning embers of violence will be removed from office. Requisite intelligence is being gathered on the extent of culpability of prominent leaders from the two areas. “ Since yesterday, I have issued relevant directives which are being implemented to calm the situation.All through the night, security teams have commenced de-escalation operations. “We have dispatched security teams and further measures will soon be announced”, the Governor who is attending a national minimum wage meeting at the St...

  Governor Ademola Adeleke has commended the Transmission Company of Nigeria for completing many abandoned transmission.project across the country , describing the TCN as the heartbeat of the Nigerian electricity system. The Governor was at the TCN headquarters to follow up on the preliminary work already done by his Chief of Staff, Hon Kazeem Akinleye and the House of Representative member representing Ede/Egbedore/Ejigbo federal Constituency , Hon Bamidele Sallam. Saluting the commitment of the TCN management to sustaining power transmission in Nigeria, Governor Adeleke affirmed that Osun which hosts Osogbo national transmission station is a key stakeholder in the nation’s electricity system. According to the Governor , Osogbo is a critical center for power transmission in Nigeria, describing Osun as “a good host to TCN and other stakeholders. “We are here to thank the Federal Government through your office for your support so far on the ongoing 132/33 KV Transmission station pr...

…Tasks Tinubu on Security  The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) demands for the immediate release of its Lagos State Chapter Chairman, Hon. Philip Olabode Aivoji, who was abducted on his way to Lagos from Ibadan, Oyo State capital after a very important Party assignment. In a statement released by Hon. Debo Ologunagba, National Publicity Secretary, read, "The PDP is seriously concerned about Hon. Aivoji's well-being and safety especially considering his age and health status. Our Party condemns the distressing spate of kidnap for ransom, mindless killings, marauding of communities and other acts of terrorism across the country under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s watch and calls for urgent action to ensure the release of all those held in kidnappers’ dens in various parts of the country. T he alarming situation is an agonizing confirmation that the security intelligence, command, operation and coordination structure under President Tinubu has collapsed....

BETHSIADA happened to be a place where people's miracles were swallowed up. Your own bethsaida is a place where God saves you from many dangers but you did not yield yourself to him. Where God healed you but you did not draw back to him. "Today, get out of that town where people sees you as a tree but not as a human being. You have spent many decades in a particular place and nothing changes about your life, for that reason you gave up on your dreams and living your life like mannequin. Get up and leave now. Progress they say, is impossible without change, that your comfort zone can ruin destiny. It had ruined many destinies, it was the same place where those who fought before you fell and never stood up. walk out where you're being tied down like goat and convey your cross of emancipation today. Never underestimate what the Lord can perform through your life. Be a kind of person that leaves people in shock about your progress. You have to keep running until you get to tha...

U.S. and British warships intercepted 21 drones and missiles fired on Tuesday from areas of Yemen controlled by the Iranian-backed Houthi militia, officials said.  The U.S. and its allies are now weighing how to shut down other attacks against commercial ships in the Red Sea. The Houthi attacks, in solidarity with Hamas in its war against Israel, have forced the world’s largest shipping companies to reroute vessels away from the Red Sea, creating delays and extra costs felt worldwide through higher prices for oil and other imported goods. The Biden administration and a number of allies said last week that they would hold the Houthis responsible for the attacks, a warning that suggested the government may be considering retaliatory strikes on Houthi territory in Yemen, military officials said.  Rather than back off, the Houthis appear to have stepped up their attacks. So far, the U.S. has held back from hitting Houthi bases in Yemen, in large part to avoid undermining a fragile...

 Former President Of the United States of America, Donald Trump appeared At a hearing in Washington yesterday in front of an appeals court panel to argue that he is immune from prosecution on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election because they arose from actions he took as president.  The three judges on the panel seemed unconvinced, suggesting that they are unlikely to rule in the former president’s favor. “I think it’s paradoxical to say that his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed allows him to violate the criminal law,” said Judge Karen Henderson, the sole Republican appointee. The panel appeared particularly wary when Trump’s lawyer said during the hearing that a president could assassinate a political rival and still be shielded from prosecution unless the Senate first convicted him at an impeachment proceeding. However, the judges looked torn at times about how broadly they might rule; one suggested that a decision to deny im...

 Former President Of the United States of America, Donald Trump appeared At a hearing in Washington yesterday in front of an appeals court panel to argue that he is immune from prosecution on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election because they arose from actions he took as president.  The three judges on the panel seemed unconvinced, suggesting that they are unlikely to rule in the former president’s favor. “I think it’s paradoxical to say that his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed allows him to violate the criminal law,” said Judge Karen Henderson, the sole Republican appointee. The panel appeared particularly wary when Trump’s lawyer said during the hearing that a president could assassinate a political rival and still be shielded from prosecution unless the Senate first convicted him at an impeachment proceeding. However, the judges looked torn at times about how broadly they might rule; one suggested that a decision to deny im...

  Bobi wine has blasted Yoweri Museveni, the president of Uganda, What sense does it makes to have purchased luxury cars for ex-speakers of the parliament after the president himself had recently bewailed that his regime is cash-strapped. Bobi wine, wrote on his social media handle, "Where is the common sense Museveni was talking about recently? The regime claims to be cash-strapped. Citizens are dying of hunger in different parts of the country.  The regime can barely offer any meaningful services to the people.  And what do they do? Spend billions to purchase luxury cars for former Speakers of Parliament, some of whom still hold well-paying government jobs where they already have vehicles and convoys following them around!  Each week, we wake up to a new scandal, new heist. The criminals in power continue to ask the citizens: "What can you do?" And yes, the citizens of this country must rise up at the earliest opportunity and put an end to this madness. 

  Olowu of Kuta, HRM Oba Hameed Adekunle Oyelude Makama, CON, Tegbosun III,   has warned mischief makers to steer away from the activities of the Department of State Services, DSS, through unfounded allegations and narrative capable of affecting the morals of officers and rank and file. Olowu, in a statement released on Sunday, said the news making the rounds that the director general of the DSS, Bichi, has siphoned  money meant for the payment of the N35,000 wage award approved by President Bola Tinubu, is not only unfounded, but ridiculous. "It is a known fact that the DSS's salary and allowances are special and can not be fully categorised as civil servants because the services are essential. "It's also clear that the intention of the purveyors of the fake news is to cause disaffection between the officers and the DG."  Olowu said. Continuing,  Olowu said it is the prerogative of Mr President to chose who he want to work with as far as the DSS DG positio...

  In a grand ceremony held on December 1, 2023, the Olowu of Kuta, HRM Oba Hameed Adekunle Oyelude Makama CON, added a touch of regality to Owu Kuta by conferring esteemed chieftaincy titles on two merited personalities, The honored recipients were none other than Lagos Business Tycoon, Chief (Mrs) Abisola Bamidele, as Erelu Borokoni, and the distinguished and detribalized Senior Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Government of the Federation (SGF), Hon. Mike Msuaan, who now bears the title Akeweje of Kuta. Dignitaries present included former army chief Lt Gen TY Buratai, who is also the Balogun agba Owu Kuta, Oba Dokun Abolarin the Orangun of Oke-Ila led arays of traditional rulers, among others that grace the colourful event, aligning with Owu Kuta's vision for progress proclaimed in "Kuta tuntun,"  the achievements and  pedigree of the two eminent  chiefs,  Lady Bisbam and Hon. Mike Msuaan MON. Lady Bisbam, who is An astute  business woman of repu...