Osun State: CLIMATE COUNCIL RATES GOV ADELEKE'S CLIMATE AGENDA HIGH

• * Pledges Partnership And Technical Support

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)

The Director General of the National Council on Climate Change, Dr Salisu Dahiru, has described the Osun State Climate Agenda as "an unprecedented model for subnational entities in Nigeria"

Osun State: GOV ADELEKE PRAISES SELF, SAYS WE'VE SUCCEEDED WHERE OPPONENTS NEVER GAVE US A CHANCE

• * 'He Will Do Second Term'....Oluwo of Iwoland

By Segun Awoyinfa (Osun State Correspondent, in Oshogbo)

Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has attributed the achievements recorded by his administration in 2023 to divine guidance, saying his government's recorded successes trumped the expectations of his political opponents.

Osun State: THE QUESTIONS BEFORE THE APPEAL COURT AND THE BEARING ON NIGERIA'S DEMOCRACY

By Sarafa Ibrahim

Today, Monday, parties in the Osun governorship tussle will appear before the Appeal Court sitting in Abuja to present their cases for adjudication by the panel of the appellate court. All eyes will be on the panel as its decision resonates beyond Osun but the fate of the country's democracy as it revolves around the power of the people to choose their leaders.

OUR PROJECTS ARE EVIDENCES OF GOD'S MIRACLE IN EBONYI STATE ......Gov. Umahi

• * Congratulates GOCOP On 2022 Annual Confab

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

Governor David Umahi has described his administration's transformational projects in Ebonyi State as Miracles from God.

Outcome of Rivers LG Polls: A NEW RIVERS BEGINS FROM NOW.... Gov Fubara

• As 23 Newly Elected LG Chairmen Take Oath Of Office

• Gov Fubara Charges Them To Be Servant Leaders

By Adango Isokarari (Rivers State Correspondent, in Portharcourt)

Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has said that with the Local Government Council election now over, the State has now entered into a season of transformation where democracy will not only thrive but the people shall witness delivery of democratic dividends that satisfy their aspirations.

Outpouring Of Empathy: IGBO GIRL VOLUNTEERS TO DONATE HER KIDNEY TO EKWEREMADU'S AILING DAUGHTER

• * Says 'I've Seen Her Condition In My Dream'

• Insists She Does Not Want Money From The Ekweremadus

• As Ohaneze Youth Wing Writes UK Embassy Over Ekweremadu Saga

An Ilorin Kwara state-based young lady, who identified herself as Martha Uche, has indicated her willingness to donate one of her kidneys to save the life of the ailing daughter of former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu.

OUTRAGE AS AFRICAN LEADERS ARE TRANSPORTED ON BUS TO QUEEN ELIZABETH 11'S BURIAL IN UK

• * G7 Envoys, Leaders Reject Such Protocol Arrangement, Insist On VIP Reception, Security Enforcement
• US President, Joe Biden, Arrive Event With Armoured Presidential Limousine, Full Security Compliment

By Feyisayo Helen

There was outrage and strong protests across many countries in Africa and in the social media, as photos that surfaced showed Presidents and leaders of African countries being transported on a coach provided by the United Kingdom government for the leaders attending the burial ceremony of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey.

OVATION AS UNILAG GETS FIRST FEMALE VICE CHANCELLOR, PROF SHADE OGUNSHOLA

• * New VC Urged To Embark On Restorative Measures To Re-launch Varsity

By Olumide Ogunshola

A Professor of Microbiology at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Prof. Folashade Ogunshola, has emerged as new Vice Chancellor of the 60-year old institution.

OVER 50,000 TELECOM INFRASTRUCTURE DESTRUCTION REPORTED IN FIVE YEARS

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

Over 50,000 cases of major destruction to telecom infrastructure and facilities have been reported across the country in the past five years, raising alarm over the implication of these incidents to the quality of telecommunications services in Nigeria.

OVER 7000 PDP MEMBERS DEFECTS TO APC IN SOKOTO

By Ankeli Emmanuel (In Sokoto State)

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, no fewer than 7000 members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto state have defected to the opposition All Progressive Congress (APC).

OWO HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI MEMBERS TO LAUNCH ENDOWMENT FUND

By Yemi Agagu (Ondo State Correspondent, in Akure)

Former students of Owo High School, Owo in Ondo State, South West, Nigeria, is set to launch an endowment fund for their alma mater.

OXFORD UNIVERSITY APPOINTS US-BASED NIGERIAN PROFESSOR, CHIKA OKEKE-AGULU, AS DISTINGUISHED FACULTY DON

• * Becomes First African To Hold Position Of Slade Professor Of Art For 2023 Academic Session

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

A leading Nigerian academic in the United States, Professor Chika Okeke-Agulu of Princeton University, has assumed duties at Oxford University, one of the oldest and most respected educational institutions in the world, as a distinguished professor.

OYO GOV, SEYI MAKINDE, LAUDED OVER AKINTOLA VARSITY

By Michael Jegede (NewsLeader Editor-At-Large)

The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of YSEG Hotels and Suites in Ibadan, Hon. Olayinka Oladimeji Segelu, has applauded the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, for his remarkable efforts that saw to the resolution of the ownership crisis of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH).

OZALLA: THE ORIGIN AND STORY OF A MAJOR NKANU TOWN IN ENUGU STATE

By Chineze Ogbodo (NewsLeader Correspondent, Enugu State, Reports From Agbani)

Ozalla, otherwise known to the aborigines as Ozara, is a prominent town in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State, South East, Nigeria. The name Ozalla is a colonial name given to it. The correct form "Ozara" is the most widely used by the natives in their Ozara dialect of Igbo language.

PACIFICATION OF NIGERIA'S HEALTH SECTOR AND THE NEW LESSONS FROM BORNO

By Eze Jude .O

In 2012, one Mr. A.A Obi (a Medical Laboratory Scientist) with Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH) Nnewi, went against a 'popular convention' to vie for the office of Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the hospital, and the whole heaven was let loose! Physicians protested against how a paramedical health worker could have the balls to challenge them in a position that was 'exclusively' reserved for the -- holders of MBBS certificates. They forgot it is called the Ministry of Health not the Ministry of Medicine and Surgery!

Palestinians Versus Jews: WAR WITHOUT END? (PART 2)

By Bolanle BOLAWOLE

As we were saying, Abram, father of the Jewish faith of Judaism, the Christian faith of Christianity and the Muslim faith of Islam, came from Ur in Mesopotamia in present-day Iraq. Christianity’s Old Testament bible and the Jewish Tanakh bible, which are significantly the same, has this to say in Genesis 12: 1 -6: “Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will show thee... So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken unto him... And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten to go to the land of Canaan, and into the land of Canaan they came”

PANDEF CONGRATULATES GOV FUBARA AT 51 AND SENATOR DICKSON AT 60 YEARS

By Ignatius Sagbama (Society Reporter)

The Board of Trustees and National Executive Committee of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), has congratulated two illustrious citizens of Niger Delta Region, Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State and former governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Seriakeon, on their birthdays.

Pandora Papers: HIDDEN WEALTH OF WORLD LEADERS, POLITICIANS, MONARCHS, RICH BUSINESSMEN EXPOSED IN SECRET MEDIA INVESTIGATION

The very vast international journalistic investigation of the Pandora Papers shows that many wealthy personalities, from the political, economic or artistic world, still escape tax by having recourse to tax havens. Trillions of dollars are in question.

PANTAMI APPLAUDS ICT's 17.92% CONTRIBUTIONS TO NIGERIA'S GDP

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CelestineOkaf11

Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has applauded consistent growth in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) contributions to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which hit 17.92 per cent in the last quarter of 2020, and in the first quarter of 2021, and continued on an impressive trajectory.

PANTAMI INAUGURATES NEW NCC'S BOARD MEMBER, BINDAWA

• * Tasks Commission On Synergy, Policy Implementation
• Bindawa’s Expertise Will Strengthen NCC Board, Says Prof Akande, Governing Board Chairman

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11

Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has formally inaugurated Prof. Mansur Bindawa, as a non-executive commissioner on the Board of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) by administering the oath of office on the new appointee.