President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State have extolled the leadership qualities of late Anthony Akhakon Anenih. The Anonthy Anenih was eulogised as an illustrious son of Nigeria and a politician of uncommon repute. Ecomiums and tributes from both the President and the Edo State Governor were rendered during a requiem mass held as part of the state burial in honour of late Chief Anenih, at the University of Benin Sports Complex, in Benin City, Edo State capital. President Buhari who was represented by the Minister of State for Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said that Anenih led…
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Popular Nigerian entrepreneur and philantropist, AKin Alabi, has revealed that he would have been a lawyer if not for his failure to pass the Joint Admission Matriculation Examination (JAMB) on five different occasions. Mr Alibi, made this shocking revelation onThursday via his verified Twitter account while celebrating Nigerian Law School grduaduates who were recently called to bar as solicitors of the Supreme Court of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The renowned business mogul turned politician, confessed that he had always loved and valued the noble profession. And had once wished to be a lawyer. He said he loved seeing people…
Lawmakers of Kano State origin have described the Kwankwasiya Political movement in the state as non-existent. The lawmakers who comprise senators and House Representative members in the state made this observation on Thursday in the state capital, while addressing newsmen. The leader of the lawmakers, Senator Kabiru Gaya, who is currently representing the people of Kano south in the Sentate, said the defection of former governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, to the APC, and that of Senator Ibrahim Lado, had sent the opposition in the state into political oblivion. The group however declared total support for Governor Abdullahi Ganduje,…
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Monday presented the 2019 appropriation bill to the Edo State House Assembly in Benin city, the state capital. The budget proposal which is known as the “budget of socioeconomic inclusion” has the total of N175.7 bn budgeted for the 2019 fiscal year. The 2019 economic master-plan contained a total of N95.8 bn as alloted to capital expenditures while N79.9 bn was budgeted for recurrent expenditures. The bill has infrastructure, health, education, industrialization, pension and security as it’s top priorities. According to the governor, the 2019 appropriation bill reflects his administration’s intention to promote social…
The meeting held on Monday in Abuja between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to find a way to ending the ongoing ASSU strike ended in deadlock after several hours of deliberation. The ASUU team to the meeting was led by its President,Biodun Ogunbiyi while the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, and the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, were the ones on the government side, MERIDIAN SPY had reliably gathered. The parties in the meeting however agreed to end the meeting yesterday to continue today. Mallam Adamu had earlier announced that the meeting was…
The Lagos state government on Thursday said it has fashioned out workable solutions to ensure free flow of traffic across the state as the yuletide season approaches. The government said it had resolved to immediately implement some mapped-out solutions to ensure Lagosians can commute across the state with ease during a close-door meeting on Thursday that had key stakeholders of the Ambode led administration in attendance. The state commissioner for Transportation, Mr Ladi Lawanson said the governor had called for the session to fine-tune strategies for all agencies and stakeholders involved to make implementation so as to ameliorate the traffic…
A 200 level student of the University of Benin has been confirmed dead after he was reportedly poisoned by his girlfriend. Osamuyimen Osayamen Frederick until his death was a student in the department of educational management in the institution with the matriculation number – Edu1602991. According to information gathered by MERIDIAN SPY, Osamyimen died on Friday 16th November, 2018 in Benin City after a severe stomach ache. Osas, as he was fondly called, was doing his mandatory teaching practice exercise at Brano High School, Benin city, Edo state, before his premature demise. MERIDIAN SPY reliably gathered that on the Friday…
Nigeria’s ex-president, Olusegun Obasanjo says he has returned back to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Obasanjo disclosed his return to the PDP while speaking at the ongoing book launch of Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Nigeria’s immediate past president, entitled ” My Transition Hours”, on Tuesday at the Transcorp Hilton , Abuja. Obasanjo who ruled the country between 1999 and 2003 had denounced his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the most bizarre manner in the build-up to the 2015 general elections. Sequel to the nebulous denouncement, the ex Nigerian number one citizen had thrown his weight behind the…
The Cross River State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Matthew Achigbe, and his wife have been named among those killed in an auto crash along Afikpo Road in Ebonyi State on Saturday evening. At the time of filling this report, the identities of others who also died alongside the chairman in the auto-crash were still unascertained. However, MERIDIAN SPY reliably gathered that Mr Achigbe was travelling to his hometown in Obubra Local Government Area of Cross River State for a political meeting when the crash occurred.
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has told the people of the North East not to vote for the ruling All Progressives Congress in the 2019 general elections. Abubakar made the call on Saturday during a reunion with his supporters on his return to Adamawa State. He said: “We thank God for this home coming, which has afforded me the opportunity to make this reunion since my emergence as the presidential candidate of the PDP. “It is no longer news that I emerged the presidential candidate of our party, the PDP, at the Port Harcourt…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared Alhaji Abubakar Kusada of the All Progressives Congress as winner of the bye-election into the House of Representatives in Katsina State. The election was conducted in the Kankiya/Kusada/Ingawa Federal Constituency in Katsina State on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Kusada was the speaker of Katsina State House of Assembly before his election. Prof. Adedayo Hamza, the Returning Officer who announced the result on Saturday in Kankiya, said Kusada scored 48,518 votes to emerge winner. Alhaji Abdussamad Yusuf of the Peoples Democratic Party came second with 20,193 votes, while Nasiru Kankiya…