By Janet Ifidon and Timileyin Okunuga Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will on Friday commission the first phase of the Lagos – Abeokuta standard gauge rail line. The test run of the train ride starts from the Iju area of Lagos to Abeokuta in Ogun State. The Vice President will ride along with the Transportation Minister,…
Lagos-Abeokuta Rail To be Inaugurated This Week
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will this week, inaugurate the newly constructed standard gauge Lagos-Abeokuta rail line. Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi disclosed this on Sunday while inspecting the project. The rail line, according to the minister, which is part of the Lagos-Ibadan rail project has been nearly completed and due for flag off this week.…
Why Nigeria Must Change
Those clamouring for restructuring of Nigeria insist it will produce a country where healthy rivalry among regions will promote development, douse the current recrimination between the nationalities and engender peaceful co-existence.[powr-banner-slider id=f615b390_1500277847679] It will not be the same country that President Muhammadu Buhari left over 70 days ago for medical management in London that…
The Challenge Of Change
Managing A Tottering Economy Two years into President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, the economy still wobbles with telling effects on the people Acting President Yemi Osinbajo’s Democracy Day assessment of what Nigerians are passing through was a graphic picture of the economic reality in part; and stating otherwise as many politicians would have preferred, would have…
Short And Sharp
For Kaduna to be great again, we must forgive. Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna State, while promising to implement the recommendation of two committees, one of which was initiated by a past administration in the state I have been following the trend of things in Yoruba land, particularly Ekiti State, and I am proud…
Fashola Chides Jonathan
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola has criticized President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan for what he described as his failure to articulate his plans for Nigeria during the presidential campaign rally held in Lagos on Thursday. Fashola spoke on Thursday evening at a political forum in Benin City, Edo State capital, organized by the ruling All…
Profile of Professor Yemi Osinbajo
Yemi Osinbajo, Vice Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC and former Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice is not a man that can be easily waved aside. He is a Professor of Law, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Senior Partner in the Law firm of Simmons Cooper Partner. He attended…
Buhari Names Osinbajo As Running Mate
Muhammadu Buhari, Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has named Yemi Osinbajo, a professor of law, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN and former Commissioner of Justice and Attorney-General of Lagos State, as his running mate for the February 14, 2015 general election. Osinbajo’s nomination came exactly seven days after the party held its…
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