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“For the past one week, we have been on the road. I’ve not been able to do any office work… The whole essence of this job we’re doing is also to create employment: employment in terms of working with you, employment in terms of having contracts.”
While flagging off the 15KM A2 to Pai road in Kwali Area Council, FCT Minister Nyesom Wike assures the contractor of funding, advocating the hiring of locals in project execution.
“No amount of street wailing, internet attacks can make a group of underdogs to subdue the rights of our father.”
Ekiti native tackles activists as Dele Farotimi's trial sparks intense argument in court premises.
“You have not done all that is required before you own me. It takes a lot. You have to write a letter to my people… Traditional ruler, yes you have said you own me. Your owning me does not mean you will take everything.”
FCT Minister Nyesom Wike thanks the royal fathers of Kwali for adopting him as a son, pledges rehabilitation of the technical school in the area council.
“The area boys in the park collected N5,500 from him. At Jakande, another one collected N2000 for loading passengers to Oshodi… That means that between Ajah to that place, the driver has paid N7,500. Calculate for yourself how much the driver, and owner of the bus will be making.”
Extortion of transport operators by touts (Agberos) who enjoy the support of security agents under the spotlight, highlighted as the reason why commercial drivers in Lagos are very aggressive.
In commemoration of this year’s Human Rights Day, the Jasiri ladies observe that the average Nigerian tramples on the rights of persons at their mercy, citing instances of the woman who maltreats her housemaid and the trader who arbitrarily hikes prices using the inflation in the economy as an excuse.
“In Ghana, we realised that there was movement all through the election period. It was a regular Saturday for everybody. Nothing concerning the elections called for a curfew. Two, the election was due to start at 7am and 7am it did start.”
Bernard Akede compares how last Saturday’s election was conducted in Ghana and what obtains in Nigeria.
“Our history of leadership and trailblazing was not an aberration. It is not by accident that we were the first nation in black Africa to win our independence from colonial rule. It is not by accident that the first black person to serve as UN Secretary-General, the late Kofi Annan, was a Ghanaian.”
President-elect John Mahama says Ghanaians have every reason to be proud and that their country is a mighty force on the world stage.
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At the resumed defamation trial before an Ekiti State Magistrate Court, activists drawn from the #TakeItBackMovement and #RevolutionNow are on ground, threatening to protest if Dele Farotimi is not granted bail today. Igbala Niyi reports.
John Mahama’s victory in Ghana’s presidential election was so emphatic that the chairperson of the Electoral Commission while announcing the final results, said that the margin is so wide that pending results from nine constituencies won’t make any difference. Bernard Akede reports.
"When human rights are constantly being violated, we are not living as human beings, democracy is not being practised and there's no governance.."
Sonnie Ekwowusi argues that genuine governance cannot exist without respect for human rights.
"The elections were largely without violence, and the quick concession by the Vice president made things even simpler...we have struck a first, a very important first, which is that we have a female vice president...it's an exciting time for Ghanaians.
Joe Jackson commends Ghana's peaceful election and the election of its first female vice president, emphasising the need for the president-elect to focus on restoring the economy.
