The Editorials

Hajia Hajara Usman Baba, wife of the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, who doubles as the President of the Police Officers Wives Association (POWA) has condemned the spread of beer joints in police barracks. She made this known on Thursday in Ikeja, Lagos during a three-day working visit to familiarise herself with POWA members in the state and also to access the Police children school, to improve the general standards. According to her, spread of the joints in the Police barrack is a bad influence on officers' children and the future of the country. She added that she would immediately send a signal to the Force headquarters for the outright relocation of beer parlours from police barracks, threatening that whoever flouted the directive thereafter, would be ejected from the barracks. She noted that beer parlours should be located at a given distance from the barracks as stipulated by law. Speaking to POWA members at the POWA hall, Ikeja, she said, “During my inspec

    The Ekiti State Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development, Hon. Akin Oyebode  to Ikun Diary Farm and Ero Dam on Saturday shared a picture of cattle ranch operated by the Ekiti State Government in partnership with US firm, Promasidor Nigeria Limited, in Ikun-Ekiti, Ekiti State.   He  posted,  “ I’m lactose intolerant but couldn’t resist drinking a glass of fresh milk from Ikun Dairy Farm. We now have 300 Jersey cows, with 6 of them producing 150 litres of milk per day. When that number gets to just 60, that’s 1,500 litres per day. Glad to see the vision coming to pass! Recall that on July 23, 2019 ,   in Abuja,  the  Ekiti State by the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, signed the partnership agreement with the Managing Director of Promasidor Nigeria Limited, Anders Einarsson,  About   $5 million investment fund was pulled into  Ikun Dairy Farm, to purchase equipment, provide the appropriate herd of cattle, and develop an out-grower scheme for providing feed for the

The Lagos and Ogun State Governments have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, to establish the Lagos-Ogun Joint Development Commission, this is part of efforts by the two states to  stimulate greater economic development, cooperation and ultimately aimed at bettering the lives of their citizens.   The two Governors met on Monday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State Capital to sign the MoU. In his remark, Governor Sanwoolu of Lagos State said, "This alliance will accelerate the integration of physical and socio-economic development of our states and enable us to mutually tackle issues prevalent in key economic sectors, including transportation, environment, housing, health, infrastructure and security. The MoU according to him, was a game changer that will transform the urban agglomeration that exists between Lagos and Ogun States.   On his part, Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State said ,th e new Commission is a common alliance that will focus on socioeconomic issues bordering on inf