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FormerPresident Olusegun Obasanjo during the launch office foundation in the UK Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has narrated his experience while on board an Ethiopian Airline flight that nearly crashed on Wednesday at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. The airplane, Boeing 777-300, narrowly avoided an accident while trying to land with nearly 400 people on board. In an exclusive interview with PREMIUM TIMES, Mr Obasanjo said ”he remained calm and read papers while the scary situation occurred.” “While it all happened, I was reading my papers,” said Mr Obasanjo. “One man, who was next to me, said, ‘Oga you no worry?’ I said, ‘Íf I worry, what will I do? If you are on a plane and you have a situation like this, why should you worry?’ I left everything in the hands of God.” Mr Obasanjo was returning from a stakeholders dialogue on continental trade and implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AFCFTA) which ended on Tuesday in Addis Ab...

The Action Democratic Party (ADP), Lagos State Chapter has called on Mr Babajide Sanwo-olu to act as a Governor and serve the people rather than doing the bidding of any godfather. Barrister Nasir Adewale Bolaji, Lagos State Chairman of ADP, in a statement, tasked Sanwo-Olu to “advance the State in all aspects, including job creation, empowerment of youth with entrepreneurship skills and everything that will uplift the State from its current situation.” The newly sworn-in Governor was also urged to begin the implementation of the new minimum wage to civil servants in the state and to ensure he completes all projects Akinwunmi Ambode couldn’t finish while he was the Governor. “The implementation of the newly signed minimum wage of N30,000 should be his priority, Lagos State is capable and workers must be adequately taken care of if maximum productivity is expected from them.  “Both human and infrastructural developments should be key areas the governor must focus on if i...

Sahara Reporters Media Femi Falana, Human Rights Activist and Nigerian Lawyer ( SAN), has said that Nigerian's will occupy the country if the Federal Government fails to put an end to the ongoing reckless killings and abductions in the country. He said this during a protest organized by The People's Alternative Fonts, aimed at putting an end to the indiscriminate killings at the Gani Fawehinimi Freedom Park, Ojota, Lagos on Wednesday. According to him, leaders must know that democracy is not only about the rituals of elections but also the aftermaths of electoral processes. He said, "Democracy is not about the rituals of elections, it transcends election. It is not about commissioning boreholes in a country where we used to have tap water on the street. It is also not about commissioning roads and dancing on the road in a country where we used to have good and motorable roads". Falana pointed out that the greatest dividends of democracy is freedom for the ...

Governor Kayode fayemi Minister of Aviation Hadi Sirika Solomon Dalung Lieutenant-General Abdulrahman Dambazau Aisha Alhassan Abubakar Malami Adebayo Shittu Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun Minister of Foreign Affairs - GEOFFREY ONYEMA Achievements and Failures -Prompt reaction to the reports of slave trade and imprisonment of Nigerians in Libya. Summoned Nigeria’s charge d’Affairs in Tripoli, Libya, over the ongoing reports of trading of Nigerians in the North African country. -Election of Nigerian representatives into various world organizations. The organization includes the UN Human Rights Council, Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), UN Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations and the UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO). -Nigerian mission and embassies are still underfunded/ groan under financial difficulties. -Slow response to the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa. -Abike Dabiri Arewa is most ti...