Category: In the news

President on the Nigeria Tennis Federation, NTF, Engr. Sani Ndanusa, is excited with the qualification of country’s wheelchair tennis players for Paralympics Games.

Ndanusa said the feat was a testimony that wheelchair tennis is fast growing in the country. The President of Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOC, said: “I’m excited with the qualification as the players proved themselves again in Kenya. This shows that wheelchair tennis in the country is growing.”… Read the rest

The Chairman, Apapa Local Government Area, Hon. Ayodeji Joseph, has said that the council will continue to place high premium on the educational development of the residents.

Speaking through his wife, Sarah Joseph at the 2012 Spelling Bee Competition, he noted that without the right education, it  would difficult to overcome  their economic and social challenges.

“At this juncture, I must commend the initiators, Senator Oluremi Tinubu for pioneering such a rich programme and the current First Lady for keeping the flag of this soul-building endeavour flying.”… Read the rest

The Legislative Election Petition Tribunal in Lagos yesterday dismissed the petition filed by the Labour Party (LP) challenging the election of Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu as Senator representing Lagos Central Senatorial District and her party, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).

The tribunal held that it lacked jurisdiction and hinged its decision on the recent Supreme Court judgment, upholding the provision of the Electoral Act that all election petitions should be concluded within 180 days.… Read the rest

For more, visit: http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2012/01/26/in-pictures-financial-reporting-council-holds-seminar-in-lagos/… Read the rest

A curious observation of the conduct, demeanor and progressive actions of Senator Oluremi Tinubu, representing the Lagos Central  Senatorial District should sufficiently convince any objective mind that the initial resistance to her nomination for the position prior to the general election of April 2011 was either ill –informed or in bad taste.

Senator Tinubu who came to limelight as the First Lady during her husband’s tenure as Governor of Lagos State, is proving skeptics wrong about her understanding of statecraft and dynamics of participatory or representative governance.… Read the rest