Browsing: Olu Onemola

As part of the initiatives to commemorate his 33rd birthday on December 23, 2022, Olu Onemola has announced a scholarship…

Baba-Ahmed, who is not new to power, was the Chief of Staff to the immediate past President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki

Olu Onemola, the Special Assistant on New Media to the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmed Lawan, has resigned his appointment.

A statement by the Special Assistant to Lawan on Media and Publicity, Mohammed Isa, on Sunday in Abuja said the resignation of Onemola was announced in a letter addressed to the President of the Senate

The new guidelines are due to take effect from July 11, 2019 when the 9th National Assembly will be inaugurated

The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday assured the Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, of the readiness of the 8th National Assembly to pass the Police Reform Bill and the Police Trust Fund Bill before the end of its tenure.

Olu Onemola, the Special Assistant on New Media to Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has stated that his was the first legislator who called for the minimum wage bill to be sent to the National Assembly on time so that it can be attended to before the commencement of the recess.

In the audio released by Kayode Ogundamisi, Saraki was quoted as having said he spent between N200 million and N400 million in 30 states to back Buhari’s bid but was not adequately compensated

The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has reiterated Senate’s commitment to fast-tracking passage of the Nigerian Police Reform Bill.

Saraki, who spoke at the 24th Session of the Nigerian Economic Summit, organised by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, according to a statement by his Special Assistant on New Media, Olu Onemola, emphasised that government alone does not have the capacity to lift citizens out of poverty.

Responding to the allegations raised by a few of the disqualified aspirants, Onemola stated that it was implausible for the aspirants to state that the Senate president was behind their disqualification, when the party machinery and the screening committee were responsible for their own actions.

Former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, and the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, are at present in a closed door meeting.

This followed the failure of Saraki to honour the invitation extended to him by the police on the robbery incident in which 33 persons, including nine policemen, were killed during the raid of five banks in the town

Saraki, according to a statement by his Special Assistant on New Media, Olu Onemola, said this while receiving the Amnesty International 2017/18 Report on: “The State of the World’s Human Rights,” and the organization’s report on women who survived Boko Haram, but were later maltreated, from its Country Director, Osai Ojigho, in Abuja.

Saraki said this in reaction to the formation of a new party, Reformed APC, by some aggrieved members on Wednesday, a development to which his name had been linked

Saraki, according to his Special Assistant on New Media, Olu Onemola, said this at a meeting with the Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth and Advancement, led by Samson Itodo, its founder

After promising to ensure that Nigerians across the country receive basic primary healthcare — so they won’t have to pay so much out-of-pocket, he did it with the National Assembly’s passage of the stipulation that 1 per cent out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund must go towards funding primary healthcare in the 2018 budget.

Apart from the fact that the Senate said it paid $298,000 for the Jeep, which it said was a far cry from the N298 million initially quoted by the media, two statements by the Senate on Tuesday introduced more inaccuracies into the controversy

In two separate email messages to The Eagle Online, the Senate put the cost of the Range Rover at $298,000, but with different Naira value

A glaring underserved population in our society are our youth. Over the years, the ripple effect of their lack of inclusion has prevented this otherwise powerful group from playing their rightful role in the evolution of Nigerian society. The onset of declining economic growth and this year’s recession has only amplified the hardship being felt by Nigerians across the board. In turn, the youth have been some of the hardest hit, in need of urgent attention