Alabi Quadri Adetunji

[Chelsea FC @ChelseaFC]

Tammy Abraham's late goal sealed a 2-1 win over Arsenal back in 2019! 🔙

[Premium Times @PremiumTimesng]

National Assembly Roundup: Storm over Shari’a bill, Oyo State creation bill, old Naira notes, other stories from Reps https://t.co/82ydwOG7ht

[Olamide @Iam_lammy]

The FG has decided to delay implementation of the Supreme Court judgment for 90 days. So, for the next 3 months, the FG will still pay LG allocation into the JAAC. Ask yourself why?

[Alabi Quadri Adetunji @quadri_ade1]

@BudgITng @officialABAT @PBATMediaCentre @NGFSecretariat @seunonigbinde @GabsynGreat @TrackaNG @PlanningNG @EiENigeria Please help on Surulere LGA of Oyo State. There is difficulty to get the LG allocation figures, perhaps, the only LG in the country with such issue. Thanks!

[BudgIT Nigeria @BudgITng]

Hello Nigerians,

Here’s how much your state government received as FAAC allocation between January and June 2024.

Here are the top five allocations to states:
Delta - N260.7bn
Rivers - N197.2bn
Akwa Ibom - N179.1bn
Lagos - N161.1bn
Bayelsa - N157.7bn

How much has your state received so far? Visit https://t.co/GBt07P6uD8 to see your state allocation and that of Nigeria’s 774 LGAs.

#AskQuestions

[Channels Television @channelstv]

"It's a national assignment, you know, no one is bigger than the country and it's my obligation to be here..."

- Tobi Amusan

#SportsNews
#ChannelsTVNews

[Ibraheem Abdullateef (Egghead) @_ibraheemlateef]

I have given you the information regarding the issue. Opinion counts for little here. The court will decide what works and is legal. I guess that is that about that. As much as I see your tone, I won't be available for hairsplitting.

[Ibraheem Abdullateef (Egghead) @_ibraheemlateef]

I ask that you read beyond the attention-grabbing headline. This is a legal issue. Kwara is the 23rd defendant in the suit filed by FG on local government autonomy. The government is exercising its legal duties by filing its defence in court.

[Ibraheem Abdullateef (Egghead) @_ibraheemlateef]

Breaking: Kwara Governor commissions Adeta -- Oloje road road, Ilorin. The road is named in honour of a revered scholar Sheikh Murtadha Yahya Agodi.

#KwaraForward

[Ibraheem Abdullateef (Egghead) @_ibraheemlateef]

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday commissioned the green space, Flower Garden, Ilorin, as a one-of-its-kind creative hub and recreational centre for relaxation, research, and environmental protection purposes in the state.

#KwaraForward

[Tolu Ogunlesi @toluogunlesi]

FACTCHECK:

This is a comprehensive note to provide the FACTS about #AbujaMetro aka Abuja Mass Transit Rail. You won't find all these details in one place anywhere else.

The forthcoming #AbujaMetro event is NOT a "Commissioning." The FCTA is NOT calling it a commissioning—their statement says it is a "Commencement of Commercial Operations."

Key Phrase there is "Commercial Operations".

Between the Commissioning in 2018, and Covid in 2020, the #AbujaMetro ran what you can call a trial service or test-run. (Normal stuff -- Recall that the Lagos Blue Line also did a test-run between February 2023 and September 2023, when full commercial operations kicked off).

#AbujaMetro was commissioned by @MBuhari on July 12, 2018 -- Photos attached. It is the FIRST "Mass Rapid Transit" (MRT) system in West Africa, ahead of Dakar and Lagos. The project was completed by FCT Minister Muhammad Musa Bello: https://t.co/Bqass8PbK8

Operations were suspended during Covid, and the project subsequently suffered significant vandalisation.

Here's what the then Permanent Secretary, FC, Olusade Adesola said during a visit on October 30, 2022: "You will recall that the project was TEST RUN shortly after it was commissioned and thereafter, the advent of the COVID pandemic resulted in a forced closure and suspension of the operations."

This is what the Director of Transportation of FCTA, Joseph Akinteye said, on August 5, 2023: “Unfortunately, the TRIAL SERVICE ended abruptly in March 2020 due to the advent of COVID-19 pandemic and its extant protocols..."

#AbujaMetro TIMELINE

July 12, 2018: PMB inaugurates/commissions the project -- and trial service / test run commences soon after

March 2020: The trial service is suspended, following the outbreak of Covid-19
https://t.co/GKfBexhEvz

News Story, December 2021: "Abuja Metro Line suspended over vandalism" -- "The Acting Secretary, FCTA Transport Secretariat, Usman Yahaya told 21st CENTURY CHRONICLE that at the last count, '48 points were vandalised.'"
https://t.co/BlpPS9Y6Sh

August 24, 2022: The Federal Executive Council approves a security contract for #AbujaMetro:

August 4, 2023: FCT Permanent Secretary (who's in charge of the Ministry, as Cabinet hasn't been inaugurated yet) formally announces that a N5 Billion Contract has been awarded to CCECC for the repairs / restoration of the vandalized #AbujaMetro infrastructure. He made the announcement at the ceremony to flag-off the repairs (4th photo, attached)
https://t.co/va1PpyjKZw
https://t.co/xDxfEBoAkV

[NB. I believe that this rehabilitation contract was approved by the (outgoing) FEC earlier in 2023. Will get the exact date/details of this FEC approval and share]

August 23, 2023: Two (2) days after being sworn-in as FCT Minister, HM Wike undertakes his first Tour of #AbujaMetro, and pledges to ensure that the rehabilitation contract is fully funded and that the line is back in operation as soon as possible.

October 30, 2023: Federal Executive Council approves N5.9 billion for construction of outstanding access roads to #AbujaMetro Stations https://t.co/hh6frA2Vit

News Story, December 2023: "Thirteen suspects, 10 of whom were casual workers, engaged by a Chinese company, have been arrested for vandalism of armoured cables and other associated equipment of Abuja mass transit rail. Their arrest was effected by a private guard company contracted to safeguard the infrastructure."
https://t.co/MWeenXRMIu

January 11, 2024: FCT Minister undertakes Inspection Tour of #AbujaMetro

January 31, 2024: FCT Minister undertakes Tour of #AbujaMetro, to inspect construction of outstanding access roads to Stations (including the access roads to Wupa and Basanjiwa Stations).

May 23, 2024: FCTA Press Statement -- "The commencement of commercial operations of the Abuja Rail Mass Transit System also known as the Abuja Light Rail will now be flagged off on Democracy Day, Wednesday, May 29th, 2024 by His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at 1:00 pm."

— Tolu Ogunlesi

[Olaudah Equiano® @RealOlaudah]

The year 1969 is one the people of Ogbomoso will never forget. More than half a century later, elders still shudder whenever they remember the incident. For those who were not born at the time or who were too young to know what happened, the story has been told over and over again till today and it has become almost a folklore. It is doubtful if there is anyone of Ogbomoso descent who has not heard of the story. After all, bí ọmọdé kò ba ba ìtàn, yóò ba àrọ́bá, àrọ́bá sì ni bàbá ìtàn. (if a child did not meet an event, the child will certainly grow up to meet its narration, and narration is the parent of an event.) The story you are reading now is therefore the parent of that fateful event of 1969.

[Ridwan Oke @RidwanuLlah]

HRH, Emir Sanusi II acknowledged this letter with those words (verse) when he was dethroned. If you know the meaning, you’d understand. LOL

[Bashir Ahmad, OON @BashirAhmaad]

Listen to "Nigeria, We Hail Thee", our former national anthem, used from independence in 1960 until 1978. Some people believe it has better content and musical accuracy. Enjoy it!

[Ashraf Sanusi @Adam_L_Sanusi]

Smile, it’s sunnah🤗

[Ibraheem Abdullateef (Egghead) @_ibraheemlateef]

Does anyone know Usman Etsu Sa'adu from Kwara with 330 UTME Score?
Kindly reach out with his details.

[Mayowa A. Balogun @Sweeegu]

On our way back to Lagos from Ajasse Ipo in Kwara and we saw the Okin Biscuit factory. I don’t even know what to say or where to start to describe the pain I feel seeing the factory so destitute. Okin was a childhood staple

[Ibraheem Abdullateef (Egghead) @_ibraheemlateef]

Hello esteemed PPRO @Princemoye1,
Are you aware of the attacks and counter - attacks factional NANS leaders have been launching against one another in Abuja? A young man from Kwara was caught in the latest at Zone 8 and was butchered to near death in broad daylight. It is CRAZY.

[Lanre Issa-Onilu @LanreIssaOnilu]

Happy Easter