Author: Olamide Obayemi

President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised not to disappoint Nigerians who put their trust in him by electing him their president. The President-elect said this on Thursday, 25 May, 2023, during his investiture as Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR) – the nation’s highest honour-and Vice President-elect Kashim Shettima as Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON), and handing over of transition documents. Before conferring the highest national honour on the President-elect and the Vice President-elect, President Muhammadu Buhari said he had finished his race well and satisfied that he is handing over Nigeria to competent hands…

Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Thursday, 25 May, 2023, commissioned the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) prototype office complex for Enugu state. Commissioning the complex, Ugwuanyi expressed happiness on the track records of the ICPC so far, adding the Commission has brought professionalism to bear on the conduct of its affairs. He said: “I commend you for this landmark achievement on the occasion of the official commissioning of ICPC prototype office complex for Enugu State. “I commend the ICPC, the Nigerian first anti-corruption agency for the professionalism it has brought to bear on the conduct of…

By Tunde Akanni PhD To say that the post secondary education tier has most tortuously struggled to endure the recent years in Nigeria may amount to an understatement. There’s perhaps no stronger evidence of this than the choice of the theme of the convocation lecture of Modibbo Adama University, Yola delivered Friday, May 12, 2023. Understandably and gratuitously too, the lecture was titled “Nigerian University System and the Public Good”. It was delivered by a renowned public intellectual and polyglot, Prof Jibrin Ibrahim. The lecturer identified as current major challenges of the university the problem of poor financing crippling universities’…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike A middle-aged woman, Hassana Yohanna, was on Thursday, 25 May, 2023 dragged before an Upper Customary Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, for allegedly calling a man, Jibrin Sawuta, impotent. Yohanna was docked on three counts of intentional insult, defamation and criminal intimidation. The offence runs contrary to sections 312, 371 and 376 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law. In a direct criminal complaint filed before the court, Sawuta alleged that he was chatting with friends in the palace of the village head of Fadan Kagoma when he received information that his brother had been arrested by…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike A Kaduna Magistrate Court presided over Ibrahim Emmanuel, on Thursday,25 May, 2023 sentenced a 24-year-old woman, Linda David to two years jail term for stealing underwear valued at N115,000 after she pleaded guilty to the charge and begged for leniency. Magistrate Ibrahim, however gave her an option of N40,000 fine and warned her to desist from life of crime. According to him, the judgment would serve as a deterrent to those who would want to indulge in such criminal act. The defendant was charged with a one-count charge of stealing underwear. Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp. Chidi Leo…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike Imota community in Ikorodu, Lagos State was in a state of confusion after three siblings were found dead inside their landlord’s Toyota RAV4, an Abuja based national newspaper reports According to the newspaper, the victims, Uche (3), Marvelous (5) and Lazarus, all children of one Mr. Osondu, were said to be playing inside the compound when they entered the SUV and suffocated. A witness told the medium that the children were playing with their cousin, identified as Blessing (11), around 11am on Tuesday, 23 May, 2023, inside the compound before they entered the RAV4. According to the witness, nobody could…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has disclosed that Nigerian pilgrims will be fed with local meals and stay in five star hotel during holy pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. The Chairman of NAHCON, Zikrullah Hassan, made this disclosure while speaking during the flag-off of the inaugural flight of Nigerian pilgrims on Thursday, May 25, 2023. Hassan, who said pilgrims would get the best of food during the exercise, said that the new arrangement would provide jobs for Nigerians during the period. “The Commission, in collaboration with the Mutawwif’s Company for Pilgrims of Non-Arab African Countries popularly…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike A 30-year-old painter, Zakaraya Usman has been sentenced to two months in prison by a Grade I Area Court sitting in Kabusa, Abuja, on Thursday, 25 May, 2023 for stealing four bibles, 124 church membership forms and others. The police charged Usman with theft and the presiding judge, Malam Abubakar Sadiq, sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty to the charge. Sadiq, however, gave him the option to pay a fine of N10,000 or serve the jail term. “Based on your admission to committing the crime, you are hereby, convicted as charged. You are also hereby sentenced…

As part of the drive to revamp health infrastructure in the country, the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (OSSAP-SDGs) has handed over a fully equipped state-of-the-art hospital building with over 200 bed capacity to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH. The facility was commissioned on Wednesday, 24 May, 2023, by the Governor of Lagos State Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu through his deputy, Dr Kadri Obafemi Hamzat. The SSAP-SDGs also commissioned a fully rehabilitated sports and recreational centre in LASUTH and a newly constructed and fully equipped 80-bed multi-purpose hospital in Mushin to…

The United Kingdom (UK) has assisted in the introduction to Nigeria Systems of Rice Intensification – SRI, a climate smart agricultural practice that would lead to efficiency rice production The introduced system can lead to reduction of input costs by 50%, with less use of water, doubling yields for farmers and reducing GHG emissions. A statement on Wednesday, 24 May, 2023, by the Senior Press & Public Affairs Officer and Comms Lead, Prosperity and Economic Development, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, Ndidiamaka Eze read that: “Since 2021, the UK Government’s LINKS programme implemented by Tetra Tech International Development has been…

The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor has said Nigeria has significantly contributed to 41 peacekeeping operations worldwide, adding that the Nigerian government spent $8bn to restore peace in Liberia during the country’s civil war. He disclosed this while delivering his keynote remark at the United Nations House in Abuja on Wednesday, 24 May, 2023, at an event to mark the 75th-year celebration of the United Nations peacekeeping operations. Irabor said: “Since the first engagement of troops of our Armed Forces in the Congo in 1960, Nigeria has been unequivocally committed to the principles and objectives of the United…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike A student of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State, named Samuel Adegoke, has committed suicide by drinking a chemical substance believed to a sniper after losing his tuition fee to online gambling. Adegoke, who was a National Diploma II student of Electrical Electronic Engineering, reportedly committed suicide on Monday, at a time he should be getting set for the first semester examination. A student who pleaded anonymity said he was rushed to the school clinic from where he was later referred to a specialist hospital outside the school in Ilaro before he was confirmed dead. The polytechnic spokesman,…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike After one week in captivity, seven members of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) who were kidnapped in Rivers State have breathed air of freedom after payment of ransom The corps members were kidnapped by gunmen on their way to Port Harcourt from the NYSC orientation camp in Ondo State. The incident happened along the Rumuji axis of the East-West Road, Emuoha Local Government Area of the state last week Tuesday, 16 May, 2023. It was gathered that five corps members managed to escape when the gunmen intercepted the bus conveying them to Port Harcourt but the…

By: James Bwala I disagree with reports attributed to Primate Elijah Ayodele of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church in which he was said to have said that there will be a division or issues between the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, and his Vice, Senator Kashim Shettima, when the new administration assumes office because the relationship that is currently existing between Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his Vice President elect, Senator Kashim Shettima, transcends political lines Borno state has a tradition of respect for individuals who are physically older than ourselves, and Kashim Shettima is a real Borno man. The Vice President-elect…

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola on his 66th birthday, today, Thursday, 25 May, 2023, sharing the joy with family, friends, and political associates of the former Governor of Osun State, whose contributions to the nation’s growth and stability continue to inspire. President Buhari extolled the former Governor, who played an active role in the Action Congress of Nigeria, and now All Progressives Congress, for the purposefulness and drive he brings to every position of leadership, with a background of grassroots mobilization, and lucid ideas that earned him massive following in the South-West State…

In less than a week to the swearing-in of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, Nigerians have been urged to sustain the unwavering faith in the incoming administration which will guarantee a rebirth of the nation into economic buoyancy and peaceful coexistence. This was disclosed by Senator Fatimat Olufunke Raji-Rasaki while commemorating the outgoing administration of President Muhammed Buhari’s eight years and the success recorded during his two tenures in office. She stressed that as a nation, we must reflect on those areas where we got it right and other areas where we failed. …

In line with his administration’s commitment to deliver dividends of democracy and good governance to Lagos residents, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday, commissioned 13 projects in eight local government areas of the State. The commissioning of the projects in Amuwo-Odofin, Badagry, Agege, Ojo, Alimoso, Ifako Ijaiye, Ikeja and Ajeromi/Ifelodun local government areas, were parts of the 11-day programme lined up to celebrate Governor Sanwo-Olu and his Deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, who have performed excellently well in office in the first term, with a promise of improved performance to effectively achieve ‘A Greater Lagos Rising’. The projects commissioned by Governor Sanwo-Olu…

By Muiz Banire, PhD At the conception of this edition, the title I assigned to it was, ‘BUHARI: THANK GOD IT IS OVER”. In the course of writing the content, it suddenly dawned on me that I might appear judgmental at the end of the discourse, though not intended. Again, I also realized the divine admonition that, ‘judge not, for ye shall be judged’. At this point, I opted for the new title as adopted above with a view to presenting some of the facts in my possession while leaving Nigerians to pass the appropriate verdict. It will be recalled…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike Outgoing President, Muhammadu Buhari has debunked news making the round that he has dissolved his cabinet at the valedictory Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting of his administration Buhari urged the ministers to remain in office till the last day of his administration on May 29 when he will hand over to President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. There have been reports that the President has dissolved the cabinet. But speaking with reporters after the FEC meeting, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, said all ministers had been directed by President Buhari to return to their offices and continue…