Author: Olamide Obayemi

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Wednesday, 24 May, 2023, inaugurated Democracy Radio 104.9 FM which is a baby of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies(NILDS). NILDS is one of the agencies of the National Assembly. Lawan also commissioned a Legislative Centre for Security Analysis which is domiciled in NILDS. The NILDS Democracy Radio and Legislative Centre for Security Analysis share the same building at Asokoro Extension in Abuja. The Senate President inspected the Centre and the Radio Station with state-of-the-art equipment and granted the inaugural interview by the Radio. Lawan described the Center and the…

Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila and his Deputy, Idris Wase openly clashed during plenary on Wednesday, 24 May, 2023, over the announcement by the Speaker that the Order Paper for Thursday, 25 May, 2023, be made lighter to allow members attend the official commissioning of the permanent site of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies(NILDS). Before adjourning the plenary, the Speaker announced the NILDS permanent site along Airport Road will be commissioned by 3.00pm on Thursday, 25 May, 2023, by President Muhammadu Buhari. But Wase said the primary business of the House was lawmaking and other official businesses, adding that…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Federal High Court presided over by Justice M.N Yunusa sitting in Kano, Kano State has sentenced one Ibrahim Musa to three months imprisonment on a one count charge bordering on tampering with Nigerian currency. The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC secured the conviction of Musa. Musa was arrested by officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA along Abuja-Kaduna Expressway with coins which he claims he uses to produce jewelry for commercial purposes.NDLEA subsequently handed over to the EFCC for further investigation.The convict during the course of investigation stated…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike A House of Representatives Member-elect, Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin, has claimed that Kano Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje was economical with the truth by saying that he did not consented to the meeting that President-elect Bola Tinubu held with Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso in France. Jubrim claimed that the Governor Ganduje personally told him that Tinubu consulted him before the meeting took place in France. Ganduje had expressed reservation over the meeting, saying Tinubu had decided to see Kwankwaso, his estranged benefactor, as an alternative. The Governor had said Tinubu ought to have informed him or invited him to the meeting…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has secured the conviction of one Mr. Muhammed Sani Nuhu, a former academic staff of Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State, for conferring corrupt advantage on himself N6.173 million belonging to the Polytechnic. In a 4-count charge brought before Hon. Justice Hassan Usman of the Kebbi State High Court, Birnin Kebbi Judicial Division, the Commission averred that Mr. Nuhu, a dismissed academic staff of the Polytechnic, conferred corrupt advantage on himself when he converted into personal use the sums of N2 million in 2015 and N4.173 million in…

Ogboni Fouad Oki has been elected Chairman of Lagos State Football Association, reports thegazellenews.com At a keenly contested election on Wednesday, 24 May, 2023, which took place at the Mobolaji Johnson Stadium, Onikan, Lagos, Oki defeated the former acting Chairman, Tade Azeez with a landslide margin of 13 votes to one. Fouad Oki will replace the outgoing chairman barrister Seyi Akinwumi. Gafar Olawale Liameed also emerged the Vice Chairman of the Lagos FA.The CEO of 36 Lions FC of Lagos defeated Dotun Coker by 10 votes to 4 votes. At his post-election and acceptance speech, Oki expressed appreciation for the love…

The Court of Appeal, Abuja Judicial Division, has dismissed the appeal filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, challenging the decision of the Kogi State High Court that it has jurisdiction to try the defamation suit instituted against the Commission by the State Government over the purported N20 Billion bailout fund. The Court of Appeal in a ruling delivered on 18th May, 2023 in Appeal No. CA/ABJ/CV/290/2022, agreed with the Kogi State Government that the suit was properly commenced at the High Court of Kogi State, and therefore Ordered the EFCC to go back to the High Court of…

The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has been drawn to a trending interview granted to the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, by Bello Muhammed Matawalle, governor of Zamfara State, where he allegedly made wild bribery allegations against the Executive Chairman of the Commission, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa Matawalle’s recourse to mudslinging is symptomatic of a drowning man clutching at straws. But despite the irritation of his phantom claims, the Commission will not be drawn into a mud fight with a suspect under its investigation for corruption and unconscionable pillage of the resources of his state.…

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has mourned the passage of the founder of First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Otunba Subomi Balogun. Otunba Balogun, the Olori Omoba of Ijebuland and the Asiwaju of Ijebu Christians passed on at the age of 89 in London, England on Friday. Governor Sanwo-Olu described the late Otunba Balogun as a renowned technocrat, seasoned administrator and philanthropist, who made a mark in the country by contributing to the growth and development of the banking sector in Nigeria. In a condolence message issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, on Friday, Governor Sanwo-Olu also…

Creative young people within the Lagos East Senatorial District now have the opportunity to enhance their tech skills and knowledge, as lawmaker representing the district in the Senate, Sen. Tokunbo Abiru, unveiled a state-of-the-art innovation and technology workroom in Ikorodu. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, 19 May, 2023 formally inaugurated the SAIL Innovation Lab built at Ebute Ipakodo axis of Ikorodu to inspire grassroots innovation and build network of tech savvy young entrepreneurs that would use their expertise to solve real socio-economic problems and transform the State. The SAIL project, which is a private endowment initiated in 2021 by the…

All Progressives Congress (APC) Chieftain and football enthusiast, Ogboni Fouad Alade Oki’s aspiration to become the Chairman of the Lagos State Football Association (LSFA) received a major boost on Friday, 19 May, 2023 when he was cleared for the contest first by the Screening Committee and later by the Electoral Committee of the LSFA. Fouad Oki went through the screening exercise conducted by the successfully and the Electoral Committee of the LSFA which met on Friday, 19 May, 2023 at the Association secretariat on Ogunlana Drive, Surulere ratified the report of the screening committee and cleared all aspirants to contest.…

The Northern Youths Alliance has adopted the Member Representing, Ezza South And Ikwo Federal Constituency of Ebonyi state in the House of Representatives Rt Hon Chinedu Ogah for the Deputy Speaker of the 10th assembly The youth group made the declaration during a media parley in Abuja weekend. The National Coordinator of the group, Comrade Tijani Usman said the call became necessary following reports that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has zoned the office to southeast. He mentioned that in an event that the southeast is to produce the Deputy Speaker, the most suitable man for the job is…

As the Monday, 29 May, 2023 inauguration date of President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu draws closer, Kenyan President, Dr Williams Ruto, has sent a special envoy to discuss areas of mutual interest between Nigeria and Kenya with the president-elect. Ruto, in a letter he personally signed, congratulated Tinubu on his victory at the polls and extended his hand of fellowship to the incoming Nigerian leader. “On behalf of the Government and People of the Republic of Kenya, and on my own behalf, I convey greetings and congratulations to you on your victory, and to the people of the Federal Republic…

Economic Confidential, a publication of Image Merchants Promotions Limited (IMPR), is set to host its first public lecture as part of efforts to encourage discussions around the country’s economic future in a political transition period. The maiden public lecture, according to the organizers, is instituted to bring high-impact leaders in the public and private sectors to discuss issues of economic development and good governance. The lecture with the theme, “Economic Diversification in an Evolving Cashless Society,” is scheduled to take place at Nicon Luxury Hotel in Abuja on Tuesday, 9 May, 2023. While the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy,…

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have seized a total of 8,852 kilogrammes (8.8 tons) of Canadian Loud, an imported synthetic strain of cannabis after a 30-minute gun fight with armed men who were escorting the consignment loaded in two long trucks. According to a statement on Sunday, 7 May, 2023, by the spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi, the operatives acting on credible intelligence laid ambush for the traffickers along the Eleko beach road in Lekki and at about 4:51am last Thursday, 4 May, 2023, two long trucks conveying the illicit consignments were flagged down…

1. The Kogi State Government wishes to draw the attention of the general public to the antics of mischief makers and ethnic bigots to stoke the flames of ethnic resentment, division and hate by agents of political desperation who are bent on destroying the unity and peace enjoyed by the State. 2. Their unintelligent approach has been to push ethnically divisive words and attribute same to Governor Yahaya Bello in order to incite certain ethnic groups against his person and his administration. These statements are not only false, but also an ignominy of dragging our state back to the conquered…

Pero Adeniyi, mother of three kids for music star, Innocent Idibia (2Baba) has finally confirmed that she has moved on with life without her ex. Pero today revealed the face of the new man in her life as she celebrates him on his birthday. She showered praises on her celebrant-lover for standing with her against all odds. “Thank you for loving me and the kids unconditionally, against all odds you stood by me. You are and will remain the best part of me. From my heat to God’s ears, I love you forever!!! Happy birthday my own!!!! She gushed It…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike A former First Lady and widow of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Hajiya Turai, has said that her late husband never desperate to become president of the country but destiny decided otherwise. Turai stated this while peaking to BBC Hausa Service on the 13th-year anniversary of his death, saying her late husband never liked politics and she could only describe him as an accidental politician. “His life ambition was to be a teacher, come home from school, sit with his family and crack jokes till another day. He never wanted politics or governance but as Allah…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike A forty-seven-year-old Nigerian based in the United Kingdom (UK), Mrs Abigail Marshall Katung, has been elected to represent Little London and Woodhouse Ward in the 2023 Leeds City Council elections for the second term. Mrs Katung, wife of the elected Nigerian Senator, Barr. Sunday Marshall Katung got re-elected in the just concluded May 4th local elections in England, United Kingdom.A statement issued on Saturday, 6 May, 2023, explained that Tom Riordan, Returning Officer of the elections, announced that Mrs Katung polled 1,908 votes to emerge the winner of the election.She ran and won the election on the…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike A student of Anglican Girls Secondary School (AGSS) Nnewi, Anambra state, Ejikeme Joy, has emerged as the overall best student in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) with an aggregate score of 362. Joy’s scores in English Language, Physics, Biology, and Chemistry were broken down as 98, 89, 94, and 81 respectively.The state Commissioner for Education, Prof Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, commended her performance, describing it as “excellent and very outstanding”.The state government also reacted to the news, with a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Charles Soludo, Christian Aburime, saying that Ejikeme’s excellent feat brought…