Author: Olamide Obayemi

Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, 9 February, 2023, inaugurated a Committee to review the Civil and Public Service Rules and Regulations in the state for more effective and productive service delivery. The Governor while inaugurating the Committee at the Executive Council Chamber, Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, said that most of the rules and regulations guiding the activities of the workers are no longer effective compared to the emerging environment. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, quoted the Governor as explaining that the Civil/Public Service Rules and Regulation Volume I and…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of a Presidential Transition Council, for facilitating and managing the 2023 transition programme. Members of the Committee to be chaired by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha are expected to ensure a smooth transition of power to a new President coming in after the general elections. A release by Director of Information in the Office of the SGF, Willie Bassey said members of the Council will be sworn-in by the SGF on Tuesday, 14 February, 2023. The statement also enjoined members of the Council to turn up physically…

The Nigeria Police Force has described the call for the sack and imprisonment of the Inspector-General of Police by some retired police officers who claimed to have got a judgment for their reinstatement into the Force as baseless and mischievous. It would be recalled that some retired police officers went to the National Industrial Court in April 2022 to challenge their retirement. Judgment was however delivered in their favour by the court. The said judgment, which has been appealed in suit number: NICN/AB/21M/2023 filed by the Nigeria Police legal team on Wednesday, 8 February, 2023, and is currently in court awaiting a hearing…

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, on Thursday, February 9, 2023, stated the Commission’s resolve to improve its collaboration with the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, CITN, in areas of capacity building and advocacy to check tax fraud, among issues beneficial to both institutions. He made the pledge at the Commission’s headquarters, Abuja, when the President of the Institute, Chief Adesina Adedayo, led the institute’s management team to the EFCC on a courtesy visit. Bawa urged CITN to set up a technical committee that will come up with a Memorandum of Understanding…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 filed a motion before the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, asking for a stay of execution of the judgment of the Kogi State High Court in Suit No: HCL/696/2022 between Ali Bello and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, and Others, delivered on 12th of December, 2022 and the consequential order made on the 6th of February, 2023. Other reliefs sought in the motion on notice, include an Order of interlocutory injunction restraining the Appellants/Applicant from attempting to execute/ enforce the judgment of the trial Court pending the…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike Barely 24 hours after Supreme Court temporarily suspended Friday’s deadline to stop using old banknotes, which had led to a cash crisis across the length and breadth of the country, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has vowed to supply commercial banks with plenty of funds to address the new Naira note scarcity in Kogi State. Kogi CBN Branch Controller, Ahmed Sule, made the vow while speaking with a news agency in Lokoja, the state capital. According to Sule, the scarcity of the new Naira might have resulted in some commercial banks not opening for customers on Wednesday,…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike Ademola Lookman, has disclosed that has no regret representing Nigeria at the international level instead of England. Lookman plying his trade for Atalanta in Italy was born in Wandsworth, South West London, to Nigerian parents. The 25-year-old Atalanta winger represented England at the youth level and initially turned down calls from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to represent his fatherland. Lookman later agreed to switch allegiance with FIFA granting his request to play for the Super Eagles on February 10, 2022. The pacy forward said he is happy with the decision to represent the three-time African champions.…

The Federal Government Nigeria on Thursday, 9 February, 2023 ordered the closure of universities for students to participate in the 2023 general election. Nigeria’s National Universities Commission (NUC) gave the directive in a letter addressed to universities’ Vice Chancellors and Directors. NUC Deputy Executive Secretary, Administration, Chris Maiyaki, said the directive takes effect from Wednesday, 22 February, 2023. According to Maiyaki, the directive was based on a directive from Nigeria’s Education Minister, Adamu Adamu. “As Vice Chancellors of all Universities and Director/Chief Executive of Inter-University Centres are quite aware the 2023 General Elections have been scheduled to hold on Saturday…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike Few hours after Sokoto State Deputy Governor, Manir Muhammed Dan Musa resigned from being a member of the Peoples Democratic Party in the State, 11 commissioners in state have also dumped the ruling party in the state for All Progressive Congress (APC) The latest development, thegazellenews.com gathered, followed an announcement by the state’s Deputy Governor, Dan Iya, to dump PDP for the national ruling party.. Reports of the defection of the commissioners hit the media a few hours before the presidential campaign rally of the ruling party is expected to take place. The APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, and…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike The National Vice Chairman, North West of the ruling All progressives congress (APC) Mallam Salihu Moh. Lukman has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to abide by the Supreme Court order aimed at bringing an end to the current cash crisis in the country. Lukman in a press statement titled: “Cashless Economy and Presidential Cabal” noted that it is now left for President Buhari to abide by the Order of the Apex Court in the country. He assured that the cash swap policy would not achieve the goal of APC adversaries by either creating conditions that could mobilise electorates to vote…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike Former spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, Frank Mba, assumes office as the new Commissioner of Police in Ogun State. Mba will be taking over from CP Lanre Bankole, who has been deployed to the Force Headquarters, Abuja. His deployment as the new CP in Ogun State was authorised by the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba. His letter of appointment was dated January 24, 2023, and signed by the Assistant Inspector-General of Police to the Police Service Commission (PSC), Hafiz Inuwa. Frank Mba studied law at the University of Lagos and was called to the Nigerian…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike As a result of Nigeria being ranked first in Africa in skin bleaching by the World Health Organisation(WHO), the National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has declared a State of Emergency on bleaching. The Director General of NAFDAC, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, stated this while speaking on the rising menace of bleaching creams in Nigeria. According to NAFDAC boss, the problem has become a national emergency that calls for serious and urgent attention. She stated this while flagging off a media sensitization workshop on Dangers of Bleaching Creams and Regulatory Control organized by the Association…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike President Muhammadu Buhari has signed an Executive Order on the Facilitation and Management of Presidential Transitions. Buhari made this known in a statement via his verified Twitter handle on Thursday, 9 February, 2023. The President, who said it would enhance the seamless transition of power from one presidential administration to another, also revealed he has approved the establishment of a Presidential Transition Council, which would be chaired by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). “I have signed Executive Order No. 14 of 2023 on the Facilitation and Management of Presidential Transitions. The new Executive…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday, 8 February, 2023, arraigned one Ali Bello, a nephew of Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of a Federal High Court Abuja. Bello was docked alongside Abba Adauda, Yakubu Siyaka Adabenege, Iyada Sadat, Rashida Bello (at large) on 18 count charge bordering on criminal misappropriation and money laundering to the tune of  N3,081,804,654.00 (Three Billion, Eighty One Million, Eight Hundred and Four Thousand, Six Hundred and Fifty Four Naira. Count one of the charge reads “That you, ALI BELLO, ABBA ADAUDU, YAKUBU SIYAKA ADABENEGE, IYADA SADAT, RASHIDA BELLO (at…

The Senator representing Delta North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Peter Nwaoboshi, who has been on the run months after the Court of Appeal Lagos Division convicted and sentenced him to 7 years imprisonment for money laundering, is finally in prison custody. The lawmaker who was intercepted by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, at a Hospital in Lagos on Monday, 6 February, 2023, was finally remanded in Ikoyi Custodial Centre today, Wednesday, 8 February, 2023, to commence his prison term. The Court of Appeal had in a judgement it delivered on July 1, 2022, sentenced…

Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr. Kadiri Obafemi Hamzat, has assured that Nigeria under the presidency of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, would experience more development as he would deploy technology for the advancement of the country. Hamzat stressed that as Governor, Asiwaju Tinubu’s technological innovations led to a massive turnaround in Lagos State, and contributed greatly to its financial progress, which he said made the state the envy of others till date. “We need to build a bigger nation and only technology can make it happen,” Hamzat declared and added that, “with technology,…

The Federal Ministry of Education has approved the use of corporate/cape size hijab as part of the school uniform of female Muslim students in all the 112 Federal Unity Colleges, together with Federal Science and Technical Colleges. The approval was contained in a circular released by the Office of the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, dated 1st February 2023. The circular, titled: “Use of Corporate/Cape Size Hijab as Part of School Uniform for Female Muslim Students of Federal Unity Colleges,” was forwarded to Principals of all the Federal Unity Colleges, PRNigeria gathered. According to Andrew, David Adejo, Permanent Secretary…

The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Dr Nasir Sani-Gwarzo, has revealed that his Ministry, in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has registered about 1.6 million beneficiaries of the National Social Investments Programmes (NSIP) on the e-Naira platform. The National Social Investments Programmes was established by the federal government in 2016 to tackle poverty and hunger across the country The Permanent Secretary, in a chat with PRNigeria said long before the CBN recently started an aggressive campaign to promote the e-Naira, the Ministry had de-emphasised doling out cash to the…

All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has hailed the Governors of the 36 states for standing on the side of the Nigerian people over the Central Bank new Naira and cashless policies that have subjected the masses to pains. According to Asiwaju Tinubu, the Governors especially the APC Governors who instituted the suit against the CBN and Federal Government at the Supreme Court acted well on behalf of the hapless Nigerians who have been made to bear the brunt of Naira redesign policy that has been poorly implemented The Supreme Court on Wednesday morning, 8 February, 2023,…

Lagos State First Lady, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday, 7 February, 2023, held the third sensitization parley with women drawn from various professional organizations and groups in the state, saying it was important for all stakeholders to get fully involved in the forthcoming general elections. Speaking at the event which was held at Lagos House, Marina, the First Lady said the parley became imperative in view of the need to sensitize female stakeholders on matters arising regarding the 2023 general elections, particularly on the proper usage of the Permanent Voters Card and the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BIVAS). According to…