Author: Olamide Obayemi

Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has selected 19 youths, who are mostly orphans and vulnerable indigenes of the state to study Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery (MBBS) on full government scholarship, for a duration of five years. According to a press statement on Wednesday, 1 February, 2023, by the Governor’s spokesman, Mallam Isa Gusau, the students will soon be departing for Suez City in Egypt, to study and obtain the degree. He disclosed that the scholarship to Suez University for which Zulum released N250m was one of the outcomes of a visit to some Egyptian Universities by Governor Zulum…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has launched a Nigerian Internal Security and Public Safety Alert System (N-Alerts) to aid report of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) before, during and after the general election. The alert system was launched by the Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen on Wednesday, 1 February, 2023, at the NSCDC National Headquarters in Abuja. The event, which marked the 3rd Annual Forum of Women, Peace and Security Sector Reference Group, was themed, “the Role of Female Security Personnel in 2023 General Elections”. NSCDC Commandant General, Dr. Ahmed Audi, said that the…

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested five kingpins of trans-border drug cartel. The spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi in a statement on Sunday, 29 January, 2023, said the men of the agency have successfully dismantled a trans-border drug cartel and arrested five leaders of the syndicates operating in parts of the world in a special operation that lasted weeks during which different quantities of skunk, methamphetamine and ephedrine as well as air compressors used to conceal and distribute them globally were recovered. He disclosed that the special operation came on the heels of…

We find it important to correct the misrepresentation of the statement of our candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the campaign rally in Calabar yesterday by a section of the media especially Thisday Newspaper and its broadcast arm, Arise News. While addressing the mammoth crowd of party supporters and people of Cross Rivers State that came to listen to his message of Renewed Hope at U.J Esuene Stadium, Asiwaju Tinubu urged the people not to vote for Peoples Democratic Party and its Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar because of their litany of failures while in power for 16 years. The reference…

The Coalition of Pastoralists Associations of Nigeria (CPAN) has called the attention of the Nigerian government and the international community to the plight of the average cattle herder in Nigeria whose business is going down and who can lose his life anytime without consequences. Addressing a world press conference in Abuja on Tuesday, 31 January, 2023, the coalition said the Nigerian state and other tribes are working hard to destroy the business of cattle rearing and chase the Fulani away from sight. Speaking on behalf of CPAN, the President of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Baba Othman…

With appreciable progress being made in the first Phase, the implementation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited and Federal Inland Revenue Service (NNPCL/FIRS) Second Phase for the rehabilitation and construction of 44 critical roads across the country under the Tax Credit Scheme initiative of the Federal Government gained momentum Tuesday as the Minister of Works and Housing convened a meeting of the Stakeholders and briefed the press while also unveiling the roads. The Meeting came barely a fortnight after the approval of the Memorandum on the proposal by the NNPC and its subsidiaries, NNPC Exploration and Production (NEPL) and…

First phase of the reconstruction and upgrading of the Eti Osa-Lekki-Epe Expressway has now been completed and delivered, with the infrastructure formally opened to vehicular traffic. Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu was on Wednesday, 1 February, 2023, accompanied by joyful residents to commission the 18.75-kilometre long stretch from Eleko to Epe T-Junction, turning a two-lane rural roadway to a six-lane rigid concrete carriageway. The construction feat marked a significant improvement in the effort to redevelop the rural road, built over 40 years ago. Before reconstruction, the infrastructure was in decrepit shape due to upsurge in average daily traffic volumes,…

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has launched the ‘IGP-SmartForce Database Management Centre’ today, Wednesday, 1 February, 2023, for Personnel Records Digitalization and Biometric Capturing of all officers of the Nigeria Police Force to ensure that all officers have their details captured and stored for record purposes and to ease administrative bottlenecks, create ease in tracking postings/transfers, and issue Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Cards for personnel identification. The SmartForce with Storage Servers domiciled in the Nigeria Police Force National Command and Control Centre (NPF-C4i) facilities and SmartForce office, Office of the Force Secretary in the Force Headquarters, Abuja, is aimed…

MTN Nigeria today, Wednesday, 1 February, 2023, announced Kate Ene as its CEO for a day following her emergence as the winner of the 2022 MTN mPulse Spelling Bee out of over 11,000 participants who registered for the competition. Kate, an inspiring 14-year-old student from Intimacy with Christ Secondary School, Mararaba, Nasarawa State, assumed leadership of Africa’s largest telecommunication network at 9am on Wednesday, 1 February, 2023. In his symbolic handover, Karl Toriola applauded Kate’s brilliance while reiterating the purpose of the initiative, “It has always been our brand commitment to support the government and educational institutions in producing students…

The Muslim Students Society of Nigeria, Lagos State Area Unit has encouraged its members to be courageous to wear the Hijab to schools despite the pockets of harassment and victimisation experienced in a few schools. The Amirah (Female President) of MSSNLagos, Azeezah Gidigbih, said this in her 2023 World Hijab Day address, adding that government should sack and prosecute any defaulting teacher or principal. She explained that the theme of this year’s WHD, ‘Progression not Oppression’, reflected the situation of hijab-wearing students in Nigeria. “Just like yesterday, we jubilated when the Supreme Court after a legal tussle of about 10…

In the name of Allah the most Gracious, the most Merciful. The Ever-Living, The Self Subsistent. I seek the blessings of Allah AWJ on the best  of Mankind, Prophet Muhammad (SAW), on his households, companions and the generality of the ummah till the Day of Reckoning Aamiin. Ladies and Gentlemen, Fellow Hijab Advocates, Gentlemen of the Press, INTRODUCTION I welcome you to this Press conference held to commemorate the World Hijab Day 2023. 11 years ago, a global movement was born. This movement which is now being observed in 190 countries around the world, is a united voice against the…

The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Interior, Dr. Shuaib Belgore, on Tuesday, 31 January, 2023, in Abuja inspected on-going projects at the National Fire Academy Sheda; after which he directed the Controller General, Federal Fire Service to commence necessary arrangement for completion of remaining work and timely commissioning of the entire projects. The Perm Sec sees the projects as further contribution to safety of lives and protection of properties of Nigerians and foreigners alike . Dr Belgore, got a briefing on inspected projects which indicated that the administrative building has attained 50 percent completion while the Fire House…

The Osun State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has revealed the clandestine moves of political hoodlums who are loyalists of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to unleash violence before, during and after the Presidential rally of the party scheduled for Thursday, 2 February, 2023. The APC has consequently sent a stern warning to the political hoodlums that have been unleashing violence and perpetrating series of attacks on the people of the State, particularly members of the APC, to desist from the heinous acts in the interest of peace and tranquility. The APC called on the security agencies to…

The Federal Government has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to live up to their core mandate of border surveillance and control. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, said this in Katsina on Tuesday, 31 January, 2023, during the commissioning of the Katsina State Command Office of the Nigeria Immigration Service and Roll-Out of the Enhanced ePassport in the State. The Minister reiterated that the primary assignment of the Nigeria Immigration Service is border control and not passport issuance. Aregbesola revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered that Nigerian borders should be made impenetrable to foreign bodies who might…

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan is upbeat that the forthcoming general elections will be the best ever in Nigeria. Lawan expressed this optimism on Tuesday, 31 January, 2023, while playing host to a delegation of the European Union election observers and former Kenyan Prime Minister, Raila Odinga who paid separate courtesy visits to the Senate President. Odinga was in Nigeria at the instance of the Management of the Leadership newspapers for their Annual Conference and Awards which held in Abuja on Tuesday. The Senate President told his guests that the National Assembly had worked very hard to provide…

All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has re-echoed his message of economic prosperity to Nigerians at his campaign rallies in Anambra and Cross Rivers States. Speaking in Awka and Calabar, capital of Anambra and Cross Rivers States on Tuesday, 31 January, 2023, Tinubu said his focus as president would be to create jobs for the teeming unemployed people in Nigeria and take prosperity to every parts of the country. At Calabar Township Stadium, the APC Presidential candidate thanked the people for their rousing welcome and particularly praise the party leaders and Governor Ben Ayade for uniting the…

By O’seun Ogunseitan Nigeria needs imports of more than $50 billion worth of paper, cards, and chipboards every year. It is worth some N35 trillion in local currency because forex for more than 60% of Nigeria’s paper needs are sourced from the black market. Local production of paper alone in Nigeria, will provide sustainable employment for up to 1.2 million Nigerians every year. Less than 2,000 acres of forest with the giant Bamboo species pictured below, will provide enough paper pulp to meet the newsprint need of Nigeria’s largest-circulating newspaper in a year, without needing any additional paper imports. Southern…

Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) today, Tuesday, 31 January, 2023, rescued another four fatal accident victims inside mini commercial buses (tricycles) around Ikotun area of Lagos. The accident which occurred around 12:30 pm today, Tuesday, 31 January, 2023, involved a fully loaded container truck (JJJ 125) and four mini commercial buses (tricycles) with registration nos (LSD 83 QM), (AKD 690 QK) & (AKL 87 QF) The driver of one of the mini commercial bus (tricycle) with one passenger died instantly. The four rescued accident victims by LASTMA personnel were two pregnant women and two children. LASTMA…

Committee of Friends of Hon Justice Alaba Omolaye Ajileye, PhD, will on Friday, 17 February, 2023, make a public presentation of a compendium of selected judgments and rulings written and delivered by His Lordship over the years. A statement signed by Prof. Yemi Akinseye-George SAN, and Mela Nunghe, SAN said the compendium is considered by the Committee, as one of the ways to honour the erudite judge, who is set to retire from the judiciary on Wednesday, 15 February, 2023 when he attains the age of 65 years. The statement describes Hon. Justice A. O. Ajileye, a judge of the…