Author: Olamide Obayemi

Following the incessant attacks on the leadership and members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council has condemned in strong terms the assassination attempts on loyalists of the party in the last few months. The Presidential Campaign Council described as inhuman, diabolic and outrageous the extra-judicial killings and maiming of the members of the party since November last year after the immediate past Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola temporarily stepped aside. This is even as the APC Senatorial Candidate for Osun West Senatorial District, Dr. Amidu Tadese alleged that the PDP Candidate for Osun West…

A 99-year-old man has wedded a woman, 40, after 20 years of dating. Glamtush reports that when 99-year-old Kenyan, Johana Butuk, decided to take a wife for the first time, it made headlines. This online platform understands that the nonagenarian over the weekend, married his girlfriend, Alice Jemeli, 40, after 20 years of dating. The lovebirds tied the knot in a colourful wedding ceremony. Kenyan newspaper, ‘The Standard‘, reports that when they first met in 2003, Jemeli (bride) was only 20 years old while Butuk (groom) was 79. Despite their age differences, their love blossomed as they dated. The nonagenarian…

Media practitioners have been advised to always follow the ethics of the profession and be ready to learn from respected senior colleagues. This advice was given at the book launch and award recognitions organised to mark four decades of Hajia Aminah Muhammad in broadcast journalism. It was indeed an outpouring of commendations as great men and women from different walks of life recently celebrated Hajia Aminah Muhammad’s four decades in the field of broadcast journalism. The event, chaired by the Founder, City of Knowledge Academy and former Chairman, Access Bank Plc, Dr. Mrs. Mosun Bello-Olusoga, was held at the Nigerian…

Yobe State Governor, Hon. Mai Mala Buni has approved the employment of 2,670 persons with degrees, diplomas and National Certificate of Education (NCE). Buni, while speaking on the approval, said the employment would provide graduates with job opportunities, and to fill existing gaps for efficient service delivery in the state. The breakdown of the beneficiaries include 890 holders of university degrees, 890 Higher National Diploma and National Diploma holders, and 890 NCE holders. According to a statement by the spokesman to the Governor, Mallam Mamman Mohammed, the beneficiaries were drawn across the 178 political wards of the 17 local government…

The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Dr. Ahmed Audi has said that the continued attacks of offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in parts of the country would no longer be tolerated. Audi, also that the Corps would be evolving strategies in collaboration with other sister security agencies to ensure that elections are peacefully conducted in the South East, even as he disclosed that all men and officers of NSCDC would be deployed for the elections. Speaking at a 2-day capacity building workshop in Abuja for all State Commandants and the Corps’…

The Managing Conflict in Nigeria(MCN) Programme, funded by the European Union(EU) and the British Council (BC) has constituted a conflict resolution network to enhance crisis management and peace building process in the country. This is part of activities to manage unrest and create a sustainable resolution network to foster peace in Nigeria by resolving conflict at the earliest stage and preventing their escalation into violence. The National Programme Manager of MCN, Prof. Muhammed Tabiu on Tuesday, made this known at the MCN close out event and result dissemination in Abuja. Tabiu noted that the network would translate into a more…

By Wole Olujobi In the politics of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) where self-interest towers above national interest, there are daggers in PDP’s men’s smiles, warned Michael Achimugu, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s media aide, in a recent media expose of his boss who he alleged was in the presidential race to enrich himself and members of his family. Achimugu alleged that as Nigerians thirst for good governance, and even as discontent swells over power shift brouhaha between North and South as recommended by the National Conference and adopted by the leading political parties in the country, personal ambition of his boss,…

Development partners on Monday, 23 January, 2023 commended the many strides of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq in the health sector, saying the achievements point at the governor’s firm commitment to public good. The commendation was made in Ilorin, the capital city, where the state officially flagged off an investment fund to deepen access to primary healthcare services in Kwara State through IMPACT project. IMPACT, an acronym for Immunization Plus and Malaria Process by Accelerating and Transparency, is funded by the World Bank after the state paid $100,000 counterpart funds. Each benefiting PHC is getting N4.6m to upgrade primary healthcare infrastructure. Representative…

The Governorship Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State Prof Eleazar Uchenna Ikonne is dead. Ikonne died on Wednesday, 25 January, 2023, in Abuja, Dr Uche-Ikonne Chikezie said in a statement on behalf of his family. “I regret to announce the death of my dear father, Prof Eleazar Uchenna Ikonne, who died at the National Hospital Abuja today, 25th January 2023 by 4am after a brief illness,” Dr Uche-Ikonne Chikezie said. “He was recovering after taking proper treatment in the United Kingdom but relapsed a few days ago leading to multiple cardiac arrests for which he didn’t…

The Anambra State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Tuesday 24 January, 2023, inaugurated rally planning committees for the campaign rally of the party’s Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in particular and the general elections. The PCC Coordinator, Sen Margery Okadigbo who was represented by Sen Emma Anosike, at the inauguration urged the committee members to ensure that at least 70 persons per ward are moblised for the rally. The Chairman of the Planning Committee, Hon Azuka Okwuosa implored members of the party whose names are not on the Committees’ list to sheath their swords, since it…

The Cameroonian police have reportedly arrested an unidentified woman whose child died after she allegedly gave her baby tramadol drug and went clubbing. The Instagram user, who shared the story with pictures of the lady and the dead baby, said the mother gave the child the drug so the baby could sleep while she went out to party with friends. The incident was said to have occured in Likombo area of Tiko in the South-West region of Cameroon. It was further revealed that the said mother locked the baby in the house after giving him the drug before going out.…

The Kulen Allah Cattle Rearers Association of Nigeria (KACRAN) has called for the immediate sack of the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele and for the extension of the withdrawal of old currency from circulation till December 2023. A statement signed on Tuesday by the National President of the association, Hon Khalil Bello alleged that Emefiele has plunged Nigerians and the financial system of the country into tribulations and confusion. The statement read: “The Governor of Central Bank, has painfully plunged Nigerians and our financial system into unnecessary tribulations and confusion, due to the re-designing of…

The European Union has allocated €102.5 million in humanitarian aid to help vulnerable communities in Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon. A statement on Tuesday, 24 January, 2023, said this becomes necessary as the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate in the Lake Chad region. The EU lamented that violence continued in the region, where the civilian population is increasingly the victim of targeted attacks, resulting in large-scale displacement, disruption of livelihoods and lack of access to basic services. According to the statement, the pledge was made on the occasion of the High-Level Conference on the Lake Chad Region, held in Niamey…

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Retd) has challenged traditional rulers, religious and community leaders to champion the campaign against substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking in their communities and spheres of influence. He gave the charge at different occasions in Igumale, Ado local government area and Otukpo in Benue state. According to a statement on Tuesday by the spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi, Marwa gave the advice last Sunday and Monday. Babafemi said the NDLEA boss was in Igumale to perform the ground-breaking ceremony of the agency’s Area…

The Federal Government’s Safe Schools Initiative is to fully take off soon as preparation for it is almost concluded. A statement on Tuesday, 24 January, 2023 by the spokesman of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Olusola Odumosu read that: “Preparatory for the full take off of the Federal Government’s Safe Schools Initiative, the Financing Safe School Secretariat/Technical Working Committee has expressed satisfaction with the level of preparedness of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to guarantee success of the programme.” He said while hosting the technical working committee on national schools security, at the Corps…

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has launched its 2022 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons, showing a drop in cases of trafficking as a result of outbreak of COVID-19. This s the sixth of its kind mandated by the United Nations General Assembly in its Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons, and covered 141 countries and providing an overview of patterns and flows of trafficking in persons at global, regional, and national levels, based on trafficking cases detected between 2017 and 2021. According to a statement on Tuesday, the report draws upon the…

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in conjunction with the Restoration of Hope Initiative (ROHI) have organized a spelling bee competition for secondary schools in Borno State to commemorate this year’s International Day of Education. Speaking on Tuesday, 24 January, 2023, during the grand finale of the competition in Maiduguri, the Program Manager, Restoration of Hope Initiative (ROHI), Mr. Benjamin John said the spelling competition has been a week long activities, which began with TARL, interaction as well as round table discussion session with the school teachers, officials of the UNICEF education program and other stakeholders. He added that teachers…

The Speaker of the Economic Communities of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament, Dr Sidie Mohamed Tunis has lamented that lack of single currency in the West African sub-region has impeded viable exports in the area. Speaking at the the opening of the fifth Legislature themed “ECOWAS Common Currency and the Inter Bank Payment System as Promoters of Regional Trade,” on Tuesday, 24 January, 2023 in Bissau, Guinea Bissau, Tunis said the level of exports which currently stands at 10% margin is very low for a region of 400 million people. He said: “As you are aware, intra-regional trade is relatively…

Immediate past Osun Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola on Tuesday, 24 January, 2023, condoled with his former Deputy Chief of Staff, Prince Abdullah Adeyanju Binuyo, over the death of his father, the late Sheikh Najeemdeen Adegbite Binuyo. The late Sheikh Binuyo, 96, an illustrious son of Inisa in Odo-Otin Local Government Area of Osun, died in the early hours of Tuesday, 24 January, 2023. Prominent among the children of the deceased is Abdullah Adeyanju Binuyo, who served as the Deputy Chief of Staff to Oyetola from 2018 to 2022. Oyetola described the death of the late Sheikh Binuyo as a great loss…