Author: Olamide Obayemi

The Comptroller General of Immigration Service, Isah Idris, has charged men of the service to remain apolitical and ensure non-Nigerians are not allowed to participate in the forthcoming election exercise. The CGIS gave the charge on Saturday at the graduation ceremony of 1,800 personnel of the Service trained at the Immigration Training School Kano (ITSK) and Customs Training College Kano (CTC). The personnel who recently went through the 23rd Pre-Basic Course, passed out at an event held at ITSK. The Comptroller General of Immigration Service, Isah Idris, while congratulating the graduands, urged them to remain guided by the trainings they…

Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Sunday, 15 January, 2023, in Abuja met with Governorship and National Assembly Candidates of the party ahead of the upcoming General Elections. Tinubu who said he had been eager to meet with the party’s candidates urged them to ensure they do not disappoint members of the party who elected them to fly the party’s tickets at the polls. With the many unproductive years of the former Peoples Democratic Party’s government, he said Nigerians and indeed members of the APC are expecting a new lease of life from the…

The Founder/Ceo of GistHouse Afrocentric Drop-In Conversation platform has announced the introduction of a Video Feature into its previously all audio drop-in conversation platform currently available in all app AppStores globally. With the emergence of Clubhouse Audio app in 2021, during the height of the COVID Pandemic, there has been a huge revolutionary growth in the social audio conversation industry as more and more audio conversation apps like Twitter Spaces, GistHouse, Wisdom, Spoon, Green Room etc spang up to take advantage of the exploding global interest in dropin audio conversations which allows anyone across the world to drop in, and…

All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has praised former Interim National Chairman of the party, Chief Bisi Akande, for his courage and extraordinary leadership on the occasion of his 84th birthday. The former Lagos State Governor commended Chief Akande for his helpful contributions to Nigeria and dedication and commitment to progressive politics and good governance. He noted the unblemished public service record of Chief Akande from the start of the Second Republic when he was a member of the Constituent Assembly that drafted the 1979 constitution, Secretary to the Government of old Oyo State and Deputy Governor…

Wema Bank Plc’s stocks emerged as the best-performing financial stocks on the Nigerian Exchange during the 2022 financial year. In a report titled “The Best Performing Stocks in Nigeria in 2022,” Nairametrics compiled and analyzed the best-performing stocks in 2022, comparing their share prices as of December 31st, 2021, and December 30th, 2022. The analysis considered all 159 publicly listed companies during the period. According to the report, Wema Bank’s share price appreciated by a whopping 441.7 percent. This helped it to close the 2022 year at N3.9, down from the 72 kobo recorded at the end of 2022. The…

Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has strengthened his media office with the injection of two new aides. Those appointed are: Mahmud Jega as Special Adviser, Public Affairs; and Abdulaziz Abdulaziz as Special Assistant on Media and Publicity. Until his appointment, Jega, a respected editor, was an in-house analyst for Arise TV and ran a weekly column for Thisday newspaper. He was also the Editor-in-Chief of an online publication, 21st Century Chronicle. Abdulaziz, an award-winning journalist and social media influencer, was until the appointment Deputy General Editor of Daily Trust Newspapers. He also anchored…

A new transport company meant to provide transport solution for individuals, corporate organisations and other related groups is now in operation. According to the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Kazmuz Logistics and Haulage Services, Oloye Muhyi-deen Alabi Kazeem, FCA, the company was set up provide transport solutions particularly in the area of deliverance of goods throughout the country and the West Africa sub-region. “Kazmus Logistics & Haulage Services is a transport solution company where we operate as a core competent logistics and haulage transport company with the aim to deliver various kinds of products and goods to customers’…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Council for Ojo Federal Constituency in continuation of its grassroot engagements and interactions with stakeholders in the Constituency held two events on Saturday, 14 January, 2023. The events were held at Ilogbo-Elegba town hall and Ojo Local Government Council Chamber and the central message by the leaders of the party to attendees at the event was the need to collect their PVCs and also to cast their votes for all APC candidates in the general elections. The first event which was held at Ilogbo-Elegba town hall, leaders and members of the Campaign Council alongside…

Muslim leaders in Lagos State have reaffirmed their support for the foremost presidential candidate in the country and revered National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu; Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; and other candidates of the ruling party. This was arrived at the strategic meeting held with the Islamic leaders on Saturday by the Directorate of Religious Affairs of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council headed by Chief Oyinlomo Danmole. The meeting which held on the premises of Lagos Television (LTV8) came barely two weeks after a similar activity with Christian leaders in the…

A Nigerian genius, Ufot Ekong, has made a history in Japanese university for solving a 30-year mathematical problem. This was disclosed in a tweet released by Africa Archives. According to Africa Archives, Ufot Ekong, a Nigerian schooling in Tokai University, Tokyo, Japan was able to break the record as he solved a 30-year mathematical problem in his first semester at the institution. “Meet Nigerian genius Ufot Ekong, who made history in Japanese university, Tokai University, Tokyo, for solving a 30-year mathematical problem in his first semester,” Africa Archives reported. Africa Archives reported also that, presently, Ufot Ekong is making cars…

A Twitter user known as Kawu Garba has narrated the story of a woman who divorced her husband because he got married to a second wife. However, years after the divorce, she ended up being the third wife to another man. The woman reportedly got married to a man who asked for her hand in marriage, even though he had two wives already. She reportedly sold all her belongings when she was married to her first husband to sponsor him through Law School. However after he graduated and got a good job, he got married to another woman. She refused…

FEW names carry as much weight as Muhammad Ali – so it’s no surprise his son and heir faced an epic fight to live up to his legacy. Not only was the late legend considered to be “The Greatest” boxer of all time, he had a ­magnetic personality and a moral purpose championing his anti-racism campaign in the US. It was therefore inevitable that his namesake, Muhammad Ali Jnr, had high expectations to meet. But the younger man had struggles of his own, ending up hooked on drugs, surviving on food stamp benefits and living in a leaky hovel —…

By Abiodun Komolafe Without being immodest, the structure of political campaigns in Nigeria has shown that Bola Tinubu‘s dexterity and mastery of the game of politics is actually solid. The organisation of his campaigns, the strategy and the choice of the places he has been going, either for consultations or campaigns; and the responses he has been getting, have all been fantastic. Indeed, these are good signs of a man who actually plans to win. Except one is also stretching the truth, the followership and the enthusiasm with which Nigerians have been thronging the campaign grounds to welcome the _All…

Veteran Nollywood actor, Femi Ogunrombi, is dead. Ogunrombi who is popular for his role in Wale Adenuga’s Comedy series, Papa Ajasco, was confirmed dead by Shaibu Husseini, a Theatre practitioner. Although, the details given by Husseini is quite sketchy, he however confirmed that the seasoned Thespian breathed his last on Saturday, January 14, 2023. “I have just been reliably informed that the ethnomusicologist, former Music Instructor with the National Troupe Of Nigeria and one time stand in for the ‘Papa Ajasco’ character on the popular WAP Comic Series ‘Papa Ajasco’ Mr. Femi Ogunrombi is DEAD. “I was told that the…

A new transport company meant to provide transport solution for individuals, corporate organisations and other related groups is now in operation. According to the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Kazmuz Logistics and Haulage Services, Otunba Muyideen Kazeem, the company was set up provide transport solutions particularly in the area of deliverance of goods throughout the country and the West Africa sub-region. “Kazmus Logistics & Haulage Services is a transport solution company where we operate as a core competent logistics and haulage transport company with the aim to deliver various kinds of products and goods to customers’ outlets nationwide. …

Barring last-minute changes, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has decided to appoint two prominent northern journalists to his media team. One of the senior journalists (Name Withheld) is a celebrated columnist and former editor at different times with the two biggest newspaper groups in Northern Nigeria. The other younger prospective appointee (Name Withheld) is an award-winning pen pusher and one of the shiny lights of investigative journalism in Nigeria. PRNigeria gathered that the two journalists have agreed in principle to quit their present engagements and join the Tinubu media team ahead of the February 25…

Parents of the 11 remaining abducted female students of the Federal Government College, Yauri, in Kebbi State, have appealed to Nigerians to come to their aid financially in order to rescue their children from their abductors. In a letter addressed to all Nigerians, which PRNigeria obtained, a group known as “Committee of Parents of 11 Abducted Students of F.G.C Birnin Yauri, Kebbi State, Nigeria,” passionately solicited financial assistance towards raising the sum of N100 million as ransom to be paid terrorists, in exchange of their wards. Recalled that the 11 students were kidnapped when armed bandits invaded their school on…

An uncle of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives candidate for Ideato Federal Constituency in Imo State, Ikenga Ugochinyere, has been killed by unknown gunmen on Saturday, 14 January, 2023 reports thegazellenews.com. Ugochinyere is the co-Spokesman for the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP). He has been sending series of desperate text messages to his colleague, Comrade Mark Adebayo on the attack. The last text he sent read: “We néed help… My uncle have been killed now.. They are setting everything on fire. Pz helppppopppppp”. Earlier, Ikenga’s colleague, Comrade Mark Adebayo has raised a passionate SOS claiming that the…

In a bid to make rural roads more accessible to citizens, the Ogun State Government has commenced the grading of rural roads across the 20 Local Government Areas of the state. The state Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Ade Akinsanya, made this known to correspondents in Abeokuta saying that the grading was to reshape and compact the  roads to reduce lumps and bumps for smooth rides. Engr. Akinsanya noted that the graded roads would link communities together in the council areas and will enhance infrastructural and socio economic development while making life meaningful to the residents and further ease…