Author: Khadijah Olowode

There is palpable fear among youths and community leaders over the alleged release of the family members of Gwoska Dankarami, a notorious bandit kingpin in Zamfara State. PRNigeria gathered that the mother and foot soldiers of Dankarami were recently intercepted and detained by security operatives while returning from Hajj (pilgrimage), in one of the airports in the North West. But weeks ago, security services were allegedly directed to release Dankarami’s mother and his ‘boys’. In return, Dankarami also released some female students he had kept captives for months. PRNigeria gathered that since the inauguration of the administration of President Bola…

Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum on Tuesday, 5 September, 2023, presented a cheque of N2 billion to the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) in Borno State to disburse to eligible workers in the state as interest-free loans with a repayment period of 24 months to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal. The presentation took place after a meeting between the Governor and officials of the NLC led by the Labour Chairman in the state, Comrade Yusuf Inuwa. At the meeting which took place at the council chambers of the Government House in Maiduguri, Zulum asked the NLC to complete…

Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday, 4 September, 2023 inaugurated members of the state executive council — along with five new permanent secretaries and a member of the Civil Service Commission. The cabinet contains some 50 percent of each gender, boasting, as of today, the highest number of female commissioners in the country. The inauguration came with another first for the Governor as he swore in two Persons Living With Disabilities (PLWDs) as Permanent Secretaries — yet another marked show of his inclusive policy that is meant to mobilise every segment of the society for collective growth. The inauguration…

Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission,(NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa has emphasised the importance of recognising the accomplishments and challenges faced by Nigerians living abroad, as they play significant roles in shaping the nation’s image globally as well as encourage them to invest back home through positive narratives of their homeland. The NIDCOM Boss stated this through the Secretary to the Commission, Dr. Sule Yakubu Bassi when he received in Abuja, Mr Olumide Ogunlade, the Editor-In-Chief and CEO of Acclaim Nigeria, an international magazine. The Secretary reiterated that the Commission is committed to enhancing the global recognition and development of the Nigerian…

The Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counter-terrorism (UNOCT), Mr. Vladimir Voronkov, has concluded a week-long high-level visit to Nigeria. During his visit which ended on Tuesday, 5 September, 2023, Voronkov held a series of high-level bilateral meetings with the President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar; Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar; National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu; Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Rufai Abubakar; Chief of Army Staff, Major General Taoreed Lagbaja; Kayode Egbetokun, Inspector- General of Police and President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)Commission, Omar Alieu Touray.…

The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, CON, has approved 100 per cent increment in the allowance of members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) deployed to Kogi State for their mandatory one-year service. The Governor approved the raise considering the current economic realities and the overall importance of the NYSC scheme to national and state development. He spoke during the closing ceremony of the 2023 Batch ‘B’ Stream 2 of the NYSC at the State’s Orientation Camp, Asanya, in Kabba Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State, on Tuesday, 5 September, 2023. The Governor also announced a donation…

The Oyo State Government has sealed off some commercial banks as well as telecommunications masts around Ibadan metropolis. Some of the banks sealed were branches of Access Bank and Heritage Bank in Ibadan. The Enforcement team of the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Led by the Director, Land Use Charge, Esv Olufisayo Ogunbiyi, during an Enforcement tour around the city of Ibadan, said the action was due to non-compliance with payment of revenue to the coffers of the state government. According to the Director, Land Use Charge, the commercial banks and the telecommunications outfits have been served notices…

The Civil Society Organizations on Community Advancement and Humanitarian Empowerment Initiative (CSCHEI) in Nigeria has appointed Kunle Yusuff, MON, as its Director General. The appointment was endorsed by the Board of Trustees and Alliance Members of the organisation on Tuesday, 5 September, 2023 during the inaugural meeting of the executive management team, which was held at Nicon Luxury, Central Area, Abuja. The Organization is an accredited non-profit establishment that coordinates various registered Community-based Organizations-CBO, Non-Governmental Organization NGO, with a view to providing community enhancement, humanitarian empowerment, dignity and societal values for development in the country. Equally, the establishment serves as…

Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris Malagi has assured that activities and intervention programmes by the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) will enjoy wider coverage, henceforth. This is in order to capture more women and other vulnerable groups targeted by the initiative across the country. The Minister stated this during a courtesy call on Nigeria’s First Lady and National Chairman of Renewed Hope Initiative, Senator Oluremi Tinubu CON, at the Villa. Applauding recent interventions by the Initiative, the Minister says the Renewed Hope Initiative programmes effectively complement the Renewed Hope Agenda of the President Bola Tinubu-led administration, and as…

The declaration of the Independent National Electoral Commission of Senator Adams Oshiomhole of the All Progressives Congress(APC) as the winner of the February 25, 2023, Edo North Senatorial District election has been affirmed by National and State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Benin, the Edo State capital, on Monday, 4 September, 2023. The tribunal also upheld the election of House leader, Julius Ihonvbere of the APC as the member representing Owan Federal Constituency. Recall that Alimikhena, through his counsel, Rasak Isenalume, had petitioned the former Governor of the state, Oshiomhole, alongside the INEC and APC, Suit No. EPT/ED/SEN/02/2023. The…

Manchester United are set to take disciplinary action on Jadon Sancho, for publicly, through a social media, lashing out at manager Erik ten Hag. Ten Hag had claimed that he dropped England national team winger for their 3-1 defeat at Arsenal on Sunday, 3 September, 2023, because of the player’s poor attitude in training all week. The 23-year-old then hit back at the Dutch tactician online and claimed he was being used as a scapegoat. However, Ten Hag is standing by his remarks and United may initiate disciplinary action against Sancho. Sancho’s latest fall-out with his manager has plunged his future…

The Federal Government has unveiled plans to include families of wounded and fallen soldiers in the national social register and its poverty alleviation programmes. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, who made this disclosure during a meeting with the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa on Monday, 4 September, 2023 in Abuja, also expressed the need to support the military families. ”We want to expand our social register to accommodate military personnel that have either been wounded or affected by war, even soldiers that left their families behind. “We need this data from the military so…

Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, said on Monday, 4 September, 2023, that the government would move to fix about 100 kilometres of internal roads in Ibadan, the state capital and that once it is able to succeed with that, the effort would be replicated across the state. He also expressed the readiness of his administration to kick-start the process for the employment of primary school teachers to fill the gap left by the secondment of teachers to secondary schools and retirements. This was as the governor called on residents of Olodo Area of Ibadan to be patient with the government,…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike The District Head of Ofugo at Opulega, in Ankpa Local Government Area of Kogi State, Chief Abdulkerim Aliyu, have been kidnapped by gunmen, just as they also demanded the sum of N5 million as ransom. It was gathered that the incident happened at the weekend, around 7:30 pm on Sunday, 3 September, 2023 when the gunmen invaded his palace and whisked him away. According to the locals, the kidnappers came to his house, disguised as police officers from Kogi State Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department, Lokoja, the state capital and took him away in his Lexus jeep for…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike Crisis rocking the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) is festering like sore as a faction of the party under the leadership of Major Agbo has expelled the presidential candidate of the party, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, over his alleged anti-party activities and misappropriation of party campaign funds. The latest development is coming barely three days after the factional leaders vowed to probe the former Kano Governor and some of his loyalists over alleged misappropriation of over N1 billion, generated from the sale of nomination forms. The NNPP factional National Publicity Secretary, Abdulsalam Abdulrasaq, announced the expulsion of Kwankwaso in…

President Bola Tinubu has arrived in New Delhi, the capital of India, for a six-day official visit on Tuesday, 5 September, 2023. Tinubu will during the visit, attend the G-20 Leaders’ Summit slated for September 9 – 10, 2023 amongst other engagements. The President will attend several high-level meetings and engagements with other world leaders and business executives on the sidelines of the Summit. Aside participating in the summit, President will also meet with the Nigerian community in India. The Boeing 737 conveying the President and his entourage, landed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, at about 6:40 pm local…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, has spoken on the reasons he withdrew the lawsuit he filed at the Federal High Court against his principal, Governor Godwin Obaseki from removing him from office. Shaibu said his decision to withdraw the law suit came as a results of series of meetings involving himself, Governor Obaseki, and other well-intentioned citizens from Edo and across the country “With due respect to these eminent personalities and leaders whose persuasions and persons I cannot ignore, I, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu has authorised and instructed my solicitors to withdraw the suit forthwith,” the deputy…

The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) said that the industrial action embarked upon by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) could have been prevented with sincere government action after the removal of fuel subsidy and floating of the Naira. In a press release issued on Tuesday, 5 September, 2023, CSJ acknowledged the significance of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s policy reforms, particularly the removal of fuel subsidy and the floating of the Naira, but however highlighted President Tinubu’s lack of proactivity in devising measures to ameliorate the attendant hardship arising from these policy pronouncements. According to the Lead Director of CSJ, Eze…

The National and State House Of Assembly Election Tribunal sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has declared Honourable Moshood Olanrewaju Oshun of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the duly elected member of the House of Representatives for Lagos Mainland Federal Constituency, reports thegazellenews.com. The Tribunal sitting in Ikeja thus dismissed the petition filed by the Labour Party candidate, Kamal Olatunji Sanni. The three member panel led by Justice Abass Abdullahi dismissed the petition and averred that Honourable Oshun is the duly elected member. Other members of the panel are Justice Okon Okon and Justice Esther Alukwu.

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, has described Pa Taiwo Akinkunmi as an iconic individual who designed one of the most important symbols of our collective existence as a country and a nation. He was speaking while on a condolence visit to the family of Pa Akinkunmi, at his Elebu, Ibadan, residence, on Monday, 4 September, 2023. The Minister said the visit was at the behest of President Bola Tinubu, who wants to assure the family of the deceased and Oyo state that he shares in the pain caused by the death of the icon, adding…