Author: Khadijah Olowode

By Abimbola Ogunnaike Tragedy occurred in Isa Local Government of Sokoto State as bandits Killed man ten days after his wedding. The gunmen also abducted the deceased’s father. One Mallam Jabir, who disclosed this sad development on Twitter handle, said the deceased was shot dead while working on his farm on Tuesday, 1 August, 2023.“This young man was shot dead 10 days after his marriage while working on his farm in Isa local gov’t area of Sokoto state. They killed him and also kidnapped his father. The incident happened today and yet nothing has been done by the relevant authorities. Sad,” he…

The First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu on Thursday, 3 August, 2023 paid a courtesy visit on the former President, Mohammadu Buhari at his Daura residence in Katsina Sate. The First Lady who was accompanied on the visit by the Wife of the Vice President, Hajia Nana Shettima; said the visit is to check on the former President and thank him for the fatherly support he gives always. She prayed for long life, good health and more support from him not only for the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu but Nigeria as a whole. …

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Thursday, 3 August, 2023, elected former Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, as the National Chairman of the party. The party’s NEC also elected former Senate spokesman, Ajibola Basiru, as National Secretary. The two party officials were elected today at the 12th NEC meeting of the party held at the Congress Hall of Transcorp Hilton in Abuja. President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, members of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, chieftains of the party in the National Assembly, amongst others were present were present at the NEC meeting. Addressing…

The Chairman of Olorunda Local Council Development Area of Lagos, Samson Folorunso Olatunde has announce a weekly two-day off for staff of the council area, reports thegazellenews.com According to Olatunde, popularly called Samola by his admirers, the gesture was in response to the significant challenges occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government. According to the council boss, with effect from Monday, 7 August, 2023, staff of the council will be coming to work three days in a week. He thus directed the management staff, including the Council Manager, Treasurer, and all Heads of Departments (HODs), to devise…

Scientists have developed a groundbreaking cancer drug that kills all solid cancer tumors while leaving other cells unharmed. The new molecule, codenamed AOH1996 – targets a protein present in most cancers that helps tumors grow and multiply in the body. It is significant because this protein, the proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), was previously thought to be ‘undruggable’. According to Mail Online, the drug was tested on 70 different cancer cells in the lab – including those derived from breast, prostate, brain, ovarian, cervical, skin, and lung cancer – and was effective against them all. The drug is the culmination…

A concerned energy expert, Mr Tajudeen Suleiman has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to urgently wade into the induatrial impasse at the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC). It could be recalled that the aggrieved staff of the commission had on Wednesday, 2 August, 2023, picketed its headquarters in Abuja sequel to the expiration of the 24-hour ultimatum they had earlier issued to the management to address their demands. The staffers are demanding the immediate sack of the Chief Executive of the commission, Engr. Gbenga Komolafe over an alleged fraud and abuse of office. They are also alleging that…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Apapa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has disclosed that it generated at least N450 billion between January to July this year. The Command also also that in the month of June, it raked in N119bn as revenue, the highest monthly collection it had recorded so far. The Command, which made this disclosure through a statement issued by its Public Relations Officer, Abubakar Usman, on Wednesday, 2 August, 2023. According to the statement, the outgoing Customs Area Comptroller of the command, Mohammed Auwal, in his farewell session with senior officers of the command, said…

Attention of the Lagos State Football Association has been drawn to a proposed Football championship tagged “OBA AKRAN CUP”. We have received several enquiries from unsuspecting individuals and corporate organisations seeking the authenticity of the football championship by some unscrupulous individuals intending to use LSFA platform to organise football competitions across the State, particularly in the Badagry Divisional Football Association axis. It is instructive to keep members of the public on notice that the LSFA did not receive request for any private championship in the Badagry Divisional Football axis, neither has the LSFA sanctioned nor endorsed any football competition in…

The leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) led by its President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, and that of Trade Union Congress, Comrade Festus Usifo, held a meeting with President Bola Tinubu Wednesday evening, 2 August, 2023 at the State House, Abuja. Consequent upon the fruitful and frank discussion with President Tinubu and their confidence in his ability to encourage open and honest consideration of all the issues put forward by the Labour Movement, the Labour Leaders resolved to stop further protest. They opted for further constructive engagement with the government to resolve all outstanding issues as they affect the working people…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike Air Peace airline has confirmed that a passenger on Abuja-Port Harcourt flight identified as Vitalis Nwabuzor was caught stealing the sum of N1 million. Air Peace on Wednesday, 2 August, 2023 announced that the incident happened on Thursday, 27 July, 2023. This happened after another theft case was reported on Ibom Air with a passenger caught with a laptop belonging to a fellow passenger. Spokesperson of Air Peace, Stanley Olisa, disclosed that Nwabuzor stole the said amount contained in a brown envelope but was caught by the owner of the money who called the attention of the…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike At least two terrorists’ kingpins identified as Dankarami and Aliero have been killed by the airstrikes of the troops of Nigerian Air Force attached with the Operation Hadarin Daji in the North West zone of the country. A military report confirmed the development, just as it also added that over 10 other members of the adversaries disturbing the peace of the zone were killed in the air raid. “In continuation of efforts to rid the Northwest region of terrorists and their activities, strikes have recently been heightened in the entire region between July 28 and 29, 2023.…

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has mourned the passing of a medical doctor, Dr. Vwaere Diaso, describing her death as shocking and a colossal loss to the health sector in the State and Nigeria as a whole. Dr. Diaso died on Tuesday, 1 August, 2023, at the General Hospital, Odan, Lagos Island, after an elevator she took developed a mechanical failure. Governor Sanwo-Olu, in a statement on his verified social media handles on Wednesday, 2 August, 2023, said he has taken immediate action to initiate a thorough investigation into the cause of the ugly incident. Sanwo-Olu also commiserated with…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike The United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly, on Wednesday,2 August, 2023 has said that the UK backs the stance taken by ECOWAS on the military coup in Niger Republic, which ousted Mohamed Bazoum last week. Clerverly stated this while briefing the State House correspondents shortly after an audience with President Bola Tinubu at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja. “We touched briefly on the situation in Niger. I made the point that the UK very much welcomes ECOWAS’ and his (Tinubu’s) indeed decisive action, his strong commitment to democracy, and the unambiguous message that violence is not…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike The President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has forwarded additional 19 names of ministerial nominees to the Senate for screening and subsequent approval. The Chief of Staff and the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajamiabila presented the new batch of ministerial nominees to the Senate on Wednesday, 2 August, 2023. The Rules of the Chamber were suspended at 3:15 pm to allow for the Chief of Staff to enter the hallowed Red Chamber. The new nominees included a quintet of former Governors: Adegboyega Oyetola, Osun State; Atiku Bagudu, Kebbi State; Bello Matawalle, Zamafara State; Ibrahim…

The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has put forward a proposal for the establishment of a Health Development Bank in a move towards strengthening Nigeria’s healthcare system. The announcement was made by the Lead Director of CSJ, Eze Onyekpere, during a workshop on “Innovative and Alternative Funding of the Health Sector” held in Abuja on Wednesday. The current state of healthcare financing in Nigeria has been a cause for concern, with allocations to the health sector averaging a mere 5% of the federal budget over the last five years (2018-2022). These allocations encompass capital, recurrent, statutory transfers, and other vital…

. A 34-year-old South American man from Suriname has been sentenced to 13 years prison term for smuggling drug into Nigeria. The man, whose name was given as Dadda Lorenzo Harvy Albert, was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Rivers state for bringing into Nigeria 117 parcels of cocaine concealed in extra-large latex condoms factory packed inside bottles of 100ml body spray, taken to court subsequently found guilty and sentenced to 13 years in prison. According to a statement on Wednesday by the spokesman of the NDLEA, the accused…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike International Police has declared a Nigerian businesswoman, Ese Cynthia Daniel, who hails from Delta State, over an alleged N750 million fraud. In an INTERPOL bulletin numbered CR: 3000X/ICPO/ADM/LD/VCP/Vol. 4/93, the declaration followed a warrant of arrest issued by a Magistrates Court in Lagos State to the Nigeria Police Force. The bulletin noted that Ese, who hails from Delta State, conspired with accomplices to fraudulently convert the sum in Lagos, between 24 January, and 26, 2023. The suspect allegedly obtained the said amount under the pretence of paying the United States of America dollars but declined and absconded…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has disclosed that contrary to what some people might think, it had nothing to hide regarding the conduct of the 2023 general elections. Yakubu stated this at the Post Election Review of the 2023 General Election with media stakeholders on Wednesday, 2 August , 2024 in Lagos. The INEC boss, who said there were many positive things that came out of the 2023 elections despite the many challenges, admitted that despite the challenges during the last elections, there would be continuous improvement by the commission…

By Abimbola Ogunnaike The United Nations International Emergency Fund (UNICEF) assessment report has revealed that Three-quarter of pupils in Nigerian primary schools lack adequate literacy and numeracy The agency’s Chief of Education in Nigeria, Saadhna Panday-Soobrayan, made this disclosure on Wednesday, 2 August, 2023, at the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy seminar in Maiduguri, Borno State capital. “Nigeria has a severe learning crisis with three out of four children being unable to read or to solve a simple math problem,” she said at the opening of the seminar, which drew participants from stakeholders in the Education Sector from Borno, Yobe, and…

The sudden resignation of Olu Akanmu as the Chief Executive Officer of OPay has generated concerns in several quarters. Olu Akanmu, a financial industrial veteran announced his resignation on Monday morning, 31 July, 2023 via his official Twitter handle calling for a need to do more to get more Nigerians financially included. While Akanmu failed to state the reasons behind his sudden resignation, it came across as a shock given to many especially given that the fintech just celebrated five years of existence. In November 2021, he assumed the role of President at OPay-Nigeria. During his tenure, Opay experienced remarkable…