Author: Khadijah Olowode

A private jet having about 10 persons onboard including Very Important Personalities (VIPs) has overshot the runway at an airport in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. An impeccable source said the incident happened on Friday, 26 January, 2024, around 11 am at the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport. The jet with registration number, N580KR, missed the runway and skidded into the nearby bush. Firefighters and rescue officials from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) were immediately deployed to the scene. But there was no death or casualty recorded. “It was a private plane from Abuja. It landed safely but overshot…

The Government of Ogun State has keenly taken note of the events on the floor of the Ogun State House of Assembly on Tuesday regarding the alleged impeachment of the Speaker of the Assembly, Honourable Olakunle Oluomo, by members of the legislative arm during a sitting presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Honourable Bolanle Ajayi. Working with the leadership of our Party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Government intends to see all the contending issues resolved in a democratic, fair, and just manner. There had been internal wrangling in the Assembly that had persisted and degenerated despite several interventions.…

Lagos has been ranked as the 19th best city to visit in the world, according to Time Out, a British media and hospitality company that publishes guides and magazines. Time Out said the conclusion was drawn from a survey of more than 20,000 city dwellers around the world with its network of editors. Criteria used to rate the cities include food (quality and affordability), culture, nightlife, how the city makes people feel, strong community vibes, access to green space, historic sites and much more. In the report published on Tuesday, Time Out said it worked with Potentia Insight, a research…

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has called for the support of Lafarge and other multinational companies operating along the Abeokuta-Ota-Lagos Expressway as government makes efforts to reconstruct the ever busy road. The Governor said reconstructing the road will have multiplier effects on the socio-economic development of the state, while companies who have their base of operations along the route stand to benefit more. The Governor spoke when the management team of Lafarge Africa Plc paid a courtesy visit to his office in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. Prince Abiodun regretted the deplorable state of the road, even as he recalled the various…

The government of China has reaffirmed its commitment to Nigeria’s infrastructure development and economic growth. The commitment was expressed on Thursday during a high-level visit by a Chinese delegation led by the Director-General of the Department of African Affairs, MFA, China, Mr. Wu Peng, who met with Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar. Also at the meeting the groundwork was laid for a potential ministerial and presidential visit later this year. The meeting centered on building bridges, boosting trade and infrastructure development. The Chinese delegation lauded China existing involvement in major Nigerian projects, emphasising its recent loan to the…

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Retd) and the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adeniyi have commended the synergy between their two agencies, insisting that the collaboration is a strong warning to drug cartels that they’ll continue to lose their investments in the criminal trade. The duo spoke at the Tincan Seaport in Lagos on Thursday, 25 January, 2024, when the Customs CG led his team to hand over illicit drugs seized during joint examination by NDLEA, Customs and other security agencies of containers the anti-narcotic agency had…

Lagos State has mulled the idea of establishing an airline for passenger operations just as the State prepares for groundbreaking to commence the construction of its own airport in Lekki. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed the plan, on Thursday, 25 January, 2024, at the Lagos West Senatorial District People’s Town Hall Meeting, where he rendered stewardship and presented a catalogue of achievements recorded by his administration in the West of Lagos. A former Permanent Secretary and retired Auditor General for Local Government in Lagos, Alhaji Mubashiru Hassan, believed the State was ripe to own an airline; he threw the poser to…

The Federal Government has launched the handbook of citizenship administration in the country which will aid in underlying the basic requirements needed of all Nigerians. Speaking at the launch in Abuja on Thursday, 25 January, 2024, the Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo revealed that the project was instituted in pursuant of the Ministry of Interior’s core mandate of citizenship integrity management, adding that: “It is in pursuit of this critical goal that the Ministry embarked on codifying the processes involved in Citizenship Administration in Nigeria.” He said: ‘In doing this, we made efforts to consult stakeholders and to encapsulate…

Justice Deinde I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, January 22, 2024 convicted and sentenced one Ohaguim Ifeayin Emmanuel to one year imprisonment for dating scam. Emmanuel, a graduate of Computer Science from Chukwuemeka Odumegwu University, Uli, Anambra State , was arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on January 19, 2024, on two-count charges bordering on cybercrime. One of the counts reads: “ That you, Ohaguim Ifeayin Emmanuel, sometime in October, 2023, in Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to gain advantage…

The Federal Government has intensified efforts to secure the nation’s natural resources as the presidential inter-ministerial committee held an expanded meeting with service chiefs. The Inter-ministerial Committee chaired by the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake met with the Security Chiefs on Thursday in Abuja. It will be recalled that President Bola Tinubu at last week’s Federal Executive Council (FEC), established an inter-ministerial committee to draw up a blueprint for securing the country’s natural resources, including solid minerals, forests, and marine economy. The committee held its maiden meeting last Friday. Giving highlights of the expanded meeting, Dr. Alake…

Leaders and stakeholders in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South-West chapter, have met in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital to elect Chief Lukman Ajisafe as the new National Vice Chairman (South-West) of the party. The meeting, which was held at the frontage of the Presidential Lodge, Oyo State Government House, Agodi, Ibadan, had in attendance the Oyo State Governor and Leader of the party in the South-West, Governor ‘Seyi Makinde and his Osun State counterpart, Senator Nurudeen Ademola Adeleke. Speaking shortly after the meeting, Governor Makinde emphasised that the PDP is now fully united in the South-West. He said: “The…

People of Ejalawa Community in Oken-Ogosu in Egbalor Ebubu/Eleme in Rivers State are set to truncate the planned selling of Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited’s onshore property, insisting that court order for the payment of damages caused their farmland should be made first before any other consideration. The community equally asked the Federal Government to ensure that the oil company pay its adjudged debt due to degradation of farmlands before it is allowed to wound up its onshore business in Nigeria. The Chairman of the Community, Erastus Olungwe,in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja, said Federal High Court…

In this report, journalist chronicled how 36 years old House-cleaner, Olufunmi Amina, got a new lease on life after a life-changing encounter with an Assistant Editor, THISDAY Newspaper, Olufunke Olaode in 2021 The story of Amina is a typical illustration of “The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; the LORD had done this, and it is marvellous in our eyes,” as chronicled in Psalm 118:22-23. With no friends and abandoned to fate by family members, the hardworking Amina grew to survive off cleaning people’s homes to make ends meet. Despite learning to trade plumbing materials, the lack of capital…

It was a outpouring of accolades in the rustic Tsamiya Village in Kebbi State as the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, OSSAP-SDGs handed over a state of the art 100-bed Mother and Child Hospital to the state government for the use of the community and other communities within the catchment areas in the state. The Hospital which was commissioned by the Governor of Kebbi State, Comrade Dr. Nasri Idris is one of the over 40 units of 100-bed Mother and Child Hospital constructed and fully equipped across the country by the Office…

The Lagos State Government on Thursday, 25 January, 2024, maintained that there is no going back on the total ban of usage and distribution of Styrofoam in the State. The affirmation was made at a consultative meeting of the State with representatives of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria(MAN) and Restaurant and Food Services Proprietor Association of Nigeria(REFSPAN) at the Alausa Secretariat. The state Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab who spoke on behalf of the state said enough damage has been done already to the health of the people and the state of the environment. He said…

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has pledged to collaborate with the Niger Delta University, NDU, Amassoma in Bayelsa State, to promote research that will address peculiar health and environmental challenges in the Niger Delta region. The NDDC Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, made the promise during a courtesy visit by a delegation from the university at the Commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt. He said: “We want to collaborate with the NDU in the area of research and I challenge the university to go into research that will focus on ecological challenges, food production and herbal medicine.”He stated: “Our work…

Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWSIEC) has said it will flag-off the activities leading to the conduct of local government elections next month, February 2024. In a statement on Wednesday, 24 January, 2024, the commission applauded the Kwara State House of Assembly for the passage of new amendments to the law governing the conduct of the local council polls. “We are excited to receive the news of the passage of the amendments to the law. While the commission looks forward to the signing of the bill any moment from now, we will, in February, announce activities for the conduct of…

Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, was on Thursday, 25 January, 2024 joined by his Osun State counterpart, Senator Nurudeen Ademola Adeleke to commission the 8.2 kilometres dualised Agodi Gate-Old Ife Road-Alakia-Adegbayi Junction Road, including the Onipepeye Underpass Bridge. Senator Adeleke, who was the special guest of honour at the event, lauded the project as part of Governor Makinde administration’s infrastructure revolution, describing it as a great motivation for his colleagues in the South-West states. He described Makinde as a golden governor in the areas of innovations and infrastructure development, even as he called for a collective and collaborative development in…

Justice Abubakar Hussaini Musa of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court on Thursday, January 25, 2024 vacated an earlier order of the court directing the Inspector-General of Police to arrest the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede for disobeying the ruling of the court directing operatives of the Commission to vacate a property at Number 6, Aso Drive, Abuja. The judge upheld the submission of the EFCC Counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, that Olukoyede “is an officer of the law and respecter of the rule of law, with fervent commitment towards moving the EFCC…