Author: Soffiyyah Olamide

The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended its campaign towards the forth-coming elections. According to a press statement by the party’s spokesperson in the state, Seye Oladejo, released on Tuesday, 7 February, 2023, the state Chairman, Hon. Cornelius Ojelabi, said the decision was reached as a result of the state of the nation due to the scarcity of fuel and pain occasioned by the Naira redesign. He empathized with the general public, especially the down trodden who are at the receiving end. He expressed the view that it will be insensitive to forge ahead with the various rallies…

Nollywood thespian and Deputy Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Funke Akindele has lost her mother, Dr R B Adebanjo-Akindele, reports thegazellenews.com. According to the statement released by Olubunmi Akindele on behalf of the family, the actress’ mum passed on on Tuesday, 7 February, 2023. According to the statement, burial arrangements will be announced by the family later. The statement reads “It is with heavy hearts, but in total submission to God Almighty that the ADEBANJO and AKINDELE families announce the passing of their daughter, mother, grandmother and sister, DR. R B ADEBANJO-Akindele,which occured on Tuesday 07 February…

The Managing Director of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited, SPDC, and Country Chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria, Mr. Osagie Okunbor, has pledged to work with officials of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to reconcile the statutory financial contributions of the oil company to the Commission. Okunbor made the promise when a delegation from the NDDC, led by the Managing Director, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, paid him a courtesy visit at the Shell Industrial Area in Port Harcourt. The NDDC team included the Executive Director Finance and Administration, Maj-Gen. Charles Airhiavbere (Rtd), the Executive Director, Projects, Mr. Charles Ogunmola and…

The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has commissioned an Ultra-Modern Fire and Safety Services Station, so as mitigate the incidences of fire disaster in the State. Commissioning the Fire Stations in Ifo and Agbara, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area, Prince Abiodun noted that the initiative was in line with Social Well-being and Welfare mantra of his administration, noting that the areas were critical to the economy of the State and all hands must be on desk to forestall loss of lives and property. Gov. Abiodun, according to the Press Officer, Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Mr. Segun Owotomo,…

The senior Pastor of House on the Rock, Pastor Adefarasin is bereaved. He lost his aged mum,Mrs. Hilda Joanne Adefarasin (nee Petgrave), to the cold hands of death. The Adefarasin Matriarch, reports said, passed unto glory peacefully in her home, on the evening of Sunday, 5 February, 2023. In a statement posted on the stylish Pastors social media page, it was reported that the Adefarasin Matriarch died at the 98. He disclosed that the public should allowed the family to grieve privately as obsequies, venue for condolence visits and visiting hours will be announced soon. Read Pastor Paul Adefarasin’s statement…

As the All Progressives Congress, APC, Ojo Federal Constituency Campaign Council continues with its engagement and interaction with stakeholders, the state Chairman of the party, Hon. C. O Ojelabi, led the team on Sunday, 5 February, 2023, when the campaign train moves to Wards J and I. The Campaign Council was hosted by the people of Ese Ofin and Etegbin communities, with the state APC Chairman, an indigene of Ese Ofin leading the interaction with the residents of the two communities. Earlier, the Director General of the Campaign Council, Mr Rosulu Olusola Idowu, had charged the people of Ward J…

The Presidential Campaign rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Katsina State on Monday, 6 February, 2023, was scaled down to a prayer session over a recent murder of over 40 vigilantes in Bakori Local Government Area of the state by bandits. Apart from scaling down the number of participants at the rally, which had President Muhammadu Buhari in attendance, the event was conducted in a sober atmosphere at the Muhammadu Dikko Stadium. Party leaders such as the APC Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu; Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari; and Chairman of Progressive Governors’ Forum and Kebbi…

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has said that the judgement delivered on Monday, 6 February, 2023, by the Supreme Court on the disputed All Progressives Congress(APC) Yobe North Senatorial ticket was victory for his party APC and democracy. The Supreme Court, in its judgement, affirmed Ahmad Lawan as the APC Senatorial candidate for Yobe North ahead of the February 25th National Assembly polls. The judgement, in effect, set aside the earlier judgements of the lower courts which declared Bashir Machina as the candidate. Speaking to journalists after the judgement was delivered, Lawan said: “the Supreme Court Judgement of…

The Lagos State Parks and Garages (LASPG) on Monday, 6 February, 2023, said the letter written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was to set the record straight and smoothen the transportation of electoral materials across the metropolis. Secretary of the agency, Comrade Olayiwola Lemboye, at a briefing said since the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has been proscribed by the Lagos State Government, it became necessary to notify the leadership of the electoral commission that the agency is in charge of commercial road transport activities. Lemboye said: “You will recall that the crisis between the Lagos…

The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) and Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) on Monday, 6 February, 2023, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the exchange of information and implementation of joint tax audit and investigation exercise. The agreement signing ceremony held at the Lagos State House, Marina, was witnessed by Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Minister of State for Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mr Clement Agba; FIRS and LIRS coordinating directors, as well as some of the Lagos state exco members which included the state Commissioner for Finance, Dr Rabiu Olowo Onaolapo; and the state Attorney-General & Commissioner for…

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has showered encomiums on the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire for delivery of a 100-bed Mother and Child Hospital in Okrika area of Rivers State. The MCC is equipped with state-or-the-art facilities including operating theatres, labour rooms, recovery rooms, private and general Wards, scanning Room, consultation rooms and laboratory, ultra-scan machine, vacuum extractor delivery set and an Emergency Cart with full compliments. It’s one of the over 25 advanced medical facilities designed and equipped to help reduced child and maternal mortality already delivered across…

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has been committed to prison for disobeying Court order. The court also directed the Inspector-General of Police to effect Bawa’s arrest and remand him in Kuje prison for the next 14 days until he purges himself of the contempt. Justice R.O. Ayoola of the Kogi State High Court, in his judgement on Monday, 6 February, 2023, granted the application for committal to prison of the EFCC Chairman for disobeying a court ruling delievered on 30 November, 2022, wherein the EFCC chairman was directed to produce the applicant in the…

Nigerian singer, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has won her first Grammy Award. She won the award at the ceremony at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles which took place on Sunday, 5 February, 2023. Her contribution to the hit ‘Wait For U’ by Future featuring Drake won her the award. In a viral social media video, Tems, who dressed in a white gown, was seen conversing with Roc Nation founder, Jay-Z and his wife, Beyoncé. The pre-Grammy brunch was held at a private residence in Bel-Air, Los Angeles. Meanwhile, award-winning singer, Damini Ogulu, known better…

The attention of the NIS has been drawn to an online story of the Premium Times of February 1, 2023, by one Mojeed Alabi titled “Months to tenure expiration, Aregbesola set to ‘commercialise Nigeria’s resident permit processes, others”. In the story, the author has accused the Minister of Interior of commercializing some immigration services. Ordinarily, we would ignore this but for the need to correct some errors and in fact save the unsuspecting public from being misled, It is imperative to put matters in proper perspective viz: a). Already, many services of the NIS have long been commercialized…

By Bayo Onanuga We are constrained as a matter of public record to react to another farcical Presidential Election Poll result released by an organisation that calls itself Nextier, a public policy advisory firm that overnight turned itself into a Nigerian Gallup Poll or Ipsos. We are reacting for the sake of unsuspecting Nigerians, so that they are not misled by the Patrick Okigbo-led organisation, which appears to have the agenda to create confusion and chaos in our country. For a start, Nigerians should know that promoters of Nextier are members of Mr. Peter Obi’s Presidential Campaign Council and active…

By Abiodun Komolafe To start with, election candidacy ought not to be an impromptu decision. For inspiration, we may have to turn to the Western civilization for succour. After all, our social structures and institutions are patterned after theirs. In the United Kingdom, as in other saner climes, young men and women who participate in school politics – and are interested in running governments – are provided with the ample chance to express themselves in an enabling environment; and they follow through till they graduate from these schools. It’s like a recruitment centre; and they eventually form the bulk of…

The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has expressed the readiness of the Nigerian government to cooperate fully with India on the stoppage of the use of fake Nigerian passports to travel into India. Ogbeni Aregbesola gave this assurance in his office, Friday, 4 February, 2023, while receiving His Excellency, Mr Gangadharan Balasubramanian, Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, who was on a courtesy visit to his office in Abuja. According to the Minister, Nigeria will ever remain grateful to the Government and people of India for her support to Nigeria during Nigeria’s anti-colonial struggle that led to her Independence. The…

The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) on Saturday, 4 February, 2023, urged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to stop playing politics with the new Naira policy and challenges Nigerians faced in accessing the new notes. Alhaji Yerima Shettima, the National President of the AYCF, in a statement on Saturday, 4 February, 2023, in Lagos, frowned at Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, PDP Presidential Candidate, over his comment on the new Naira policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The campaign office of Abubakar, had on Wednesday, 1 February, 2023, in a statement, advised the CBN not to extend the Friday, 10…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday, 4 February, 2023, assured the All Progressives Congress (APC) party supporters that he will continue to campaign for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the ‘next president of Nigeria.’ The President spoke before a mammoth crowd at the presidential campaign rally in Lafia square, where he endorsed the candidature of the Presidential candidate, Tinubu; his running mate, Kashim Shettima; and the second-term bid of Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State. He thanked party supporters for defying the hot weather and standing in the sun for hours to express their support for the party’s flag bearers in…