The Department of State Services, DSS, has denied a report that its operatives arrested one of the tribunal judges that ruled on the 2023 Kano State gubernatorial election, PRNigeria reports. The secret police’s rebuttal comes in the wake of the allegation by the Chief Press Secretary of the Kano State Governor, Sanusi Bature, who stated that the Kano State government believes that the judges that handled the judgement of the Kano State Gubernatorial Election Petition Tribunal were intimidated and arrested by the security agencies. While speaking to PRNigeria on phone, the spokesperson of DSS Dr. Peter Afunanya, denied the claim…
Author: Soffiyyah Olamide
By Kunle Rasheed The death of Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, known professionally as MohBad has continued and will continue to generate interests amongst various Nigerians because of the sudden way the light of his life was switched off. The unfortunate death was so devastating that it got innumerable lots adding their voices in condemnation of the former label owner Naira Marley for causing the death of the promising lad. There is no iota of doubt in this plain fact that, it is very normal for people to feel awful because Imole, not only looked and acted innocent, he was just too…
A former Presidential Aide, Laolu Akande, has charged President Bola Tinubu to back his commendable and well-articulated speech at the 78th United Nations General Assembly in New York, United States, with appropriate foreign policy direction to attain desired goals. Akande, who is currently in New York, covering proceedings at the General Debate of the UN General Assembly, expressed his views while featuring as a guest analyst on Channel TV’s morning programme, Sunrise Daily, on Thursday, 21 September, 2023. The former award-winning journalist who is back on his beat said, “What the president must do now is to gather together his…
The Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has confirmed that the suspected killers of Adeniyi Sanni, an aide to the lawmaker representing Ogun West, Senator Solomon Adeola, wore military camouflage vest, military jungle hat and military holster but were fake soldiers. SaharaReporters had on Monday, 11 September, 2023 reported that the Lagos State Police Commissioner, Idowu Owohunwa, gave the names of the suspects as one Fred Azeez Okunnu, 43; Lucky Idudu Micheal, 33 and Adedigba Segun, 26, while parading them at the headquarters, Ikeja. It had been reported in August that Senator Adeola alleged that soldiers of the…
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo, has advised both foreign and local investors to take advantage of Nigeria’s huge population, traffic and thriving aviation market, to invest in the sector. Keyamo, who was speaking today, Thursday, 21 September, 2023 at the ongoing Africa International Trade Exhibition (AITE 2023), at Hilton Hotel, Midtown, New York, USA, specifically, pointed out that world-class Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facilities would be a good area for investors to consider first. The Business, Trade and Investment Summit, which is being held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) is…
The Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, will serve as the Chairman of the 2023 Annual Conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP). This was disclosed by the Chairman of 2023 Conference Planning Committee, Danlami Nmodu, mni, in a press statement by the Publicity Secretary of GOCOP, Mr Remmy Nweke. According to Nmodu, the conference will be held at Abuja Continental Hotel (Old Sheraton) in the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday, 5 October, 2023 at 10.00am He also said that the theme for the 2023 conference is “Nigeria: Roadmap for Socio-Economic Recovery and…
In honour of President Bola Tinubu’s determined global push to aggressively attract foreign direct investment into Nigeria, the world’s second largest stock exchange, the National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation System (NASDAQ), on Wednesday, 20 September, 2023 in the world’s financial capital, invited President Tinubu to ring the closing bell, making him the first African President to ever receive the honour. The President, surrounded by Nigerian business leaders and officials of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, in trademark fashion, did not fail to seize the opportunity presented by the historic moment to boldly advance his foreign investment push as he…
Former Deputy Majority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Honourable Wahab Olumuyiwa Jimoh has lost his mother, reports thegazellenews.com Mrs Margret Malomo Jimoh died on Wednesday, 20 September, 2023, at Eredo in Epe Local Government Area of the state. She was aged 93. The late Mrs Jimoh was sick for sometime before she eventually answered the supreme call. She has since been buried in accordance with Islamic rites. Although, the late Mrs Jimoh had seven children, she was survived by five one of whom is Honourable Olumuyiwa Jimoh.
The attention of LUTH Management has been brought to the news going round the social media and other media outlets regarding the death of a house officer in LUTH. While LUTH Management understands the fact that the family of Dr. Michael Umoh is presently mourning the death of their beloved son and requested the foreclosure of any media engagement regarding the death of their son, it is important for us as a management to make clarifications regarding the circumstances surrounding his death. Dr. Umoh died on Sunday 17th September 2023 while in church with his parents. The management was informed,…
The construction of 200 housing units by the Ogun State Government has taken off, with the site for the project being cleared in Iperu, Ikenne Local Government. To be executed through direct labour, the housing estate will consist of 2 bedroom expandable bungalows, targeting low – and medium-class clients. The move by the state government, according to the Special Adviser to the Governor on Housing, Jagunmolu Akande Omoniyi, will add to the housing stock in the state, provide housing solution to the emerging Remo Zone Economic Hub, with the expected influx of workers to the area and complement the state…