Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has commissioned the Ministry’s Information Communication Centre (ICT) and staff Canteen for the use of staff of the Ministry. While unveiling the facilities on Thursday, 2 March, 2023 in Abuja, the Minister stated that the canteen would enhance staff productivity at a reasonable cost. He also said the ICT Centre is in line with the Federal Government’s policy of promoting and transitioning to e-governance. Aregbesola praised the Permanent Secretary, Dr. Shuaib Belgore, and the Ministry’s management team for providing the facilities, adding that this would enhanced the performance of the staff and engender prompt…
Author: Soffiyyah Olamide
The President-elect, Asíwájú Bola Ahmed Tinubu visited Lagos on Sunday, 5 March, 2023 in an homecoming of sort, during which he told Nigerians he would not disappoint them. Tinubu arrived to a tumultuous welcome at the Presidential wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja. He was received among others by Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu, Chief of Staff Tayo Ayinde, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro and other top functionaries in Lagos. The train then proceeded to the Iga-Iduganran Palace where the Oba of Lagos, Rilwanu Akiolu, some other traditional rulers in the state and White Cap chiefs were already waiting. Addressing the…
By Mobolaji Sanusi Ingratitude is a crime that is more despicable than revenge that is only returning evil for evil. Sadly, ingratitude returns evil for good.” —William George Jordan In: The Power Of Truth: Individual Problems And Possibilities(1902). Psychological torture can sometimes be worse than physical torture. The former is what the results of February 25 presidential election in Lagos State has inflicted on the psyche of genuine Yoruba free-born. I am one and so, l am deeply concerned. One is more particularly perturbed by Igbo indigenes living in Lagos and enjoying the benevolence of their Yoruba host communities but…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Federal Government has disclosed that said it had spent N35.5 billion on national social investment programmes since its inception in Taraba State alone. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouk, disclosed this in Jalingo, the state capital while meeting with some beneficiaries of the programme. Farouk, represented by the state’s focal person of the programme, Beatrice Kitchina, said over 100million people, including youths and women, were lifted out of poverty under the programme. The Minister, who listed some of the programmes to include the N-Power, Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT), Government…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The unexpected happened in the National Assembly elections held on Saturday, 25 February, 2023 as all serving National Assembly members in Anambra State lost their re-election bids. Except Senator Ifeanyi Ubah of the Young Peoples Party (YPP), others were swept away by the Peter Obi’s Labour Party moving train. Two senators and all the 11 House of Representatives members in the state, failed to return to the National Assembly This was blamed on the popularity of Obi, which affected most of the candidates of other political parties. A clear picture showed that: Senators Uche Ekwunife and Stella…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The national chairperson of the Women’s World Day Prayer (WWDP), Evangelist Dame Florence Uche has advocated for the gender inclusion of at least, 35 per cent of women in all the governance processes in the country in the incoming administration of President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Uche appealed to the incoming government not to segregate but to ensure that females get 35 percent and the youth 25 percent representation in government to eliminate gender discrimination and ensure equality for all men and women. WWDP chairperson, who said during a chat with newsmen on the sidelines of the…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) revealed that the investigation into Friday, 3 March, 2023, explosion at the Rumuekpe section of the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) in Rivers, showed the blast was caused by activities of oil thieves. SPDC in an update statement on Sunday, 5 March, 2023, noted that a joint investigation by representatives of regulators, host communities, operators and state Ministry of Environment on Saturday found a breach on the TNP. The statement by spokesperson for SPDC, Mr Michael Adande, regretted the loss of lives in the incident and commiserated with families of…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni has approved the secondment and deployment of 2,670 staff to the Ministry of Environment to serve as coordinators and supervisors in its climate adaptation project. Director General, Press and Media Affairs to Yobe State Governor, Mamman Muhammad, made this disclosure during a news briefing in Damaturu, the state captal Muhammed, who said the staff drawn from the 17 local government councils are to serve in the newly established Climate Change Adaptation Project, added that state the commissioner for Environment, Alhaji Sidi Yakubu Karasuwa, said 15 coordinators and supervisors are to serve…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Tanzanian police have confirmed the arrest of three suspected poachers in connection with the killing of six elephants in the East African nation’s Ruaha National Park between January 2022 and February 2023, an official said on Saturday, 4 March, 2023. The Assistant conservation commissioner and commanding officer for the Ruaha National Park, Godwell Ole Meing’ataki, confirmed the arrest via a phone interview with a Chinese news medium. According to Meing’ataki, the suspected poachers were arrested on February 28 in the Iringa municipality by the Wildlife and Forest Force of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the payment of all allowances for police officers deployed for the presidential and National Assembly elections held on Saturday, February 25, 2023. In a statement issued on Saturday, 4 March, 2023 by Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi debunked allegations that the Force had yet to pay its staff on election duties. In the statement obtained by thegazellenews.com, Adejobi described it as astonishing to read reports that some police officers have been denied the payment of their accrued allowances, adding that such delay has not gone down well with the…