The Kogi State Government, on Thursday, 23 February, 2023, clarified the excavation of some roads in Kogi Central as a deliberate security measure to cut off traffic on those roads with a view to restricting the use of the roads by criminals who had been breaching the peace of the area with attendant loss of lives and property. In a statement signed by the state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo, the State Government drew the attention of the public to an explosion that rocked the Okehi Local Government Secretariat Complex a few days ago, as well as the…
Author: Soffiyyah Olamide
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan was on Thursday, 23 February, 2023, received by massive crowds while on his campaign trail in Yobe North. Lawan, who is the All Progressives Congress(APC) Senatorial Candidate for Yobe North Senatorial District, witnessed similar reception on Wednesday, 22 February, 2023, while in Machina, Nguru and Karasuwa Local Government Areas of Yobe State. On Thursday, 23 February, 2023, Lawan’s first stop was at Yusufari in Yusufari Local Government where he was celebrated by party supporters and also their monarch, HRH Alhaji Mohammad Ibn Zannah Zakaria, who honoured him with the title of Walin Yusufari.…
As the nation counts down to the presidential election, youths in Lagos have come under a single umbrella to reiterate their support for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Tinubu, they submitted, is the most experienced and reliable candidate to lead the country in the next dispensation. The youths, who came from all the traditional divisions in Lagos, converged on Marquee Hall in Agidingbi, Ikeja, on Thursday, 23 February, 2023, to unanimously adopt the APC Presidential Candidate and his Running Mate, Sen. Kashim Shettima. Besides, the youths endorsed Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for another term, describing the…
NAZAP, as the national Zoo Association in Nigeria is known and called, has engaged the Imo State Government in recent times on their suspicious and ill-advised decision to wind up the State’s historic Zoo at Nekede, Owerri. It was considered that such major translocation of wildlife involved in such winding up should be guided or carried out in concert with relevant professional stakeholders, especially the federal agencies that superintend wildlife. Moreover, the proposed site for the new zoo promised by the State Government ought to be fully developed and ready before the relocation of the wildlife exhibits from the current…
A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ikeja , Lagos has vacated its ruling that convicted and sentenced the Managing Director and Company Secretary of Fidelity Bank Plc to six weeks in prison or a fine of Four Hundred Thousand Naira respectively for contempt. The Chief Magistrate, Mr. Lateef Owolabi vacated the order in a Suit No: MIK/4726/22 between Justin Ahmed, (judgement creditor), Prince Enabulele Osazee, (judgement debtor) and Fidelity Bank Plc, (1st Garnishee/Applicant). The court in an earlier ruling delivered on February 6, 2023, held that the Managing Director of Fidelity Bank, Nneka Chinwe Onyeali-Ikpe and the Company Secretary, Mrs.…
BY Mahmud Jega In the sprint towards the finish line of this long 2023 presidential race, some political pugilists have removed the gloves and are throwing punches with naked fists. Some even have stones and broken bottles hidden in their palms. I am not out to answer anyone in particular, but to summarise the case for the election of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Saturday election’s most likely outcome. The first case for supporting Tinubu is that it will consolidate an evolving shift in the political psychology of Nigerians. This is not a trivial matter, because it promises to have untold…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Few hours after the ruling All Progressive Congress APC protested against the inclusion of former Director of the Civil Society Directorate of the Presidential Campaign Council of the party, Hajiya Naja’atu Mohammed among 45 coordinators who will monitor the conduct of the police officers during forthcoming polls, the Police Service Commission (PSC) has removed her as name. The PSC had asked a former Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Bawa Lawal (rtd) who is from the same geopolitical zone with Commissioner Najatu to take over the coordination of the monitoring of Police Conduct in the zone. The spokesman of the commission, Ikechukwu…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Federal Government, in collaboration with International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS), has repatriated 150 stranded Nigerians from (Niamey) Niger Republic. The returnees who comprised 125 males,14 females and 11 children, were transported into Nigeria by the SKY MALI Airlines, operated by Ethiopian Aviation Industry. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, disclosed this while receiving the returnees at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano on Monday, 20 February, 2023. Umar-Farouq, represented by Director of Humanitarian Affairs in the Ministry, Grema Ali, said…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi has faulted opponents of the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying that the Presidential Candidate of APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is God’s will Umahi disclosed this to newsmen on Monday, 20 February, 2023, while inspecting the ongoing work at the Ebonyi International Airport, Onueke. Tinubu, former Lagos State Governor and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, are both Muslims. The Governor advised Nigerians not to be deceived by the Muslim/Muslim ticket because God is for Christians and Muslims Umahi, who said there is a Christian/Christian ticket in Ebonyi…