No fewer than 300 widows benefited from the empowerment programme organised by the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), in conjunction with Lotus Bank. The event, which held at the Authority’s Ogudu Zonal Office on Wednesday, 15 February, 2023, had in attendance widows in the employment of LAWMA and other waste service providers in the state. In his welcome address, the Managing Director/ CEO of LAWMA, Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, noted that the administration of Governor Babajide Sanwo Oluprioritised the welfare of widows, adding that the empowerment was achieved with his support. He said, “This is not the first time we will be doing this, we did it during…
Author: Soffiyyah Olamide
Leading Telecommunications service provider, Airtel Nigeria has partnered with itel to launch the latest affordable 4G smartphone, itel A60 smartphone. This was announced during a press briefing which held at Marriot Hotel, Ikeja, on Wednesday, 15 February, 2023. With the release of the itel A60, customers will have access to 4G smartphones at an affordable price, while enjoying the advantage of a reliable and quick internet connection. Speaking on the partnership, Director, Corporate Communications and CSR, Airtel Nigeria, Adefemi Adeniran said, “At Airtel Nigeria, we are driven by the global sustainability and business agenda of Airtel to increase digital inclusion…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The United States and the Federal Government have signed an agreement for the returned of $954,000 loot of late former Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha. US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, disclosed the development at a press briefing on Thursday afternoon, 16 February, 2023 in Abuja. Leonard said the official salary of the former Governor during his tenure as a public servant from 1999 to his impeachment in 2005 did not match the said amount, adding that he accumulated millions of dollars through abuse of office, money laundering. Beatrice Jedy-Agba, Solicitor-General of the Federation, who represented Nigeria at…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Following President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive in his national broadcast to the nation on Thursday morning, 16 February, 2023, where he ordered that the old N200 notes be re-introduced into circulation and recognised as legal tender until April 10, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has revealed he has met with the 15 heads of commercial banks in the country to make old N200 notes available immediately. Emefiele stated this during a chat with State House correspondents shortly after attending a meeting between Buhari and the House of Representatives adhoc committee at the Presidential Villa…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has vowed that he and his political allies will never sit down to negotiate with the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, before the general elections slated for next week. Wike made vow during a media chat held in Port Harcourt on Thursday, 16 February, 2023. He added that the timeframe for resolving the grievance of the G5 is “over” and he is “not ready to sit down with anybody again”. “No, we can’t do that; it’s over! We have said it and there is nothing anybody can do…
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq’s re-election bid got a major boost on Wednesday as another first class monarch raised his hands in public as the candidate of his community in the Saturday, 11 March, 2023 gubernatorial ballot. Etsu Tsaragi Alhaji Aliyu Abdullahi Kpoto said the Governor has done so much for every part of the state in a way never seen in the recent past, calling him a silent achiever with several infrastructural projects to his credit. “We know what you are doing for us and sincerely appreciate you. Like I usually tell people, what we need to do on…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Three persons were said to have been killed in a supremacy battle between two groups in Opu-Nembe, Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Wednesday, 15 February, 2023. It was gathered that an aide to the Youth President of Opu Nembe, Ayarite Moses and his girlfriend were shot dead by unidentified assailants who invaded the community, while another person was also killed by the invaders. The gunmen invaded the home of the deceased and shot him dead. The spokesman of the State Police Command, Asinim Butswat, confirmed the development admitting that there was a clash between…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Jigawa State High Court sitting in Birnin Kudu has sentenced Isyaku Wakili Gwanto to death by hanging for killing Malama Malora Adamu. The presiding judge, Justice Musa Ubale said the offence is culpable homicide punishable with death under Section 221(b) of the Penal Code. According to Justice Ubale, the prosecuting counsel had proved his case beyond reasonable doubt and therefore sentenced the accused person to death by hanging to serve as deterrence to others. The accused was earlier arraigned before the court over the alleged beheading of the victim with a machete at Duliyari Fulani settlement in…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has deployed a Cessna 406 aircraft for aerial mapping of the state in line with the government’s determination to ascertain the actual figures of buildings and the infrastructural strength of the State. Speaking during the inspection of the Aerial Survey Aircraft (ASA) for the 2023 Mapping and Update of the Lagos State Spatial Data Infrastructure for the eGIS Project at Dominion Hangar, Murtala Mohammed Local Airport, Ikeja, the capital of Lagos on Wednesday evening, 15 February, 2023, Governor Sanwo-Olu said the aerial mapping will equally help in updating the state data. He said the…
Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, said on Thursday, 16 February, 2023, that Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has done a good job with his leadership of the state. Tinubu, who was speaking inside the Executive Council Chambers of the Governor’s Office, Agodi, Ibadan, during a courtesy visit, in the course of his presidential campaign tour of Oyo State, said that Makinde had demonstrated attributes of a good leader, a hardworking individual, whom he said, has performed admirably in the state. The APC Presidential Candidate, while expressing his mission to the state, equally…