By Abraham Boluwatife Sewedo “Adulthood na scam” a song by a Nigerian popstar explains the harsh side of being an adult. The unusual increase in the price of everything in the nation has become quite unbearable. Even the cheapest things in the country are now expensive. Every now and then, you find people complain about the price hike. Gone are those days when a sachet of water was sold for N5, now three sachets are sold for N50. The increase in the price of everything is now annoying. The latest gist is about the increase in fuel price. Even students…
Author: Soffiyyah Olamide
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has congratulated the immediate past Governor and All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Candidate in the July 16, 2022 governorship election in Osun State, Mr. Gboyega Oyetola, on his victory at the Osun State Election Petitions Tribunal. Governor Sanwo-Olu, who was the Chairman of the APC Governorship Campaign Council for the last Osun State Governorship Election, commended the judiciary “for doing the right thing.” It would be recalled that the Osun Election Petitions Tribunal hearing Oyetola’s petition against the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP’s Ademola Adeleke in Oshogbo, Osun State capital on Friday,…
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, 27 January, 2023, signed the State’s N1.768 trillion “Budget of Continuity” into law to consolidate development strides of his administration and satisfy the yearnings of the residents. The Governor said the fiscal document not only “aggressively” focus on completing ongoing capital projects, it would also expand intervention programmes and intensify social support to citizens and their means of livelihoods. The budget was assented to at a short ceremony held at the Governor’s Office in Alausa. Sanwo-Olu said the spendings would further demonstrate his Government’s determination to scale up good governance and quality service…
Our attention has been drawn to the terror unleashed on innocent and law abiding citizens of Lagos state by the gubernatorial candidate of the PDP in the forthcoming national elections, Jide Adediran, otherwise known as Jandor in the course of his campaign in Surulere Local Government. The incident left in its wake several injured victims and three people reportedly died. We condemn in strong terms the unwarranted and unprovoked resort to violence on the citizens of the state in the name of electioneering campaign. In broad daylight, Jandor’s thugs fired guns at their hapless victims who ran for dear lives. …
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ojo Federal Constituency through its Campaign Council, has intensified its engagement with stakeholders in the area holding meetings with Baales of various communities in the Federal Constituency as well as market men and women in Ojo Local Government Area at different fora on Thursday, 26 January, 2023. In the the first meeting with the market men and women which took place at the Ojo Multipurpose Hall, the Campaign Council Director General, Honourable Rosulu Olusola Idowu, urged the participants to ensure that the representative of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) who represents the Constituency in…
The management of the Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State has appealed to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to partner with it in developing and deepening the teaching and learning of cyber security in the institution. This appeal was made in Abuja on Wednesday, January 25, 2023 by the Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Abdulkarim Sabo Mohammed while on a Courtesy Visit to the Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa at the Corporate Headquarters of the Commission. Mohammed commended the EFCC for its advancing pace in tackling internet- related crimes. He disclosed that his University is running courses in Cyber Crime and Criminology “…
By Olawale Osifeso The election petition tribunal sitting in Osun has declared Mr Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the Saturday, 16 July, 2021 gubernatorial election held in the state. In the ruling delivered on Friday, 27 January, 2023, the Tribunal ruled in favour of Oyetola having established cases of over voting in some of the polling units in the election. The Tribunal chaired by Justice Tertese Kume held that indeed there was over voting in 749 polling units during the election. The Tribunal having deducted the unlawful votes from the lawful votes, ruled that…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a former General Manager and Head of Legal Services of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, Sir Adebayo Adebowale Aderibigbe and one Ogundele Mura Yisa-Yemi before Justice O.A Musa of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Jabi, Abuja. Aderibigbe, Yisa-Yemi, a principal partner at M.Y. Ogundele & Co Legal Practitioners, were arraigned on three-count charges bordering on conspiracy and obtaining the sum N60, 400, 00 ( Sixty Million our Four Hundred Thousand Naira) by false pretence. One of the counts reads “ That you, Ogundele Mura Yisa-Yemi (Principal Partner, M.Y. Ogundele & Co Legal Practitioners)…
Justice Fadima Murtala Aminu of the Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu, Yobe State, has adjourned the trial of a former Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Abdul Bulama till March 21, 2023 for continuation of trial. The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is prosecuting Bulama on a seven count charge of criminal conspiracy and money laundering to the tune of N450 Million (Four Hundred and Fifty Million Naira). Bulama was re-arraigned on Monday, November 8, 2021 alongside Hon. Mohammed Kadai, a former Commissioner for Integrated and Rural Development in Yobe State, Abba Gana Tata, Muhammad…
More details have emerged on the cause of the reported aerial attack that killed some cattle rearers in the Kwatiri community of Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. PRNigeria gathered from a reliable source that the airstrike was ordered after the Military High Command received credible intelligence that some terrorists moved into some communities around the boundary between Nasarawa and Benue states. A joint operation involving the military, security and intelligence components was then mobilized to go and take out the terrorists only for a particular state government official (name withheld) to give the team a wrong location, leading…