By Khalilat Ibrahim Titilope There are high chances of getting tired of doing something as soon as it is not yielding as you desire. But the only thing that keeps you going farther beyond your imagination and people’s expectation is when you have faith in the thing you are doing. Once there is belief in that thing you step up to do and achieve, a force tends to drive you towards that belief. The force is an energy that ignites the moment you reflect in your mind the journey before you. That’s the journey you believe so much in. However,…
Author: Soffiyyah Olamide
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has assured Nigerian Pilgrims of a hitch free 2023 Hajj operations. The Commission gave the commitment during its visit to the head office of the General Authority on Civil Aviation GACA in Jeddah on Thursday, 19 January, 2023. The Chairman /CEO of NAHCON, Alh Zikrullah Kunle Hassan, while expressing his appreciation to the Authority for its support during last year’s Hajj, restated its commitment to make the 2023 Hajj a smooth and easy one. “Let me put on record my profound gratitude to the Authority for it’s understanding and support during last year’s…
The attention of Media Team of Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, CFR, mni, has been drawn to a statement circulating on social media titled, “BREAKING: SULTAN OF SOKOTO WRITES” with an opening credited to Sultan purportedly saying, “Hold me responsible if Peter Obi didn’t perform well, the problem of the North is from the north, not Peter Obi or an Igbo man, it will be worst and more deadly for the North if Tinubu wins, if they tell you an Igbo man is the problem of Nigeria, tell them Igbo man never rule Nigeria before and north is…
The authorities of the Nigerian military have expressed their worry over the involvement of some of their personnel in violent crimes in recent times. PRNigeria gathered that the military hierarchy is contemplating a drastic action to deter officers and men, whose ‘unprofessional’ conducts are smearing the image of the Nigerian Armed Forces The development followed a report that a soldier was caught in an alleged robbery operation at PHDL phase one Estate in Kurudu, a suburb of the FCT this week. Last Sunday, an Airman too was also apprehended by some soldiers at PHDL Phase 5 Estate, Kurudu, while assisting…
The 4,325 Community Development Associations (CDAs) and the 57 Community Development Councils (CDCs) in Lagos State, on Thursday, announced their endorsement for the re-election of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for another term. The grassroots groups also pitched their tent with the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, describing him as the “most progressive contender”. Sanwo-Olu received the endorsement instruments at the 2022 Community Day Celebration organised by the Community Development Advisory Council (CDAC) in collaboration with the Lagos State Government. The event with the theme: “Strengthening Community Engagement for Inclusive Governance”, was held at the Police College…
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja today, Thursday, 19 January, 2023, reserved judgment in the money laundering trial of a former Head of Service of the Federation, HoS, Steve Oronsaye till April 5, 2023. Oronsaye is facing trial, alongside Osarenkhoe Afe, Fredrick Hamilton Global Services Limited, Cluster Logistics Limited, Kangalo Dynamic Cleaning Limited and Drew Investment and Construction Company Limited in a 49-count charge of money laundering to the tune of N2billion. At today’s session, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission adopted its final written address as ordered by the court on October 24, 2022 after the defendants closed…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has promised to increase the salary and allowances, as well as welfare package of the staff of the Lagos State Waste Managers, particularly the street sweepers in recognition of their dedication to a clean and healthy environment in the State. The Governor said his administration remains committed to the welfare of the waste managers and those ensuring a cleaner city and secure environment. He implored the electorate, particularly PSP operators and waste managers in Lagos to vote massively for Tinubu, himself, and other APC candidates for various positions. “Vote for all APC candidates from…
By Femi Ogbonnikan The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the forthcoming general election in Ogun State, Oladipupo Adebutu, is not the kind of candidate one would like to take seriously for whatever the motivation of his ambition to govern the state. Although he has cleared some of the legal hurdles before him, his campaign message to the electorate who will probably queue behind him in the March 11, 2023 gubernatorial election is not resonating. Instead of presenting a well-articulated programme of action for the state’s economy, education, agriculture, industry, healthcare delivery, infrastructure, and human capital development…
By Wole Olujobi It is the season of blackmail and outright lies in an election year to achieve underserved sympathy among the uneducated and unwary voters, all in an attempt to sway support for the candidates of the peddlers. It is also the season that some characters assail the nation with all manner of sophistry embedded in lifeless, banal and hackneyed essays couched in deadpan language. In that enterprise, we have seen both educated elite and common hell-raisers in the election battlefields of wits in the newspapers, television interviews and public campaigns raising pedestrian issues that should not have a…
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has commenced the distribution of cheques to cover Insurance benefits of officers who lost their lives while in service, as well as those who suffered various forms of life-threatening injuries while on active duty. The total sum of cheques presented to about Seven Thousand families of deceased officers and those injured or rendered disabled in the line of duty between 2012 and 2020 amounts to over N13 billion. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this on Thursday, 19 January, 2023, via a statement released in Abuja. “These backlog payments were…