President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Honourable Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, on her election as the incoming Secretary-General of the Commonwealth. On Friday, 25 October, 2024, leaders of the 56 Commonwealth nations meeting in Apia, Samoa, elected Botchwey, a 61-year-old former lawmaker who has served as Ghana’s foreign minister for the last seven years, as the 7th Secretary-General. She is expected to assume office on April 1, 2025. Botchwey is the second African to be elected Secretary-General of the Commonwealth in its 75-year history, after Chief Emeka Anyaoku of Nigeria, who served in that…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has said the Commission will continue to leverage evolving technology to improve agricultural productivity in its mandate states. Speaking in New York, United States, at the opening session of the NDDC Food Security Innovation and Investment Summit, Ogbuku said the Commission was committed to creating an enabling environment for investors by streamlining processes and providing incentives for those who wish to invest in the agricultural sector. Ogbuku, who was represented by the NDDC Executive Director, Projects, Sir Victor Antai, explained that in seeking innovative solutions to address…
Late Modupe Temitope Oriyomi Ige Dada will forever be remembered as a beacon of selflessness, compassion, and dedication. She lived a life of purpose, both professionally and personally. As a highly accomplished investment banking professional with over two decades of experience, Modupe touched countless lives through her work and her enduring spirit of service. She was a woman of remarkable grace, strength, and immeasurable faith. Modupe was not only a dedicated professional but also a loving and caring wife, a nurturing mother, and a source of compassion for many. Her life was defined by her deep commitment to relationships—whether as…
The organisers of the annual Lagos Women Run are looking beyond the November 9 date for the event. There are other programmes lined up for women to benefit from between November 1 and the day of the race, November 9th. The coordinator of the project, Tayo Popoola, stated that many other activities have been lined up for women to benefit from. Popoola said: “The one-week empowerment and Skill program will start from November 1, 2024 and it includes an Exhibition (expo), offering a platform for Skills and Vocational Training such as Basic Painting, Tie &Die, Skincare, Waste Management, Food Packaging,…
General Manager of Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC), Dimeji Lawal, is optimistic the current squad will keep getting better as the season progresses, urging the club’s backers not to lose hope in the team. Featuring on a radio station sports programme in Ibadan on Thursday, 24 October, 2024, Kabongo, as the ex international is fondly called, particularly assured that the goal scoring problem facing the team, will soon be over. “On behalf of my Chairman, Honourable Babatunde Olaniyan Akoro, and the entire team, I want to appreciate all our supporters, fans and the media for their support so far. “Yes,…
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has been nominated to serve as a special guest of honour and a keynote speaker at the 5th edition of the annual Dr. Nnamdi Azikwe Award Lecture. The event, which is scheduled to be held on the 16th of November, 2024, at Zik Hall of the Nicon Luxury Hotel in Abuja, will focus on “The Nigeria Governance Model, Prosperity & Prospective.” In a nomination letter sent to the governor titled “Request to be Our Special Guest and Keynote Speaker at this Year’s 5th Edition of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe’s Annual Award Lecture,” Dr. Chineme Onyeke,…
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has approved a four-week extension for the disbursement of relief materials to victims of devastating flooding in Maiduguri and its environs. The extension was given to the Borno State Flood Disaster Relief Disbursement Committee,” which is saddled with responsible for managing relief funds. Maiduguri, the Borno State capital and its surrounding local government areas, have experienced devastating flood that resulted in widespread destruction, including loss of lives, damage to homes, and disruption of livelihoods. The Secretary to the Borno State Government, Mallam Bukar Tijani, conveyed the approval on Tuesday in Maiduguri. The SSG noted…
A 41-year-old Canadian woman Adrienne Munju has been convicted and sentenced to 11 years imprisonment by a Federal High Court in Lagos for importing 74 parcels of Canadian Loud, a strong strain of synthetic cannabis weighing 35.2 kilogrammes into Nigeria. According to a study by the spokesman of NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, Munju’s conviction on Wednesday, 23 October, 2024, followed her arraignment on two counts charge before Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of a Federal High Court, Lagos by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, which arrested her at the terminal 1 of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on 3rd October…
Kwara State Government has officially handed over the State Civil Service Hospital to the contractor for construction and upgrade of the facility for better service delivery to the people. At a brief handover ceremony in Ilorin on Tuesday evening, 22 October, 2024, the state Commissioner for Health Dr. Amina Ahmed El-Imam said the expansion work is to accommodate the pace of traffic to the hospital, especially after the Ilorin General Hospital has become a tertiary health facility. El-Imam said the contractor has been mobilised and is due on site soon. The site handover ceremony was attended by the Commissioner for…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested nine suspects for vandalisation of critical national assets and infrastructure in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Parading the suspects, the FCT Commandant of the NSCDC, Olusola Odumosu said operatives of NSCDC FCT Command said four of the nine suspects arrested were arrested for act of vandalizing street lights, bridges, communication mast, armoured cables and other critical assets and infrastructure. He said while on a routine patrol on Monday, operatives apprehended one Abdulahi Sani, Male, 24 years, noting that he was caught in the act of dismantling and vandalising street…