Over 8,500 households in the Lagos East Senatorial District, on Thursday, 13 June, 2024, benefited from the Ileya edition of the Food Pack distribution programme of Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru. Excited beneficiaries who were drawn from the 5 Local Governments and 11 Local Council Development Areas of the district, thronged venues of the food pack distribution in their respective communities. This kind gesture is coming barely 90 days after the Senator distributed over 10,000 food packs to residents, particularly vulnerable people in the senatorial district, in commemoration of his 60th birthday. Senator Abiru, who is the Chairman, Senate Committee on…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Thursday, 13 June, 2024, flagged-off phase three of the state’s grains palliative distribution exercise with a charge on civil servants and other workers in the state to engage in small – scale farming to mitigate rising hunger across the country. Governor Oborevwori gave the charge at the Delta Agricultural Procurement Agency, (DAPA) Warehouse, Ibusa, Oshimili North Local Government Area of the state. The Governor, who said food security was very important in the light of the rising incidence of hunger in the country, charged the subsidy palliative distribution committee to ensure that all…
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has approved N521.4 million cash assistance for the 2024 Borno pilgrims currently in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. The Chairman of Borno’s 2024 Amirul Hajj committee and Senator representing Borno Central, Kaka Shehu Lawan, disclosed this on Wednesday, 12 June, 2024, in Saudi Arabia. Senator Kaka Shehu highlighted that the N521.4 million was to cover the cost of (Hadaya) animal sacrifice obligatory on all Muslim pilgrims and Basic Travel Allowance (BTA) differential. The Senator explained that N261 million was earmarked for the purchase of sacrificial animals, while N260.4 million was set aside as basic travel allowance…
Three hundred and forty eight parishioners of Motailatu Church of God (MCG) will be ordained on Saturday, 15 June, 2024 to mark its 60th anniversary. A statement by Senior Apostle General Abayomi Daramola said the epoch-making event will hold at the International headquarters of the Church in Ondo City, Ondo State. A prominent Ondo educationist and leader, Chief Ade Iluyemi, will be the chairman of the event. The church was founded by Saint Isaiah M. Akinadewo (Omo Jesu) on June 14, 1964. The celebration of the Diamond Jubilee commenced on Monday with series of activities, revival and health talks in…
The Senator representing Oyo Central Senatorial District in the Red Chambers, Senator Yunus Abiodun Akintunde, Ph.D, was part of a powerful delegation of 19 members of both Chambers of Nigerian National Assembly that paid a condolence visit Tuesday, 11 June, 2024, to the household of the Imam of Grand Mosque of Medina (Masjid An Nabawi Al-Sharif), Sheikh Abdulmohsen bin Muhammad bin Abdulrahman Al-Qasim, to commiserate with him on the death of his mother. The Imam’s mother, Ummu Farwa died on Monday, 10 June, 2024. The Imam who also acts as Katib of the Mosque as well as a Shariah Court…
The Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, FCT Chapter, has sought the involvement of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in its debate programme, code-named, “Head to Head,” which aims at inculcating good morals in secondary schools students. The request was made in Abuja on Tuesday, June 11, 2024 when UBEC’s FCT Director of Quality Assurance, Dr. Emmanuel Shuaibu led a team of the management staff on a courtesy visit to the Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Mr Ola Olukoyede at the Commission’s corporate headquarters. Speaking on behalf of UBEC’s FCT’s Executive Chairman/Board Secretary, Alhassan Sule, Shuaibu disclosed that the purpose of the debate was to address the out-of-school syndrome by children of school age in the country and for redirecting the minds of children and youths on the path of good…
A prosecuting witness in the trial of former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye on Monday, June 10, 2024 narrated before Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital City, FCT High Court, sitting in Apo, Abuja, how multiple transfers were made in favour of Agunloye by Jide Sotirin, a staff of Sunrise Power and Transmission Ltd. Agunloye is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on seven-count charges bordering on official corruption and fraudulent award of Mambila Power Project contract to the tune of $6billion (Six Billion US Dollars). The witness, , Adebayo Ilori, a compliance officer with Guaranty Trust Bank, GTB, while being led in evidence by prosecution counsel, Abba Mohammed, disclosed that “Sometimes in October 2022, the…
Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has congratulated Deltans and other Nigerians on this year’s Democracy Day today, June 12. Oborevwori’s felicitation was contained in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sir Festus Ahon, in Asaba, wherein he joined Deltans and other Nigerians in thanking God for another wonderful year of democracy in our country. He stated that Nigerians deserved to celebrate despite the numerous challenges bedeviling the country. Governor Oborevwori expressed optimism about the growth and eventual flourish of Nigeria’s democracy, citing enhancements in electoral laws, and encouraged the citizens to leverage on the reforms to elect…
In a significant boost to healthcare education infrastructure, the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (OSSAP-SDGs) has donated a state-of-the-art hostel block to the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos. This new facility aims to provide comfortable accommodation for nursing students and support the federal government’s ambitious goal of producing 120,000 nurses annually. The commissioning ceremony was attended by prominent figures, including the Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Mr. Tunji Alausa, who highlighted the hostel’s modern amenities. “The newly built 36-bed hostel is equipped with en-suite bedrooms, kitchenettes, common rooms with…
The crowd was massive. The feeling was ecstatic. The atmosphere was electric. There were more people adorning the white and orange caps and headgears outside the Police College field more than those inside, yet the field was packed full, reports thegazellenews.com. Indeed, the Abdullah Enilolobo led the Mandate Movement proved its huge grassroots support on Wednesday, 12 June, 2024. It was a show of strength and challenge thrown at the other of The Mandate Movement led by the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt Honourable Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa and Cardinal James Odunmbaku. Saying Ikeja, the capital city of…