By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Senate has pardoned and recalled Bauchi Central Senator, Abdul Ahmed Ningi. Ningi was suspended for three months on March 12, 2024, after accusing the Senate of budget padding. The recall process onTuesday, 28 May, 2024 was initiated after a motion moved by Deputy Minority Leader Sen. Abba Moro, who expressed regret on behalf of the suspended Senator. Sen. Abba Moro pledged to assume full responsibility for Sen. Ningi’s actions, acknowledging the gravity of the suspension. The Senator’s conduct during the period of suspension has been a matter of scrutiny and debate within the legislative body. The Senate…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
As part of activities to mark the one year anniversary of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration, the NNPC Ltd and its joint venture partners – Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), TotalEnergies, Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) – in collaboration with the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), have commissioned the 25.7km Ogbia-Nembe Road in Bayelsa State.The project, valued at N24.5billion, traverses mangrove forests with seven bridges and five culverts, and connects 14 communities.Speaking at the commissioning ceremony which held at Nembe on Monday, the Minister of the Niger Delta, Engr. Abubakar Momoh, who represented President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, said the…
Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu has reiterated Federal Government’s resolve to patronize local manufacturers especially in the power sector. The Minister spoke on Monday, 27 May, 2024, when the Chairman of the Ogun State branch of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) and Managing Director of Coleman Wires and Cables, Mr George Onafowokan with his management team, visited him in his office. Adelabu also promised that agencies under the Ministry would be encouraged to patronize local manufacturing. He however emphasized the need for certification of products by the major manufacturing companies in order to meet the requisite standards. “…
Data released by the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) Competitions Unit indicate an average of +2 goals per match after Matchday 33 as a total of 708 goals were recorded in the 330 games so far played by the 20 clubs. The data has Remo Stars Sikiru Alimi as the leading scorer with 14 goals and Rangers International as the team with the best attack with 49 goals. Bendel Insurance are listed as the side with the least conceded goals having let in 25 in 33 games while Gombe United have conceded the most goals at 61. A total of…
Despite recent claims that he had no hand in the confusion surrounding the Emirates, former Kano state governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, in a leaked phone conversation, is suspected to be involved in the dissolution of the five Emirates and the subsequent return of Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II to replace Aminu Ado Bayero. In the leaked phone conversation clip obtained by PRNigeria, a leading fact-check news platform, Kwankwaso receives a call from an associate who discusses the removal of Bayero and his replacement with Sanusi as the Kano Emir. The Kano state House of Assembly had recently repealed the law signed…
The Lagos State Government, through the Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA, has given traders and shop owners within the Oshodi Markets up to July 31st 2024 deadline to remove all extensions and attachments built on shops or face sanctions. The General Manager of Lagos State Building Control Agency, Arc. Gbolahan Owodunni Oki gave the ultimatum during an advocacy and sensitization program put together in conjunction with the Oshodi-Isolo Local Council Development Area, LCDA. Oki said the State Government is determined to bring environmental sanity to all nooks and crannies of the Lagos markets by checking the illegal activities of…
The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Zenith Bank Plc, Dr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu, has been named the ‘Best Banking CEO of the Year in Africa’ at the International Banker 2024 Banking Awards, retaining this title for the second consecutive year. The award, published in the Spring 2024 issue of International Banker Magazine, United Kingdom, coincides with Dr. Onyeagwu’s completion of his five-year tenure as Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer on May 31, 2024. Speaking on receiving the award, Dr. Onyeagwu expressed his gratitude to the publishers of International Banker for the honour. He stated, “It is indeed an honour to…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Lagos State Police Command has announced that two individuals were fatally injured and some others arrested during an attack by motorcycle riders on its Ipaja Division on Monday, 27 May, 2024 Thegazellenews.com earlier reported that panic ensued in a section of Lagos State when more than 100 hoodlums stormed the Ipaja Police Station. The State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, revealed in a statement that the attack stemmed from the enforcement of the existing ban on motorcycles in the state. He also revealed that over 200 motorcycles were impounded and one locally made firearm retrieved from…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A study carried out by researchers at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland has revealed at least 300 million children a year are victims of online sexual exploitation and abuse. According to the first global estimate of the scale of the problem published on Monday, 27 May, 2024, researchers at the university found out that one in eight of the world’s children have been victims of non-consensual taking, sharing and exposure to sexual images and video in the past 12 months. That amounts to about 302 million young people, said the university’s Childlight Global Child Safety Institute, which carried…
Kwara State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday, 27 May, 2024, flaunted the “remarkable achievements” of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq in the last years, saying the party is proud of his investments in critical sectors of the economy. The party also commended the Governor for his good and peaceful politics, respect and support for traditional and religious institutions, and for helping to stem the tide of political thuggery in the state. “We are proud to say the new mandate given to our party across the lines is being justified, as it is evident in the avalanche of superlative…