The Presidential Candidate of Botswana Republican Party, Biggie Butale has given reasons why he is contesting for presidency. Botswana is expected to go to the polls in October. According to the Africa Centre for Strategic Studies, Botswana is long regarded as one of Africa’s most stable and enduring multiparty democracies. The current President, Mokgweitsi Masisi of the Botswana ruling Democratic Party, was elected April 2018 and he will be standing for re-election . But Butale believes he can upstage him at the polls, insisting he was primed to take-over from president Masisi to end what he termed hereditary tendency in…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, on Friday, 24 May, 2024, against court order, reinstated Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi as 16th Emir of Kano. Recall that Federal High Court sitting in Kano presided over by Justice A.M. Liman granted an ex-parte order stopping Governor Yusuf from reinstating Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II pending the determination of a substantive suit filed against the reinstatement. The order also kicked against the abolishment of four emirates: Bichi, Gaya, Karaye, and Rano. Recall that the reinstatement was consequent upon a bill earlier passed by the State House of Assembly on Thursday, 23…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, presided over by Magistrate, Mrs Oluwabusayo Osho on Friday, 24 May, 2024 remanded Imole Dauda, 19, and Lateef Tajudeen, 30, for allegedly flogging a 22-year-old to death with ‘koboko’. The defendants, whose addresses were not provided, were charged with conspiracy and murder. The Magistrate, Mrs Oluwabusayo Osho, did not take their pleas for want of jurisdiction. She directed the police to return the case file to the state Director of Public Prosecutions for advice. Osho adjourned the case until July 18 for mention. Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp Olalekan Adegbite, told the court…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has assured Nigerians that electricity tariff will come down. Adelabu made this disclosure on Friday, 24 May, 2024 during the sectoral briefing by Ministers in Abuja. Recall that on April 3, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, announced a 240 per cent electricity tariff hike for band A customers who receive a 20-24 hour power supply. After the Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) and Trade Union Congress(TUC) called for reversal, the Commission slashed the tariff by N18. Unsatisfied with the development, the Organised Labour threatened to go on strike. Meanwhile, Adelabu said the electricity hike…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike French investors and economic experts have expressed the desire to invest in the agriculture and tourism sectors of Cross River State. Head of the Regional Economic Department Nigeria-Ghana of the French Embassy, Florent Mangin disclosed the country’s intentions when he led a team on a courtesy visit to the Deputy Governor of the state, Peter Odey in Calabar. Mangin, who said the French business community is eager to partner state government in vital sectors and to undertake infrastructure projects, added that the collaboration is to enhance economic growth and development in the state. He also expressed appreciation…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwunmi Adeshina, has announced an investment of $1.44 billion to facilitate the development of energy, power, transport, water, and sanitation infrastructure in Nigeria. Adeshina, made this disclosure in a recent statement at the Nasarawa Investment Summit 2024. Adeshina, represented by Lamin Barrow, the Director-General of the AfDB’s Nigeria Country Department, said Nigeria faces a huge infrastructure deficit, which inhibits its efforts to diversify its non-oil production and achieve international export competitiveness. He noted that the energy sector requires the most significant portion of this investment, amounting to $759 billion. According…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered Israel to “immediately halt” its military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. CNN reports that the development further increases international pressure on Israel over its war against Hamas. United Nations’ top court issued the order in a suit filed by South Africa. South Africa had accused Israel of using forced evacuation orders in Rafah to “endanger rather than protect civilian life”. Israel, which has rejected the allegations, is yet to officially react to the ICJ ruling. Thegazellenews.com reports that ICJ rulings are final and binding, but the…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Popular Nigerian comedian, Ayo Makun, also known as AY, has finally reacted to rumours that he expecting a child with Big Brother Naija star, Alex Unusual. There have been widespread rumours that Alex was pregnant with AY’s child, which contributed to the crash of the actor’s marriage to Mabel Makun. In the wake of the allegations, Alex deactivated all her social media accounts and returned with an intriguing video about the widespread claims on Wednesday night. Although she did not directly address the rumours, the reality star made a compilation of some hurtful words that were said…
The former Chairman of Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State, Demola Doherty is dead, reports thegazellenews.com Sources told this medium that the late Doherty died early Friday, 24 May, 2024 after a protracted illness. Thegazellenews.com learnt that the ex-Chairman of Ifako-Ijaiye LG died in London while on another medical mission. He was reported to have been in and out of hospital in recent time. Doherty was the Chairman of Ifako-Ijaiye LG between 2008 and 2011.
By Ganiu Bamgbose, PhD With the world as a global village, every country needs the other one way or the other. This is the meaning of international relations; existing, occurring, or carried on between nations. It struck me that Nigeria mainly has a foreignational relation with most other countries of the world. I have coined the word “foreignational” to capture the mutually exclusive relationship between Nigeria and many other counties of the world. At all levels of existence, smart countries of the world all have a thing or the other to tap from Nigeria, but hardly do we know what…