Leaders and stakeholders in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South-West chapter, have met in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital to elect Chief Lukman Ajisafe as the new National Vice Chairman (South-West) of the party. The meeting, which was held at the frontage of the Presidential Lodge, Oyo State Government House, Agodi, Ibadan, had in attendance the Oyo State Governor and Leader of the party in the South-West, Governor ‘Seyi Makinde and his Osun State counterpart, Senator Nurudeen Ademola Adeleke. Speaking shortly after the meeting, Governor Makinde emphasised that the PDP is now fully united in the South-West. He said: “The…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
People of Ejalawa Community in Oken-Ogosu in Egbalor Ebubu/Eleme in Rivers State are set to truncate the planned selling of Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited’s onshore property, insisting that court order for the payment of damages caused their farmland should be made first before any other consideration. The community equally asked the Federal Government to ensure that the oil company pay its adjudged debt due to degradation of farmlands before it is allowed to wound up its onshore business in Nigeria. The Chairman of the Community, Erastus Olungwe,in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja, said Federal High Court…
In this report, journalist chronicled how 36 years old House-cleaner, Olufunmi Amina, got a new lease on life after a life-changing encounter with an Assistant Editor, THISDAY Newspaper, Olufunke Olaode in 2021 The story of Amina is a typical illustration of “The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; the LORD had done this, and it is marvellous in our eyes,” as chronicled in Psalm 118:22-23. With no friends and abandoned to fate by family members, the hardworking Amina grew to survive off cleaning people’s homes to make ends meet. Despite learning to trade plumbing materials, the lack of capital…
It was a outpouring of accolades in the rustic Tsamiya Village in Kebbi State as the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, OSSAP-SDGs handed over a state of the art 100-bed Mother and Child Hospital to the state government for the use of the community and other communities within the catchment areas in the state. The Hospital which was commissioned by the Governor of Kebbi State, Comrade Dr. Nasri Idris is one of the over 40 units of 100-bed Mother and Child Hospital constructed and fully equipped across the country by the Office…
The Lagos State Government on Thursday, 25 January, 2024, maintained that there is no going back on the total ban of usage and distribution of Styrofoam in the State. The affirmation was made at a consultative meeting of the State with representatives of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria(MAN) and Restaurant and Food Services Proprietor Association of Nigeria(REFSPAN) at the Alausa Secretariat. The state Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab who spoke on behalf of the state said enough damage has been done already to the health of the people and the state of the environment. He said…
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has pledged to collaborate with the Niger Delta University, NDU, Amassoma in Bayelsa State, to promote research that will address peculiar health and environmental challenges in the Niger Delta region. The NDDC Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, made the promise during a courtesy visit by a delegation from the university at the Commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt. He said: “We want to collaborate with the NDU in the area of research and I challenge the university to go into research that will focus on ecological challenges, food production and herbal medicine.”He stated: “Our work…
Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWSIEC) has said it will flag-off the activities leading to the conduct of local government elections next month, February 2024. In a statement on Wednesday, 24 January, 2024, the commission applauded the Kwara State House of Assembly for the passage of new amendments to the law governing the conduct of the local council polls. “We are excited to receive the news of the passage of the amendments to the law. While the commission looks forward to the signing of the bill any moment from now, we will, in February, announce activities for the conduct of…
Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, was on Thursday, 25 January, 2024 joined by his Osun State counterpart, Senator Nurudeen Ademola Adeleke to commission the 8.2 kilometres dualised Agodi Gate-Old Ife Road-Alakia-Adegbayi Junction Road, including the Onipepeye Underpass Bridge. Senator Adeleke, who was the special guest of honour at the event, lauded the project as part of Governor Makinde administration’s infrastructure revolution, describing it as a great motivation for his colleagues in the South-West states. He described Makinde as a golden governor in the areas of innovations and infrastructure development, even as he called for a collective and collaborative development in…
Justice Abubakar Hussaini Musa of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court on Thursday, January 25, 2024 vacated an earlier order of the court directing the Inspector-General of Police to arrest the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede for disobeying the ruling of the court directing operatives of the Commission to vacate a property at Number 6, Aso Drive, Abuja. The judge upheld the submission of the EFCC Counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, that Olukoyede “is an officer of the law and respecter of the rule of law, with fervent commitment towards moving the EFCC…
In a bid to fast-track the process of achieving the Final Investment Decision (FID) on the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline, the Federal Government has intensified discussions with the Kingdom of Morocco. The discussion which held on Wednesday, 24 January, 2024, on the side-lines of a meeting between the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo, and the Moroccan Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, Ms. Leila Benali, was anchored by the NNPC Ltd.’s Executive Vice President, Gas, Power & New Energy, Mr. Olalekan Ogunleye, and the Director General of the Morocco National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines (ONHYM),…