By Tunde Akanni PhD Even as the Osun State Government is hitting hard to knock University of Ilesa into proper shape, it does appear strongly that the management will find his invaluable experience as a thorough academic and energetic development enthusiast indispensable. He is barely rounding off his contract employment with the Law Programme of UNIOSUN following his retirement from University of Abuja. Baked in Madinah, Saudi Arabia, refined in top rated Toronto University in Canada, tested across the entire continent of Africa, Professor Iysa Adebayo Bello clocks 75 today, January 23, 2024. This globally renowned Shariah expert and scholar…
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The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has outlined the Commission’s plans for 2024, stressing that stakeholders’ engagements will set the tone for its activities. Speaking during an interactive session with NDDC management and staff at the Commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt, Ogbuku stated that engagements with various stakeholders will take the spotlight this year. He said that such engagements would help the Commission implement projects that would ensure sustainable development of the Niger Delta region and address the aspirations and needs of the people of the region. The Managing Director stated that the…
The Lagos State Government through the State Building Control Agency has commenced the removal of shops and shanties built on roads and setbacks within the Lagos Island Business District. The exercise is aimed at creating easy access to high rising buildings and offices in the area especially during emergency periods and also to create link roads for vehicular movement to decongest traffic situations in the area. The state Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Oluyinka Olumide who spoke to media correspondents in his office about the removal exercise noted that it is long overdue for the State Government…
As the mid-season break commenced after Matchday 19 over the weekend, Davidson Owumi, the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) looked back at the proceedings and noted that there has been marked improvement in several aspects of the league organisation. Assessing the performance of the referees, the former international turned football administrator believes that officiating got better with a handful of errors that could have been erased if modern technological aids have been deployed. “After 185 matches, we probably had issues with less than 15, and in terms of percentage, I think our referees scored…
A notable Omo Ibile Pataki and former Lagos State Commissioner for Finance, Prince Tajudeen Odofin FCA, is dead. IBILE, in Lagos State cultural term, is acronym for: Ikeja, Badagry, Ikorodu, Lagos Island and Epe, the five Divisions that make up the socio-cultural standing from which every indigenous Lagosian has his root. Thegazellenews.com learnt that Prince Odofin died in the early hours of Tuesday, 23 January, 2024 at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, at the age of 83. According to source, he “passed on some hours ago. Lying in state today (Tuesday) at 12 noon at his residence…
The Kogi State Government, in line with its free education policy under Governor Yahaya Bello, has released the sum of N115 million to cover the cost of JAMB Registration fees for 15,033 students in public schools across the State. The state Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Hon. Wemmy Jones, disclosed this while briefing journalists in Lokoja, on Tuesday, 23 January, 2024, saying the gesture is a further demonstration of the commitment of Governor Yahaya Bello to giving all Kogi children free access to education. According to the Commissioner, the action is a follow up to the earlier payment of…
President Bola Tinubu has stated that his administration will continue to provide the needed interventions in the oil and gas industry in line with the provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). Speaking when he received a delegation from the Chevron Corporation, led by Mr. Clay Neff, President of Chevron International Exploration and Production, on Tuesday, 23 January, 2024, in Abuja, President Tinubu said Nigeria would strengthen its long-standing partnership with the multinational company in line with the evolving dynamics in the oil and gas industry. The President welcomed Chevron’s commitment to build on its investments in shallow and deep…
Tinubu Assures South-South Monarchs Of His Administration’s Commitment To Addressing Region’s Problems President Bola Tinubu has assured traditional rulers in the South-South geopolitical zone that his administration is committed to addressing their concerns over development and environmental degradation. The President gave the assurance on Tuesday, 23 January, 2024, at the State House during a meeting with the South-South Monarchs Forum, led by His Royal Majesty, Major-General Felix Mujakperuo (Rtd), Chairman of the Delta State Council of Traditional Rulers, and Vice-Chairman of the South-South Monarchs Forum. The President told the Royal Fathers that his administration is diligently working, both domestically…
Justice F. Giwa Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, 22 January, 2024 told a member of the House of Representatives, Nicholas Mutu that he has a case to answer in an alleged N320 million money laundering case brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Mutu alongside Airworld Technologies Ltd and Oyien Homes, were dragged before the court by the EFCC on an amended 13 -count charge bordering on money laundering and gratification to the tune of N320m between August 2014 and August 2016. He was arraigned before the court while he…
Nigeria’s number one real estate firm, RevolutionPlus Property Limited, has described as ‘false allegation’ the claim made by one Mr. Kayode Oladipo that the company failed to allot land to him after collecting the sum of N40 million as payment for the said land. Recall that Oladipo had made the allegation against the premium property company in a viral video. Oladipo had claimed that he paid the money to the firm in 2017, adding that he was supposed to be allocated 20 plots of land by the company. He went on to call on the Nigerian government to intervene, and…