The Baba Adini of Lagos, Sheikh Abdul Hafeez Abou Nolla is dead, reports thegazellenews.com This medium learnt that one of the topmost Islamic clerics in Nigeria died on Tuesday, 9 January, 2024. He was aged 101. He will be buried on Wednesday, 10 January, 2024 after a janazah prayer which is expected to take place at the Lagos Central Mosque.
Author: Khadijah Olowode
Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has reiterated that his administration will continue to make best decisions that will serve the interest of the state and guarantee a secured future for the betterment of its residents. He also promised to build on the good policies and legacies of the past administrations and those implemented during his first term of office. Governor Makinde made the remarks on Tuesday at the 2024 Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service held at the Open Space of the House of Assembly Complex, Secretariat, Ibadan. This was as the Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon.…
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has pleaded with the federal government to approve the operation of the Remo Economic Zone as a Free Trade Zone. The Governor, who made the plea when he received the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Doris Nkiruka Uzoka-Anite and her team in his office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, noted that the approval was needed to enable processing companies that have signed to process their raw materials in the zone commence operations. He emphasized that the zone would record multiple processing companies willing to sign up to begin work in the zone in the…
Members of the National Assembly from Kogi State, on Tuesday, 9 January, 2024, paid a courtesy visit to Governor Yahaya Bello, CON, to congratulate him on the peaceful and credible conduct of the November 11 Governorship election. The lawmakers, comprising senators and members of the House of Representatives, seized the opportunity to congratulate the Governor on what they described as the resounding victory of the All Progressives Congress and the emergence of Usman Ododo as Governor-elect of Kogi State. According to them, the November election was adjudged peaceful, credible, free and fair by local and international observers. Speaking on behalf…
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered that Professor Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), be remanded at the Kuje Centre of the Nigerian Correctional Service pending the conclusion of his bail application. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) had on Monday, arraigned Ndifon in court on four- count charge over an alleged sexual misconduct against some of his students. The Professor of Law however pleaded not guilty when the charges were read to him. Counsel to the defendant, Okon Efut had prayed that the…
By Moses Owopade, Accra A chieftain of the Nigeria’s ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC) had commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the progress that the country has recorded so far. The National Vice Chairman of the Ghana chapter of the party, Hon. Ayokanmi Ogunremi who spoke thegazellenews.com in Accra, Ghana said that the President who assumed office in less than a year has began to reposition the country among committee of nations. He said in few months that Asiwaju Tinubu assumed office, the image of Nigeria is receiving good credibility. “You will agree with me that to travel from Nigeria to…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has charged religious leaders and Anglican Bishops, in particular, to continuously encourage and pray for public office holders. He also implored the church leaders at various levels to bring succour to the people by encouraging them to be hopeful despite the current challenges facing the country. Governor Sanwo-Olu spoke on Monday while welcoming the Primate, Archbishops, Bishops and their wives to the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 2024 Annual Retreat for Bishops and their wives themed “Shepherding God’s Family” held at the Archbishop Adebola and Mrs. Oluranti Ademowo Christian Resource Centre (Faith Plaza), Bariga,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has expressed dissatisfaction with a judgment of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court awarding N100 million damages against it in favour of a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele. Justice O.A Adeniyi, on Monday, 8 January, 2024 fined the Commission after he ruled that the Commission’s detention of Emefiele in the course of his investigation was a violation of his right to liberty. The decision failed to take cognizance of the fact that the former CBN boss was held with a valid order of court. Consequently, the…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has again wielded the big stick by dismissing two Chief Executive Officers of two strategic government agencies, reports thegazellenews.com The two dismissed officers according to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale on Monday, 8 January, 2024, are: Mr. Babatunde Irukera, Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC); Mr. Alexander Ayoola Okoh, Director-General/CEO, Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE). “The two dismissed Chief Executives are directed to hand over to the next most senior officer in their respective agencies, pending the appointment of new…