The immediate past Vice Chancellor of Lagos State University, Prof. Olanrewaju Adigun FAGBOHUN, SAN, NPOM, has returned to the university and resumed as a lecturer in the institution following the conclusion of his sabbatical and accumulated deferred leave from the institution. Prof. Fagbohun, who left the university in January 2021 at the end of his five-year tenure as Vice Chancellor, returned to the classroom at the Faculty of Law of the university on Monday, 18 December, 2023. On his return on Monday, 18 December, 2023, Prof. Fagbohun’s first visit was to the Office of the Vice Chancellor, where he was…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has fixed January 10, 2024 as commencement of trial of a couple, Oriyomi Idowu and Ruth Idowu, who were arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, November 28, 2023, on 20-count charges bordering on obtaining money by false pretence, money laundering, stealing, retention of stolen property, and forgery to the tune of N2.757 billion. They were arraigned alongside Food Commodity Processing Enterprise, Bonway Food Processing Company Limited, Samee Idowu Company Limited and Farmex Integrated Companies Limited, which all belong…
By Owei Lakemfa The culture in Nigeria is that after Presidential Elections, politicians, hangers-on, propagandists, relatives and a rainbow of persons gather like ants over sugar. Primarily, the gathering is to partake of the honey which is how they see the emergent government. In fact, for many, elections are the best investment they can make, and they need to quickly recoup the funds invested. The Tinubu administration has so far, exhibited the symptoms of that national disease. The first race is for ministerial positions where the competent is usually crowded out by the desperate. So, usually, bright, competent persons with…
Ogun State Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun on Monday, 18 December, 2023, launched the year 2024 Armed Forces Remembrance Emblem, promising that his administration would continue to prioritize the welfare of its serving and retired personnel. Prince Abiodun, at the launch of the Remembrance Emblem at the Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, also donated N10 million to the Legionnaires. He called on Nigerians to extend their support and care to the families left behind by the fallen heroes. The Governor also promised to look into the accommodation request of the Legion, adding that a beffiting ediface would be made available for them.…
By: Moses Owopade, Accra Nigerians, especially the Yoruba Community in Ghana was thrown into wailing and sober mood when the sudden demise of Alhaja Chief Risikatu Vanderpure was announced by the family. The sad incident happened in an aircraft that was bringing her and members of her immediate family from Abuja to Ghana. Thegazellenews.com scooped that the event pained the Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Ooni Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II. It would be recalled that the Ooni was the one who conferred the title of Iyalode of Yoruba in Ghana on her at a world class chieftaincy programme that…
Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar has warned against describing the unconstitutional change in government in West Africa as solely a regional problem, insisting that it could snowball into engulfing the entire African continent and add to the challenges of terrorism and other cross-border criminalities. The Minister gave the warning during a panel discussion: “Resurgence of Unconstitutional Changes of Government in Africa: Global Outlook, Response and Implications for the A3”, at the 10th Annual High-level Seminar on the Promotion of Peace and Security in Africa: Assisting African Members of the UN Security Council in Preparing to Address Peace…
Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has declared that his administration will pay the 13th month salary to workers in the state for the fifth year running, noting that workers will receive the payment before Sunday, 31 December, 2023. This was in spite of the fact that the government had earlier paid the December 2023 salary and the December wage award of N25,000 to workers and N15,000 to pensioners. Governor Makinde made the declaration on Sunday, 17 December, 2023, while speaking at the Oyo State’s 2023 Christmas Carol Service and Nine Lessons Service, held at the Remembrance Arcade, Government House, Agodi, Ibadan,…
By Yushau A. Shuaib It was on the platform of the Arewa Economic Forum (AEF) that intellectuals, business people and retired public functionaries debated which one performed better between the military regime of General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) and the civilian administration of General Muhammadu Buhari. While IBB was born on the 17th of August, 1941 in Niger State, Buhari was born on the 17th of December 1942 in Katsina State. Both of them not only served in the Nigerian Armed Forces as military officers and fought on the federal side during the Civil War of 1967 to 1970, they…
A report on irrigation agriculture practices in Nigeria has recommended the adoption of a semi-formal land ownership and administration method to boost land use and agricultural production in Nigeria. The publication which made the recommendation, “Learning by Doing! Action Research Experiences from TRIMING Project in Nigeria’s Public Irrigation Schemes,” was released in Abuja on Monday at a two-day workshop organized by Transforming Irrigation Management in Nigeria(TRIMING), a World Bank-funded Federal Government initiative. The publication, compiled by the Research Panel of Experts (RPoE) assembled by TRIMING, is the synthesis and highlight of the research reports and outcomes from the five research…
Newly crowned African Footballer of the Year, Victor Osimhen and his Napoli teammates will have their hands full in February after being drawn against Spanish giants, Barcelona in the Round of 16 tie of the UEFA Champions’ League, reports thegazellenews.com At the draw for the Round of 16 was conducted, Napoli were drawn against Barcelona with the first leg taking place in Naples and the second leg in Barcelona. Another mouth-watering tie was the one that pitch Portuguese giants, Porto against Arsenal while an interesting tie awaits between the duo of Inter Milan and Athletico Madrid. Other ties are: Paris Saint…