The national headquarters of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has shown their readiness to collaborate with The Drum Online Media Incorporation, the organizers of the annual Pan-Afrika Drum Festival In Canada, to organize the 2024 edition of Pan-Afrika Drum Festival, slated for 27 and 28 June, 2024 in Mississauga and Toronto, Canada. This was contained in a press statement made available to the media by the Convener of the global and prestigious cultural festival, Prince Segun Akanni. Akanni said, some months ago, a letter of partnership has been sent to Dr. Chris Isiguzo, President, Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) seeking…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
Former Governor of Osun State, Chief Bisi Akande, has attributed the peaceful conduct of the November 11 governorship election in Kogi State to the acceptability of the party’s candidate, Usman Ododo, among the people. The chieftain of the All Progressives Congress said this while receiving the Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, CON, and the Governor-elect, Ododo, at his Abuja residence on Thursday, 14 December, 2023. Baba Akande commended Governor Yahaya Bello for overseeing the election, widely adjudged peaceful, and urged the governor-elect to stay true to his promises and commitment to the vehicle that conveyed him into office. Governor…
United Kingdom has appointed Mrs Gill Lever OBE as the British Deputy High Commissioner (DHC) in Abuja, Nigeria. She takes over from Ms Gill Atkinson who recently concluded four years as Deputy High Commissioner in Abuja. According to a statement on Thursday, 14 December, 2023, from the British High Commissioner, Gill Lever is an experienced career diplomat who has worked in different parts of the world including Romania, India and Japan, and prior to becoming the British Deputy High Commissioner (DHC) in Abuja had served as the UK Deputy Head of Mission to Juba, South Sudan from 2022 – 2023.…
The ECOWAS Court of Justice has declared it lacks jurisdiction and dismissed all the requests made by one Richard Ugbah, a Nigerian who asked the Court to order his transfer from the United States, where he is serving a 12-year imprisonment for wire fraud, in order to complete the remainder of his sentence in his home country. In the suit No: ECW/CCJ/ APP/ 18/21, filed in the Court, the Applicant, Richard Ugbah, who was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment having been found guilty of wire fraud by a US Court on 14/2/2017 asked the ECOWAS Court to order for his…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said that the efforts of his administration to transform Nigeria’s economy are yielding results with the support of the National Assembly led by Senate President Godswill Akpabio and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas. Speaking at a colloquium to mark the 61st birthday of the Senate President, on Thursday, 14 December, 2023, in Abuja, President Tinubu said the challenges facing the country will be jointly assessed by the executive and legislature with a view to evolving implementable solutions for the good of Nigerians. “Having Senate President Akpabio, and the Speaker…
The Federal Government has sacked all directors of civil aviation agencies in the country following the sacking of the chief executive officers of the same organisations. The Federal Government also directed all the affected directors to hand over to the most senior officer in their various directorates with immediate effect. The statement was signed by a spokesperson for Festus Keyamo, Minister of Aviation, Odutayo Oluseyi. The affected agencies are: the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Nigeria Metrological Agency (NiMET), Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the Nigeria Safety and Investigation Bureau (NSIB). The government…
The newly appointed Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe has assumed office and held his first official meeting with the Directors and management of the Board. Ogbe was appointed on Thursday, 14 December, 2023, by President Bola Tinubu, replacing Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote, who had served for seven and half years in office. At a meeting on Thursday, 14 December, 2023, at the NCDMB’s Abuja Liaison Office, the new Executive Secretary received a high-level briefing on the Board’s projects and initiatives from the Directors and senior management. In his remarks, the…
The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested twin brothers, Adio Taiwo Hassan and Adio Kehinde Hussein alongside five others for alleged internet fraudulent activities. They were arrested on Thursday, December 7, 2023 at Apete and Apata areas of Ibadan, Oyo State, following surveillance and actionable intelligence on their suspected involvement in internet- related offences. The five other suspects are: Jeremiah Gabi, Dennis Gomina, Adepoju Noah Ibukun, Olabode Samson Opeyemi and Adewumi Adeboye Ayomide. In the same vein, the Oyo State Police Command handed over three suspected internet fraudsters to the Ibadan Zonal Command…
The Oyo State Commissioner of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Mr Williams Akin-Funmilayo, has stated that the planned Housing Estate Project, Baywood Estate, will not consume the Agodi Botanical Gardens. The Commissioner, who noted that some residents of the state have confused the site of the planned estate to include Agodi Botanical Gardens, clarified that while the garden sits on 9.11 hectares of land, the large expanse of 46.3 hectares of forest behind the Gardens is to be converted to Baywood Housing Estate. Akin-Funmilayo stated this while conducting newsmen round the Agodi Botanical Gardens and the planned site of the…
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday, 14 December, 2023, laid before the parliament a N296.4bn fiscal plan for year 2024, with the capital expenditure guzzling a whopping 61% of the proposed spending and recurrents keeping the balance of 39%. The budget is 15.5% higher than the budget of the outgoing year, and has an opening balance of N25bn, according to the Governor, who heralded his speech with “profound gratitude” to God, appreciation to the people of Kwara and his party, APC, for another win at the last general elections, and acknowledgement of the supportive role of the legislators. Deputy…