As the world marks the 2023 Prostrate Cancer Day, Dozy Mmobuosi Foundation, a medical outreach is organising a 3.3km Walk to promote fitness to create awareness for the disease. Martin Ebuwa, Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation, said in Lagos that the theme of the campaign is “Let’s keep fit and fight prostrate cancer”. The Walk will start at the popular Ikeja under the bridge and terminate at the Ikeja City Mall in Alausa on Saturday, 18 November, 2023 at 8am. Speaking further on the event which has been endorsed by the Nigeria Cancer Society (NCS), Ebuwa said “We also…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
Nigerian Fuji maestro, Saheed Osupa, has graduated from the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, with a degree in Political Science. He shared photos from the convocation ceremony on his Instagram page on Wednesday, 15 November, 2023. The photos were captioned, “It is official! Today, I attended the Convocation Ceremony of the University Of Ibadan, where I graduated from the Department of Political Science with Second Class Upper Credit. “The public should be aware that, King (Dr.) Saheed Osupa Akorede is a graduate of the prestigious University Of Ibadan, Class ’21 Alhamdulilahi”.
The National Executive Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress on Wednesday night, 15 November, 2023, suspended the ongoing strike. The unions said the suspension followed the intervention of the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu. Our correspondent gathered that the meeting which commenced at a few minutes past 7 pm lasted for close to one hour during which various affiliates and state chapters reviewed the outcome of the meeting held between the leaders of the organised labour and Ribadu. The National Deputy Vice-President of the TUC, Tommy Etim, made this known in an interview with our…
It’s Week 5! And Tourism Icon, Otunba Wanle Akinboboye is out with another brand new Tourism Product of the Week. “Our product this week Friday, 10th November, is ‘Business Bridge,’ said the Tourism Icon, up on the hill, at his luxury resort in Ondo state, La Campagne Tropicana Forest, Hills And Cave Resort. “In the creation of Business Bridge, we are still making sure that the different tourism products we are creating, are interwoven and inter-related. We are also being mindful of our present economic situation in Africa, but particularly in Nigeria, viz a viz the value of the dollar. …
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has hailed the ruling of the Court of Appeal, sitting in Lagos that affirmed his victory in the last governorship election. The appellate court on Wednesday, 15 November, 2023, dismissed the appeals brought against the re-election of Governor Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP). In a unanimous judgement, the three-member panel of the appellate court led by Justice Yargata Nimpar dismissed the appeals and affirmed Sanwo-Olu as the duly elected Governor of Lagos State. Reacting to the judgement, Governor Sanwo-Olu in a statement…
Indigenes of Kogi State, on Wednesday, 15 November, 2023, marched, in their numbers to the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Abuja, to declare their utmost confidence in the umpire and also affirm their support for the Governor-elect of the state, Usman Ododo. The indigenes, who warned mischief makers in the state, under the guise of opposition parties, to desist from blackmailing the INEC, said the good people of Kogi State “stand by the mandate given to the duly elected Governor, Usman Ododo”. They stressed that ethnic agenda had been nailed in the state and would not have…
Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court sitting in Kaduna, has convicted and sentenced Paul Monday (a.k.a Ray Aguilar) to two years imprisonment for internet fraud. He was jailed after pleading guilty to one- count charge bordering on internet fraud, preferred against him by the Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The lone- count charge reads: “You Paul Monday ( a.k.a Ray Aguilar) sometime in June, 2023 in Kaduna within the Kaduna Judicial Division of the High Court with intent to defraud, impersonated one Ray Aguilar a military personnel wearing a United States…
The GCEO, NNPC Ltd, Mele Kyari has charged stakeholders within the Nigerian oil and gas industry to adapt, evolve and lead in the ever-changing global energy landscape. Kyari gave this charge on Tuesday, 14 November, 2023, while delivering an Industry address at the opening ceremony of the 41st Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) Conference taking place in Lagos. The GCEO, who was represented by NNPC Ltd’s Executive Vice President, Upstream, Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan, underscored the pivotal role of oil and gas exploration in shaping the future of the oil industry and emphasized the need for dedication, expertise and pursuit of…
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday, 14 November, 2023, frowned at the alleged recklessness of some motorists operating in the state just as the lawmakers raised concerns over the activities of some officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA). At a plenary presided over by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, the House invited the Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Oluwaseun Osiyemi, and the Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Hon. Sola Giwa, to appear and give explanations concerning the incessant recklessness of drivers and the roles played by LASTMA officials. Also invited, among others, is…
By Ifeatu Agbu Over the years, scholars have advanced the idea that Human Capacity Building feeds the complex web where education, innovation, growth and employment are interlinked. For an interventionist agency such as the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, there is a tendency to focus more on infrastructural development. However, it is people that build infrastructure. So, while investing in infrastructure, development agencies are advised to also build the human resource to drive physical development and growth. Against this background, the decision of NDDC to build human capacity through its Post-Graduate Foreign Scholarship Programme for indigenes of the Niger Delta…