The newly appointed Secretary to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Mr. Clifford Okwudiri Oparaodu, Esq. has resumed office, taking over from Professor Musa Usman Abubakar. In a brief handover ceremony witnessed by management staff of ICPC, Mr. Oparaodu expressed his appreciation to Professor Abubakar for facilitating a smooth transition and stated his desire to hit the ground running. The new Secretary urged all staff to form a bond of cooperation and support in order to surmount challenges that may arise during the course of duty. According to him, working in ICPC is a “national call…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has said the introduction of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Mass Transit Buses in the country will revolutionize the entire transport sector and reduce the hardship being experienced by Nigerians as a result of the recent removal of fuel subsidy by the federal government. The state on Monday, 30 October, 2023, unveiled the first set of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Mass Transit Buses in the country with a promise by Governor Abiodun to expand the scope of the scheme’s operation throughout the state. The 17 converted vehicles in the maiden scheme became the first in…
Still bemoaning his electoral loss, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, earlier today, staged a press conference at which he delivered a long, windy, incoherent and preposterous speech unbefitting of a former Vice President. In his foggy and contemptuous perspective, the Supreme Court “implies by its judgment that crime is good and should be rewarded.” Atiku regurgitated his illusory claim that President Bola Tinubu did not win the February 25, 2023 presidential election. Rather, he soliloquized that they “showed irrefutable evidence of gross irregularities, violence and manipulations during the elections”, allegations that were roundly dismissed by…
Opposition parties in Kogi State have been dealt another major blow in Olamaboro LGA following the formal defection of a former governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Joseph Ameh Erico, from the People’s Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Erico, alongside decampees harvested from the SDP, LP, APGA, and other political parties, was ably received by the Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Edward Onoja, on behalf of Governor Yahaya Bello at the Okpo Ceremonial Square in Olamaboro, on Monday. Onoja said the gale of defections to the APC in Olamaboro indicated the decimation of the…
A Nigerian reggae-dancehall singer and songwriter, Patrick Okorie, popularly known as Patoranking, has been unveiled as the Brand Ambassador of Lontor products in Nigeria.Okorie was unveiled as an Ambassador of Lontor during the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Nigerian singer and Choice International Group (CIG), the manufacturers of Lontor products on Monday, 30 October, 2023 in Victoria Island, Lagos.The MoU between Patoranking and CIG is to drive e-commerce through entertainment.Speaking during the signing of the MoU, the Chairman of Choice International Group, Chief Diana Chen, said the choice of Patoranking as Lontor’s brand ambassador was due to…
Consolidating on its recently released second-quarter performance, Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has again announced a splendid performance in its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2023, recording impressive growth across all key performance metrics. Replicating the remarkable performance achieved in the first two quarters of the current fiscal year, the bank’s gross earnings grew by 115.2 per cent to N1.309 trillion up from N608bn recorded last year, while operating income rose by 146 per cent from N414 billion in September 2022; to N1.018 trillion in the year under consideration. The bank’s…
Foremost Constitutional lawyer and erstwhile Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide, Professor Ben Nwabueze, is dead. Dependable source close to the family, confided in TheNiche that Nwabueze passed on Sunday, 29 October, 2023 in his home. He was aged 92 years. Nwabueze, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) was born in 1931, in Atani, Anambra State Details later! Source: The Niche
Oil magnate and chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Gbenga Olawepo- Hashim on Sunday, 29 October, 2023 congratulated President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the Supreme Court verdict which validated his victory in the February 25 presidential election. He however called on Tinubu to face the job of “rescuing Nigerians from the daily grim realities they face, with more seriousness” because he has more work to do. Olawepo-Hashim who was the presidential candidate of the Trust Party (TP) in the 2019 election, also counselled that “the opposition party which divided its rank into three and half during the build up…
The Lagos State Government has reopened Alaba Rago Market, Ojo, having met some of the conditions set for reopening sealed markets in the state, following its closure last week for various environmental infractions. The state Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, who visited the market on Sunday, 29 October, 2023, for assessment, was accompanied by the Special Adviser on Environment, Mr. Olakunle Rotimi-Akodu; Permanent Secretary, Office of Environmental Services, Mr. Gaji Omobolaji; Permanent Secretary, Office of Drainage Services, Engr. Lekan Shodeinde; Managing Director/CEO of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, and Chairman of…
A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Lere Olayinka, has told the party’s Presidential candidate in the last general elections, Atiku Abubakar, to perish the idea of contesting the 2027 presidential election, saying “As it is now, Atiku needs to let PDP breathe.” Olayinka, who was the PDP House of Representatives candidate for Ekiti Central Constituency II in the last elections, said “Atiku’s selfishness and arrogance put PDP where it is today, going forward, he should excuse himself and let new people be the face of the party.” Reacting to the Supreme Court judgment, dismissing Atiku’s petition against the…