The Agege Sports Club concluded her Annual Retreat on Saturday, 14 October, 2023 where new Executive Council members to pilot the affairs of the club for the next two years were inaugurated. The two-day retreat commenced on Friday, 13 October and ended on Saturday, 14 October, 2023. The Retreat, hosted by Hon. Dr. Oluyinka Ogundimu at his expansive and serene YBII Farms Resort, Kobape, Abeokuta, is an annual getaway for members to bond, relax and refresh. The newly inaugurated Exco members are: Stanley Adiele, President; Jamiu Ajiboye, Vice President; Oluseyi George, General Secretary; Collins Aladesanmi, Assistant General Secretary; Tajudeen Tijani,…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
The Accountable Leadership for Better Nigeria Initiative (ALBNI) has faulted the purchase to the tune of N57.6 billion of brand new Toyota Prado SUVs for 360 Nigerian lawmakers. ALBNI, a civil rights organisation described the purchase at the time the nation is confronted with unprecedented hardship as reckless, insensitive and unfortunate. The group, in a statement on Tuesday, 17 October, 2023 by its Lead Director, Mr. Remi Adebayo, said plunging such humongous resources to buy vehicles at this moment speaks volume about how contemptuous the political class holds the people. “Claiming that the SUVs are not gifts but properties of…
The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, has announced significant strides in the realm of solar power, aligning with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to address climate change issues in Nigeria. Ogbuku spoke when a delegation from the Asteven International Company made a presentation on Renewable Energy and Carbon Credit at the NDDC headquarters in Port Harcourt. The NDDC Chief Executive Officer affirmed: “Our target is that every community in the Niger Delta region will be powered by solar; which is renewable and a cheap form of energy. In addition to this, we shall…
The Federal Government has raised concern over the misuse of $100 million (approximately N103 billion), earmarked for a World Bank-sponsored project meant to bring in women, encourage them in business, empower them, particularly in the field of Agriculture and give them little capital as well as teach them how to save. The government also said that very few women were gathered and were given stipends ranging from N30,000-N60,000 adding that rather than use modern instruments for their harvested farm produce, they were still using olden day equipment. The government threatened that should the United Nations and the international agencies refuse…
The Website of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission ICPC, (www.icpc.gov.ng) has again emerged overall best in the 2023 ranking of all Federal Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies’ (MDAs) websites by the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR). The award was presented to the ICPC Chairman, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, SAN, OFR, who was represented at the event by Mrs. Azuka Ogugua, Spokesperson of the Commission by the Director- General of BPSR, Mr. Dasuki Ibrahim Arabi, at an award dinner which marked the end of a two day Conference titled: Nigeria Govtech Conference with a theme: Advancing Public…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a musician: Aniji Shedrack Chidubem, (a.k.a Sanij-D) for allegedly defrauding a Briton, Susan Mclean, the sum of €9,300. The suspect was also alleged to have defrauded an American: Diana Rosado Gonzalax, the sum of US$2,000. He was arrested in the Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, based on credible intelligence on the activities of a syndicate of internet fraudsters. Chidubem allegedly impersonated one Christopher Rossi, a marine engineer that fixes boats and pipelines in Singapore. He was using Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp applications, with foreign phone…
Stakeholders in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State on Monday, 16 October, 2023, debunked claims in a viral online video that a 10kg bag of rice was given to be shared as palliative in Sokeye Community. At a meeting called by the leadership of the council to explain how the palliatives meant to alleviate the pains occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidy were distributed, stakeholders said the formula used to share the bags of rice is the best they’ve ever seen in the state. Speaking at the event, Bishop Ezekiel Olukunle, who represented CAN on the committee…
The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on October 13, 2023, arraigned Michael Anan Onimisi before Justice R.M Aikawa of the Federal High Court, sitting in Kaduna for developing a software code named: “Bee-Leaf” and “Real-Eve” to defraud First City Monument Bank Plc, the sum of N17.785 million. Onimisi was accused of developing the software to hack into the security measures of the bank, in order to defraud it. He was arraigned on six- count charges bordering on internet fraud and money laundering. One of the count reads “that you, Michael Anan Onimisi, sometimes in June, 2023, in Kaduna within…
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, 16 October, 2023, recommitted his administration to actions and interventions that would make quality food affordable and accessible within the State. The Governor said the ongoing development of Food Security Systems and Central Logistics Park in Ketu-Ereyun, Epe, was part of the current interventions by his Government to ensure food affordability, stressing that the facility would help bring the food market closer to the consumers and scale down food prices. Sanwo-Olu joined hundreds of farmers at Lagos Farm Fair – an event held at the Police College in Ikeja for the commemoration of…