The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has given all miners engaged in the illegal extraction of mineral resources across the country an ultimatum of 30 days to join notable mining cooperatives in their area or face the full wrath of the law. The Minister also disclosed the plan to set up a surveillance task force that would include policemen and other relevant agencies to secure the mines in the country. Alake, who gave the ultimatum at a world press conference held in Abuja on Sunday, 3 September, 2023, also disclosed the plan to introduce security operatives, which according…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, 3 September, 2023 flagged off the distribution of food items for vulnerable households through the Lagos Food Bank Programme, to cushion the effects of the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal government on Lagos residents. The flag off of the food bank programme is part of the social and economic intervention programmes by the Lagos State Government to ameliorate the pains some Lagosians are experiencing due to the increase in transportation costs and food prices across the State as direct effect of the policy on the removal of fuel…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency(NDLEA) has confirmed the arrest of a notorious drug trafficker named Suleiman Babatunde Oba while attempting to board a Rwanda Air flight to South Africa with two boxes loaded with ephedrine sealed in semovita packs. According to the statement on the agency’s website, the suspect is said to be a member of a cartel distributing cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and ephedrine between Nigeria, Brazil, Ghana, South Africa, Mozambique, and Europe. “Through credible intelligence, NDLEA operatives on Friday 25th August intercepted a notorious drug trafficker, Suleiman Babatunde Oba, who is a member of a cartel distributing Cocaine,…
President Bola Tinubu will on Monday, 4 September, 2023 jet out of Abuja for New Delhi, India, to attend the G-20 Leaders’ summit. Tinubu is attending the two-day summit on the special invitation of Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. This is contained a statement signed and issued on Sunday, 3 September, 2023 by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale. In the statement titled ‘President Tinubu set to attend G-20 Summit in India with investment attraction topping Nigeria’s agenda,’ Ngelale revealed that the President aims to leverage the platform to attract global capital and promote increased foreign direct investments…
By Mustapha Mohammad Climate crisis perhaps, is the greatest threat to inhabitants of this earth in this century. The twenty first century has witnessed and continues to witness a lot of environmental disasters. High temperature as a result of green house gas emissions, which lead to faster melting of ice in Antarctica, and deforestation which leads to drought and rising level of sea waters and floods across the globe. Rivers and lakes receding and drying up, like lake chad. All these resulting in greater climatic changes. In 2010, it was estimated that over 70 million Nigerians were directly or indirectly…
The Forum of Local Government Chairmen of Delta APC has expressed excitement over the appointment of Mr. Chiedu Ebie as Board Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) by President Bola Tinubu. Ebie, former Secretary to State Government (SSG), Delta State, was announced chairman of the commission’s Board on Tuesday, August 29, 2023. The LGA Chairmen in a statement released by the forum’s Chairman, Norbert. A. Sochukwudinma (NAS) after the meeting of the forum, thanked President Asiwaju Bola Tinubu for finding the person of Chiedu Ebie (EsqI worthy to pilot the affairs of the Governing Board of the NDDC. …
Ogun State Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun has flagged off the distribution of 300,000 bags of 10kg rice palliatives to citizens of the state. The event, which took place on Friday, 1 September, 2023, was in line with the promise made by Prince Abiodun to ensure the immediate distribution of the palliatives. The Governor acknowledged that the palliatives were sent to states by the Federal Government and has been domesticated by the state government. “This is a federal government initiative under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu that is being domesticated right here in Ogun State. “Our desire in the…
Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited has cleared the air over the incident at the Lekki area of Lagos involving its operatives and some Nigerian Navy personnel on August 29. The firm explained in a statement that its personnel who were on the trail of the suspected oil thieves were instead arrested and detained for carrying out their lawful duty. “The continued detention by the Nigerian Navy of these five brave, selfless Nigerians who risked their lives on the high seas to protect our commonwealth is a disservice to our nation,” TSL said in a statement on Saturday. The Nigerian Navy…
In the past few weeks, the composition of the cabinet list for Lagos State, released by the state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has been in the news. Mixed reactions greeted the composition of the list when it was released to the public by the state government, with many arguing back and forth in favour and against the names on the list. Many communities felt short-changed and expressed their displeasure. The people of Ikorodu were not happy that despite their support and deliverance of huge votes for All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates in the last election, they were given only one slot…
The pet project of the First Lady of Nigeria,m the Renewed Hope Initiative, RHI, has given out the scholarship grant to the last batch of four students who were not able to make the grand presentation to recipients from the 36 states of the Federation and other organizations. The grant which is under the National Scholarship Programme, NASP, Tertiary Education is to the tune of N1 million each, annually for the four years of their stay in the higher institution with a brand new computer as well. Representing the First Lady at the presentation held at the Office of the…