The First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, CON has urged the newly sworn-in Senator for Lagos Central Senatorial District, Wasiu Eshilokun-Sanni to make people’s welfare his priority as he began his tenure in the highest law-making body in the country. Thus, Senator Tinubu advised Senator Eshilokun-Sanni to place more focus on supporting and initiating people-oriented motions and bills which will enhance the welfare of the generality of the citizenry and improve their standard of living. The First Lady spoke on Tuesday, 13 June, 2023, during the reception held for Senator Eshilokun-Sanni after his swearing-in ceremony at the Upper Legislative…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
African countries, including Nigeria, have been advised to arrest the alarming rate of corruption and Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) in order to develop and meet the Sustainable Development Goal targets. The advice was given by the Head of Secretariat of the African Union High Level Panel on IFFs and the Working Group on Common Africa Position on Asset Recovery (CAPAR), Mrs. Souad Aden-Osman, during the opening ceremony of the Conference on addressing IFFs and Asset Recovery held at the Radisson Hotel in Dakar, Senegal. The IFFs and Asset Recovery conference is holding on the margins of the 2023 Global Conference…
“The election of Distinguished Senator Godswill Akpabio, CON and Rt. Honourable Tajudeen Abbas as the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives for the 10th National Assembly is a good development. I heartily congratulate them and also rejoice with the new Deputy Senate President Jibril Barau and House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu for their well-deserved victories. Being elected by their peers as presiding officers and assuming the leadership of the National Assembly is a great honour that comes with huge responsibility. I trust that you will justify the confidence reposed in you by your…
Key players during the 1993 Presidential Election, who formed members of panelists at the 2023 Democracy Day celebration pressed for shift of Nigeria’s presidential inauguration to June 12. The 2023 Democracy Day celebration organized by Tinubu Support Group (TSG), was tagged ‘RE-ENACTING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF JUNE 12’ IN NIGERIA’S DEMOCRATIC JOURNEY, held at Unity Fountain, Abuja on Monday, 12 June, 2023. Sen. Zwingina Jonathan who was the Director General of the Campaign Organization of Abiola/Kingibe 1993 Presidential Campaign and Sen. Abe Magnus were among others who made the plea. The Discourse called on President Bola Tinubu to make June 12…
Dear ‘Mr. Governor’ Sir. I have resorted to the open space because it appears that Mr. Governor is not interested in a meeting with the indigenes of Lagos (especially the people of Ikorodu) assessed in the fact that there has been no response to the letters written to the Governor by the Conference of Leaders of Ikorodu Division and Ikorodu People’s Forum in 2021; and a recent one by the latter organisation seeking meeting, all of which I am privy to. Mr. Governor, your governance of this state leaves much to be desired. In fact, from the above fact, you…
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Retd) has said that the recent discovery of clandestine laboratories for the production of methamphetamine and the seizures of captagon, fentanyl, and other deadly substances in Nigeria further underscores the growing threat of illicit drugs to public health and national security, insisting that global collaboration of anti-narcotics agency important to winning war on drug trafficking. Marwa, said this in Lagos on Monday, 12 June, 2023, in his opening remarks at the Global Rapid Interdiction of Dangerous Substances (GRIDS) twinning programme being organized by the International…
The Commandant General (CG) of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr Ahmed Audi has appealed to Nigerians to join in the fight against insecurity in order to sustain the nation’s democratic ideals. He made the appeal in a statement he gave while briefing officers and men at the Corps’ National Headquarters, Abuja, on Monday to commemorate Nigeria’s Democracy Day. Audi said that it was imperative for citizens to support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration by embracing his policies and programmes for a better Nigeria. He stated that security agencies require the cooperation and support of citizens to…
The United Nations has called for the immediate address of the grave global harm caused by the proliferation of hate and lies in the digital space. The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres made the call at the launch of his report into information integrity on digital platforms. The UN chief stressed that alarm over the potential threat posed by the rapid development of generative artificial intelligence must not obscure the damage already being done by digital technologies that enable the spread of online hate speech, mis- and disinformation. He however noted that digital platforms have brought many benefits, supporting communities…
The African Union (AU) High-Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows (AU HLP on IFF) and the Working Group on the Common African Position on Asset Recovery (CAPAR), composed of the African Union, the Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CoDA), Forum Civil, the Pan-African Lawyers Union (PALU) and TrustAfrica, are holding a conference on the theme, “Addressing Illicit Financial Flows and Asset Recovery in the Extractive Industry”, on the margins of the 2023 Global Conference of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) from 13 to 14 June 2023 in Dakar, Senegal; the first ever EITI global conference to be held in…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Unknown gunmen have kidnapped the parish priest of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Karku in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Reverend Father Jeremiah Yakubu. The Chancellor of the Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan, Reverend Father Emmanuel Okolo confirmed the development in a statement issued on Monday, 12 June, 2023 According to Okolo, Father Yakubu was whisked from the parish rectory in Kauru LGA at about 11pm on Sunday night, 11 June, 2023, when the gunmen invaded the area. While calling for intense prayer for the quick and safe release of the priest, the Chancellor appealed to the…