By Michael Chibuzo Following the removal of fuel subsidy by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Day 1 of his presidency, the pump price of PMS was adjusted to reflect market realities. This naturally brought about increase in cost of transportation and commodities such as food and household items. With no commensurate increase in their incomes, the worst hit by this increase in cost of living are the very low income earners who are already below the poverty line. It was therefore necessary to roll out palliative measures to cushion the effect of the fuel subsidy removal on the most vulnerable…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said the first 1,000 days of a child’s life is a critical period for survival and lifetime development. UNICEF’s Chief of Bauchi Field Office, Dr Tushar Rane, who made this disclosure on Friday, 14 July, 2023 during a media dialogue in Gombe, said it was critical to physical and brain growth. According to Rane,the first 1,000 days of life comprise the days between conception (9 months of pregnancy) and the first two years of a child’s life He said growth failure during this period was associated with long-term consequences,s inclusive…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike After two days of heavy rain in South Korea, no fewer than seven people were confirmed dead and two others missing. Additionally, landslides left eight people trapped in central areas on Saturday, 15 July, 2023. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety confirmed the sad development adding that three people were killed Saturday after landslides caused by torrential downpours buried their houses in two central towns. The Ministry also confirmed that four other people were also found dead elsewhere in landslide-related accidents on Friday and Saturday, just as it added two other people died in a building…
By Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, CON In offering my thoughts about a blueprint for tomorrow in Nigeria, I choose to deal with what I call first principles. I will deal locally and globally with what had happened, and is happening. What we all know and need to look at again, and from here hope to project what tomorrow offers. No part of the earth is new except those that are yet to be discovered by human beings. Powers, Nations and Countries have all existed in various forms and evolved differently. One first principle that History has taught us, is that…
A Nigerian judge, Justice Tunde Ademola Bakre has been appointed a judge of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court comprising of Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Granada, Barbados, Dominica among others, reports thegazellenews.com. Announcing the appointment of Justice Bakre, the Secretary to the Judicial and Legal Commission of ECSC stated: “The Commission was impressed with your skills and accomplishments and deems your background and experience to be a good match for the judiciary.” Justice Bakre, a hitherto successful legal practitioner called to the bar in 1993, was appointed a judge of the Ogun State…
A group of online media practitioners under the umbrella of Professional Online Media Executives of Nigeria (POMEN) has applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for appointing the Publisher of WesternPost Newspaper, Mr Tunde Rahman as Senior Special Assistant on Media. The professional association in a statement issued on Saturday, 15 Juiy, 2023, by its National Chairman, Mr Kunle Rasheed and National Secretary, Mr Tunde Ogunmola, said that it was a good thing that the President appointed a journalist who has clear understanding of the operations of both traditional and online media, adding that it was confident that Rahman would deliver on…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, has called governors’ wives’ pet project, Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) to reach every nook and cranny of the country. She stated this Friday, 14 July, 2023 in her office at a meeting with the wives of the 36 state governors to formally introduce and acquaint them with the objectives and mission RHI. Mrs Tinubu in a statement by her spokesperson, Busola Kukoyi, said “looking at the past can most assuredly chart a path for the present and future and this can best be done collectively for better and more sustainable impact.”…
By Abiodun Komolafe On May 29, 2023, Bola Tinubu assumed office as Nigeria’s president, 16th leader. Nigerians wish him success in the onerous tasks ahead. All the same, it is important to note that President Tinubu’s Nigeria is home to an array of folks: the diligent and the intelligent, the determined and the focused, plus the great boasters and the little doers; and they cut across her socio-political geography. Tinubu’s country harbours the progressives and the conservatives, the strong and the weak, the praise-singers and the faultfinders, the slippery and the flippant, the perpetual pessimists and the embittered opposition. Above…
The Federal Government has warned against illegal activities in forests across the country, insisting anyone caught involved in any form of illegalities in forest reserves would be severe sanctioned. The Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Environment, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris issued the warning on Friday, 14 July, 2023 during a workshop on the operationalisation of the Forestry Inter-Ministerial Joint Task Force (FIM-JTF), on the exploitation of Forest Resources. The Permanent Secretary, who was represented by the Director, Forestry Department, Mrs Hajara Sani, urged members of the JTF to work assiduously for a smooth take-off. He tasked them on effective…
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has reappointed two media aides, Jubril Gawat and Wale Ajetunmobi. The duo’s appointments were approved by the Governor in separate letters to them and signed by the Head of Service (HOS), Mr. Hakeem Muri-Okunola. According to the HOS, the two appointments take immediate effect. Gawat, a celebrity digital media influencer and strategist, served as the Governor’s Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on New Media during Sanwo-Olu’s first term. He returned to the senior role. Ajetunmobi, a versatile and decorated reporter with The Nation newspaper, had initially served during the Governor’s first tenure as Special Assistant on…