By Abimbola Ogunnaike Following the election of Senator Monday Okpebholo as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the September 21, 2024 governorship election in State, the first runner-up in the just concluded primary election, Dennis Idahosa, has rejected the candidature of Okpebholo. Idahosa, in a statement made available to newsmen in Benin City on Saturday, 24 February, 2024, alleged that the “fictitious results” declared by Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State-led committee represented the highest level of rape on democracy ever witnessed in Edo State. “Events in the last few days may have been very disappointing and demoralizing…
Author: Olamide Obayemi
Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Saturday, 24 February, 2024, swooped on a facility being used by suspected illegal miners to process and package lithium out of the state. The Governor ordered the closure of the facility, which was originally a factory meant for recycling batteries and tyres. He equally ordered the arrest of four persons suspected to be operating at the site, noting that they operated against the approved licence secured from the government for business operations in the state. Makinde, who was on an unscheduled inspection tour to the factory site at Idi Ayunre, Oluyole Local Government, Ibadan,…
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN has cautioned the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to shelve its planned nationwide protest scheduled to hold on Tuesday, February 27, and Wednesday, February 28, 2024. The Attorney General made this known in a letter written to the Nigerian Labour Congress Counsel, Femi Falana dated Friday, 23 February, 2024. He noted that “Government has substantially and reasonably complied with the items in the MOU and it is only appropriate and equitable for organised labour to engage more with government to ensure the full implementation of same, especially in the…
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji on Friday, 23 February, 2024, absolved President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of any blame over current economic situation in the country, saying the situation preceded his ascendancy to office . He however said the President is capable of fixing the current challenges if given ample time and necessary support. Governor Oyebanji stated this during the monthly Evening of Praise and Worship programme held at the Lady Jibowu hall, Government House, Ado-Ekiti. He urged Nigerians to be patient with the Federal Government as the problem the country is facing had been there long before the President…
A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim has called on the Federal Government to dump the free float of the Naira in exchange for other currencies. According to him, for some time now, especially since the “floating” of the exchange rate by the current regime, the jet speed with which the nation’s currency has been depreciating has migrated to a worrisome lightening speed, pushing the rate to about N1900 to one United States Dollar today. Olawepo-Hashim, presidential aspirant of the APC in 2023 and presidential candidate of the Trust Party (TP) in the 2019 election, made the…
In fulfilment of his promise to provide succour to residents of Kosofe, Ikosi-Isheri and Agboyi-Ketu whose communities were ravaged by flood last year, the Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District in the Upper Legislative Chamber, Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA, has distributed 150 bags of 50kg rice to the affected constituents. The affected communities where the rice were shared include: Odo-Ogun, Ajegunle, Owode-Elede, Osho-Ogun, Agboyi-town, all under Agboyi- Ketu LCDA. In Ikosi-Isheri LCDA, some affected residents residing in Agiliti 2, Maidan, Orisha/Isheri , Ajegunle/ Idera/ Kiokio, Isheri- North and Akinpelu communities received the rice. In Kosofe Local Government Area, residents…
The Christian Association of Nigeria Youth Wing) on Friday called on security agencies to effect the immediate arrest of a Muslim Cleric, Idris Abdulaziz Dusen Tenshi, who demanded the killing of the wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu and also described her as an infidel. While demanding public prosecution of the Cleric, YOWICAN requested that the said preacher should be restricted from preaching in Nigeria to serve as a deterrent to others. The President of YOWICAN, Belusochukwu Enwere, said these during a press conference delivered at the end of its 2024 National Prayer Day/First Quarter National Executive Council (NEC)…
After days of intense collaboration, innovation, and problem-solving, three teams – Team Within, Team X, and Team Storepoint – emerged winners in the inaugural Take-on-Squad Hackathon 1.0 coding event held at the state-of-the-art GTCO Training Complex, Tayo’s Plaza, Abeokuta, Ogun State, from January 18th to 20th, 2024. Team Storepoint, represented by Haruna Faruk and Ladipo Samuel from the University of Lagos, secured third position and a prize of N1 million. Their winning solution, Storepoint, facilitates quick access to an online marketplace for local shops and small businesses within 5 minutes, using Squad’s API to streamline the payment process. Team X,…
The Kwara state High Court, sitting as an appellate court in Ilorin, has discharged and acquitted two journalists convicted for publishing a defamatory article against a rice factory, faulting the police and trial magistrate’s ruling. In February 2023, a magistrate’s court convicted Alfred Olufemi, an investigative reporter and Gidado Shuaib, editor of Abuja-based News Digest, over a report against Hillcrest Agro-Allied Industries Limited. The report published in News Digest in 2018 detailed how the company’s staff members smoke Indian hemp freely within its premises, violating relevant laws and health regulations. In his verdict, the trial magistrate, AS Muhammad, found the…