The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has called on Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) across the country to join the Commission in driving its anti-corruption campaigns to the grassroots. He made the call on Thursday, 30 November, 2023 in Sokoto, at a one-day engagement parley between the EFCC and CSOs drawn from Kebbi, Zamfara, and Sokoto states. According to him, engagement with CSOs has become imperative in the quest of the EFCC to build synergy with different interest groups and that the success story of the Commission cannot be told without the support and partnership of CSOs. “In…
Author: Olamide Obayemi
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has felicitated the Ansar-ud-Deen Society of Nigeria for sustaining the legacy of its founding fathers 100 years after the Islamic organisation was founded in Lagos to propagate conventional education among Muslims during colonial era. The Governor, on Monday, 27 November, 2023, received the Society’s delegation led by its National President, Dr. Rafiu Sanni, at the State House in Alausa as part of the ongoing consultations by the missionary group to celebrate its centenary anniversary. Sanwo-Olu said he was no stranger to the progressive ideals and guiding the activities of the Islamic movement within communities it…
By Moses Owopade, Accra A Yoruba traditional leader in Ghana, His Royal Majesty AbdulSalaami Saka, the Yoruba paramount king in the Central Region of Ghana, has disclosed his intention to build world class City in his Region. The paramount leader in an exclusive interview with thegazellenews.com that he has acquired a very verse land for the project. He said all the necessary documentation for the land had been secured and the drawings had also been done. Explaining that he chose to site the project in Central Region, the royal father said, he was born in the region, though, he had…
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has approved constituency projects for the 236 councillors in the state. The approval, the Governor said, was in fulfilment of his promise to ensure the councilors execute projects in their various constituencies as the closest to the people at the grassroot. Prince Abiodun made this known at the Governor’s Office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, when he received the jubilant councilors who were on ground to pass a vote of confidence on his administration and also thank him for paying their full furniture allowance. Governor Abiodun, who recently approved the full payment of furniture allowance to the…
Tinubu Appoints Akinyelure As Chairman of NNPCL; Re-appoints Kyari GCEO; Names Other Board, Management Team President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Chief Pius Akinyelure as the non-Executive Board of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). A statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale also confirmed that the President in compliance with Section 59 (2) of the Petroleum Industry Act, 2021, has also re-appointed Mallam Mele Kolo Kyari, as the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Apart from the appointment of Chief Akinyelure and Kyari, the President has also approved the appointment of the…
The ECOWAS Court of Justice has delivered its judgment in a case brought by two Nigerian journalists alleging the Nigerian Press Council Act of 1992 was discriminatory and violated their right to freedom of expression. In its judgment delivered by Hon Justice Dupe Atoki, Judge Rapporteur, the Court declared that Sections 19 (1)(a), 27 and 37 of the Nigerian Press Council (NPC) Act failed to recognize public interest media including rights of online and citizen journalists thereby violating Article 9 (1) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), and Article 8 (1) and 10 (2) of the…
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun on Wednesday, 15 November, 2023,.described the passing of former Finance Minister, Dr. Onaolapo Soleye as a great loss to Ogun State and Nigeria at large. Dr. Soneye was a former Minister of Finance between 1984-1985 during the military regime of General Muhammadu Buhari. He served for 20 months as Minister of Finance. At a time, he also served as Commissioner for Finance and Industry in Ogun State. His death was announced in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, on Wednesday, 15 November, 2023 by his family. Prince Abiodun, in a statement by his Chief Press…
It was a glowing night of tributes for the hardworking and groundbreaking outgoing Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, SAN, OFR. The dictum that says the best time to quit the stage is when the ovation is loudest amply applies to Professor Owasanoye whose first term in office expires on February 4, 2024. The Administration of President Bola Tinubu had announced his successor in person of Musa Aliyu, a lawyer and former Attorney-General of Jigawa State, on 17th October 2023 apparently as a regional balancing process to the new EFCC Chairman,…