The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has announced that its 2023 Annual Conference will be held in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory. According to a press statement signed by Danlami Nmodu, mni and Olumide Iyanda, Chairman and Secretary respectively of the 2023 Conference Planning Committee, the event will hold on 4th and 5th of October .It is scheduled to hold at Abuja Continental Hotel (Old Sheraton Hotel). The officials revealed that the theme of this year’s conference is: “Nigeria: Roadmap for Socio-Economic Recovery and Sustainability”, with a keynote address to be delivered by a renowned business mogul. The statement said the…
Author: Olamide Obayemi
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has said that his administration would create a Journalists Estate that would provide affordable and befitting houses to journalists in the state. The estate, the Governor disclosed, would be sited close to the new workers’ estate to be built by his government along the Kobape- Abeokuta road. Governor Abiodun who stated this when he visited the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Iwe-Iroyin Press Centre, Oke-Ilewo, Abeokuta, noted that the media professionals have been instrumental to the success his administration achieved in the first term, hence the need to involve them in serving the people…
A grand jury seated in Georgia has indicted former President of the United States, Donald Trump, for his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 US elections. Trump in his reaction to the judgment, described the indictment as “a continuation of the greatest and longest-running witch hunt in American history.” On Monday, 14 August, 2023,Trump was charged alongside 18 others on 41 counts of felony racketeering and several other conspiracy charges. Lawyers Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman, Kenneth Chesebro, Jenna Ellis, Ray Smith, and other associates were named in the indictment, NBC News reports. According to evidence presented by Fulton County District…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has applauded President Bola Tinubu’s leadership of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to restore constitutional order in the Niger Republic. Blinken , who stated this verified Twitter handle on the evening of Monday, 14 August, 2023, said he spoke to Tinubu about their joint efforts to reinstate constitutional order in Niger. “Spoke to Nigerian President Tinubu to commend his leadership of the Economic Community of West African States and discussed shared efforts to restore constitutional order in Niger,” Blinken wrote. Recall that Bazoum, 63, and his…
Saudi Pro League club, Al-Hilal, are said to be prepared to pay Brazilian midfielder, Neymar, mouth-watering £430,000 per every social media post aimed to promote Saudi Arabia. The package was revealed as part of the deal included in the £130 million per annum that would see him move from French giants, Paris Saint-Germain. Neymar has been linked with a couple of interests from European clubs, including Chelsea, but the 31-year-old superstar is expected to sign a two-year contract with the Saudi club. The move will make him the latest big name in football to move to the club after Kalidou…
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF), has called President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to remove sanctions imposed on Niger to ease negotiations and prevent war. Addressing newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday, 15 August,2023, Convener of NEF, Professor Ango Abdullahi, explained that the safety of President Mohamed Bazoum and the return of constitutional order to Niger was non-negotiable but urged the ECOWAS to explore all options before resulting to war. Abdullahi’s speech, which was read by the NEF’s spokesperson, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, said: “The safety of President Bazoum and his family and restoration of…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has appointed Dr. Hakeem Babatunde Shittu as Chairman of the Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LASUBEB), reports thegazellenews.com. He replaces Honourable Wahab Alawiye-King who recently resigned his position as Chairman to take up appointment at the Federal level as Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs and Strategy, Office of the First Lady. The Governor also appointed a new member, Hon. Babatunde Jimoh Adewale to complete the seven-man membership of the Board. The new member, Hon Adewale was a former member of the Lagos State House of Assembly and had also…
By Gboyega Akosile “My husband did not want me admitted initially because of the cost. But we were told the care is completely free. We didn’t believe it until I started getting treatment without anyone asking us to pay a dime,” were the words of a 37-year-old expectant mother, Omowunmi Odeyemi, to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State when he paid a surprise visit to Island Maternity Hospital, Lagos Island on Sunday, 13 August, 2023. Governor Sanwo-Olu, who had earlier rolled out a health palliative, along with other relief measures such as 50% reduction in the cost of public transportation,…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has finally opened that it has no plan to increase the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol. NNPCL stated this in a post around 11:48pm on Monday, 14 August, 2023 on its official X (formerly Twitter) handle. The national oil firm and major importer of petrol into Nigeria, said it had no intention to increase the pump price of petrol. “Dear esteemed customers, we at NNPCL Retail value your patronage, and we do not have the intention to increase our PMS pump prices as widely speculated. “Please buy the best…
By Abimbola Ogunnake An Islamic cleric, Hafeez Imoleayo, and three others were on Monday, August 14, 2023 arraigned before an Ebute-Metta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos presided over by Kafayat Tella over alleged manslaughter and obtaining of N127. 6m. Imoleayo, 43, alongside with Mushirafat Salaam, 59; Saidi Ajayi,42; and Uthman Rahmon 27, is facing 11 counts of conspiracy, compelling action by intimidation, unlawful possession of charm, stealing, threatening to kill, obtaining money by false pretence, involuntary manslaughter, perjury and conduct likely to cause a breach of public peace preferred against them by the police. The prosecutor, Inspector Olatunde Kehinde, told…