Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, the Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District has launched a quarterly Food Packs Programme targeted at vulnerable members of the Senatorial District. Over 6,000 vulnerable people who are widows, unemployed youth, aged, women and people living with disabilities across the 98 wards in the 16 Local Government Areas and Local Council Development areas of the district benefited from the programme. The atmosphere was filled with joy as constituents received the packs containing various food items. The food packs distribution exercise took place simultaneously in Ikorodu, Epe, Ibeju-Lekki, Somolu and Kosofe. Senator Abiru who is fondly called…
Author: Olamide Obayemi
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated the Muslim community on the Eid-ul-Adha festivities, saying the feast symbolises faith and total reliance on God. The Governor also felicitated the pilgrims who gathered at Mount Arafah in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, 27 June, 2023, a major pillar of their Hajj rites. He prayed to Allah to accept their pilgrimage and supplications, urging them to commit Nigeria to the hand of God. “The Governor joins Mai Martaba the Emir of Ilorin Dr. Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, leader of the faithful and chairman of the Kwara State Council of Chiefs, to congratulate the Kwara…
The Chairman/Founder of The Address Homes Limited, Dr Bisi Onasanya, has donated a completed multi-million naira block of classrooms to Ilara community in Epe, Lagos State in furtherance of his vision to support education through his philanthropic works. The donation of a block of six classrooms with a fully-equipped library at Ilara Model Primary School, Ilara, Epe, was made by Onasanya in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Lagos, Bowen College and Bank of Industry and was commissioned by His Royal Majesty Oba Olufolarin Olukayode Ogunsanwo, the Alara of Ilara-Epe Kingdom on Monday, 26 June, 2023. Speaking at the commissioning…
The Oyo State government on Monday, 26 June, 2023 expressed commitment to combat the rising rate of drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking among youth and students in the State. The Permanent Secretary, state Ministry of Health, Dr. Olusoji Adeyanju spoke in Ibadan during an occasion organized in commemoration of the United Nations International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Dr. Adeyanju while emphasizing on the theme for the year, “People first: stop Stigma and Discrimination, Strengthen Prevention” in a press briefing held at the conference room of the Ministry, revealed that majority of drug cases were reported to…
Longstanding members of the Arewa Consultative Forum have warned the new Chairman of the Forum, Gabriel Aduku, to desist from dragging the ACF into his personal political warfare in Kogi State or risk being removed as Chairman. According to the members, representing the different Arewa states, the idea behind the formation of the ACF is, among others, to promote the development, unity, peace and prosperity of the Arewa North as an entity, while having a healthy relationship with other areas of the country. In a statement on Tuesday, 27 June, 2023, titled, “Stop Using ACF For Your Political Fights in…
In celebrating this year’s Id el Kabir festivities, the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has admonished residents to bag and containerise waste generated appropriately, for a clean environment. In a statement, Mr. Kunle Adebiyi, Executive Director, Finance, of LAWMA, assured the public that comprehensive measures had been put in place to ensure a clean and hygienic environment throughout thecelebration, adding that PSP operators had been assigned to work tirelessly to clean up the city, maintaining a round-the-clock schedule. He urged residents to shun all forms of indiscriminate waste dumping on road medians, canals, uncompleted buildings, and other unauthorised locations, assuring that LAWMA would intensify efforts at ensuring…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A field commander of the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) has been confirmed dead in Borno State three days after being bitten by snake.… Counter-insurgency expert Zagazola Makama, said the commander simply identified Kiriku was injured in an ISWAP hideout in Damboa LGA of Borno. Kiriku, who was said to have been injured on Tuesday,20 June, 2023 and died on Friday, 23June, 2023. According to Zagazola Makama, the ISWAP commander was unable to receive medical treatment, which led to his demise. Prior to his passing, Kiriku conducted operations within the Jiddari area of Chiralia, which…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Financial institutions have been mandated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to obtain the social media handles of customers for the purpose of identification. It also asked financial institutions to obtain e-mail addresses, telephone numbers, and residential addresses, among other things, from customers. This is contained in the new CBN customer due diligence regulations aimed at further strengthening the identification process in the banking system. The apex bank published the ‘Central Bank of Nigeria (Customer Due Diligence) Regulations, 2023’ document on its website on Friday, 23 June, 2023. According to the CBN, the new regulation was…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The African Development Bank has disclosed that it has earmarked the sum of $520m for Nigeria to set up special agro industrial processing zones in the country. The President of the AfDB, Akinwumi Adesina, made this disclosure after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu on the sidelines of the New Global Financing Pact summit hosted by the French President, Emmanuel Macron, in Paris, France. Adesina also saidthe Bank will support Tinubu in his efforts and vision in improving power sectors in Nigeria. The AfDB boss said it was a great opportunity for him to see Tinubu, personally commend…