The Federal Government has launched an additional Passport Front Office in Auchi, Edo State, as part of its effort towards effective service delivery to Nigerians. This is just as it promised to launch a home delivery service of passport. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who spoke at the opening of the Nigeria Immigration Service Passport Front Desk Office in Auchi, Edo State, on Saturday, 20 May, 2023, said that it is the intention of the Government to provide the passport for anyone desirous of it within reasonable time, at affordable price and without any stress. According to him,…
Author: Olamide Obayemi
President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has described Otunba Subomi Michael Balogun, founder of First City Monument Bank, as a giant among men for his trailblazing and pioneering role in investment banking in Nigeria. The consumate banker, boardroom guru, philanthropist, Asiwaju Onigbagbo and Olori Omo Oba Ijebuland, renowned for his royal and sartorial elegance died in London on Friday May 19, 2033 according to his family. The President-elect, in a condolence message from his office signed by Tunde Rahman, lamented the transition of Otunba Balogun, saying his death would create a vacuum that will be difficult to fill in the banking…
In a rather twist of bizarre office romance, yhe Minister of Education of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tony Mwaba Kazadi has impregnated his Deputy Minister, Aminata Namasia. And the Minister is not denying, he has accepted responsibility but claimed, “It was an accident at work”. However, the DRC President has reportedly set up a committee to look into the matter. Reports confirmed that both Tony and Aminata have had a love affair going on for quite some time now. They work together and feelings grew deeper despite the fact that they are both married. Their Love affair was blown…
By Wasiu Ayinde Marshall It is a great shock to learn about the exit of a foremost son of Ijebuland,a generous philanthropist, Chief Micheal Olasubomi Balogun, the founder of First City Merchant Bank (FCMB) among several other establishments. With his exit, Ijebuland just lost one of its pillars, an enviable character and a stylish price. A strict disciplinarian, business magnate and source of pride to the whole of Ijebuland. I commiserate with the Awujale Of Ijebuland, the people of Ijebuland, Ogun state and the whole of Yorubaland over the transition of the direct descendant of Oba Tunwase of Ijebu-Ode, Chief…
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the new state-of-the-art Presidential/VIP Wing of the State House Medical Centre in Abuja will boost health infrastructure in the country by far, calling for the judicious use of the facility to maximize its benefits. The Presidential/VIP Wing of the State House Medical Centre, which was conceptualized by the previous administration eleven years ago, was officially unveiled by the President on Friday, 19 May, 2023. Accompanied by the First Lady, Dr. Aisha Buhari; members of the first family; the Senate President, Dr Ahmed Lawan; the Chief of Staff, Prof Ibrahim Gambari; and the Permanent Secretary…
The Secretary of the Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC), Alhaji Mutiu Are has described the honour being bestowed on Senator-elect for Lagos Central Senatorial District, Rt Hon Wasiu Eshilokun-Sanni; and his wife, Bilikisu Olamide by the Oba of Lagos, His Royal Majesty Rilwan Akiolu, as well deserved. Are’s submission was contained in the congratulatory message to the Eshilokun-Sannis on their being honoured the chieftaincy titles of Okanlomo and Yeye Okanlomo of Lagos today, Saturday, 20 May, 2023. “This is a well deserved honour for my dear friend, Senator-elect Eshilokun-Sanni and his amiable wife, Bilikisu Olamide. They deserve it. They’ve contributed in…
Not Contigent Upon ‘Live Telecast’. By Mohammed Adamu The requirements for what the judiciary must do to gain the trust of the people, is already a settled matter: it is that whenever judges give a judgement or ruling on any matter, ‘justice’ must not only be done in the matter, but it must BE SEEN to have been done. Meaning it must be obvious to virtually every ‘right-thinking, objectively-reasoning’ hypothetical ‘man on the street’, that justice has indeed been done! The test is an objective one. And the presumption is that this ‘right-thinking, objectively-reasoning, hypothetical ‘man on the street’, has,…
By: James Bwala With the headline “Gen. Buratai: The Sahara Reporters And Yellow Journalism,” I concluded an article a few days ago. I put that Sahara Reporters is not a sufficient weapon for anyone to smear the reputation General Buratai’ built for himself through committed service to Nigeria. Perhaps I should continue here having lay my hands on more information, which explained the position taken by Sahara Reporters having been possessed by the man they referred to as the ‘Evil Spirit’, who is currently facing a court martial for his deed contrary to the conduct of an officer in the…
(Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, May 19, 2023) The stunned policeman, whose left cheek Seun Anikulapo-Kuti sandpapered on the lagoon last Saturday, didn’t turn the right cheek. I know why. He feared losing his eardrum and, or a couple of teeth. Seun doesn’t believe in Jesus Christ and His temptation story. He doesn’t believe in Prophet Muhammed (PBUH), either. Does he believe in Satan? I do not know. But Seun chased a nameless policeman up the Third Mainland Bridge – on the dark Lagos Lagoon – cornered him, and asked, “You dey mad? “You dey craze?” Before the policeman…