The Kogi State Commissioner For Education, Science and Technology, Hon Wemi Jones, has described as absolute falsehood a report making the rounds in some section of some online media that Gov. Yahaya Bello has reportedly ordered the sack of Kogi teachers who are not All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters. Hon. Jones in a statement issued to journalists in Lokoja, while reacting to the misinformation, described the news as fake, baseless and a figment of the imagination of unscrupulous individuals masquerading under the guise of opposition with the intention to create disaffection amongst teachers and workers in the State. The Commissioner…
Author: Olamide Obayemi
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Paris Saint-Germain mercurial forward, Lionel Messi may miss the first leg of their Champions League round of 16 clash against Bayern Munich due to a hamstring problem, According to a L’Equipe, Messi played the full 90 minutes of their 2-1 defeat to Marseille in the French Cup on Wednesday, 8 February, 2023, and later complained to the club medical team that he felt pain in his hamstring. Messi is expected to miss PSG’s trip to AS Monaco in Ligue 1 on Saturday, 11 February, 2023, three days before the Bayern fixture. Messi has scored 15 goals in 25 games…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Cristiano Ronaldo has reached career milestone of 500 club goals after scoring four goals for Al Nassr in the Saudi Pro League on Thursday, 9 February, 2023. Ronaldo, who celebrated his 38th birthday on Sunday, 5 February, 2023, scored four goals in 30 minutes against hosts Al Wehda, to lead his team to a 4-0 win. The Portugal international has scored 503 league goals for five clubs in five different top-flight leagues. He bagged 103 for Manchester United, 311 for Real Madrid, 81 for Juventus, three for Sporting Lisbon, and now has five for Al Nassr. The…
Part 1 of this issue was published on January 31, 2023, under this same title. It was woven around Descartes philosophy of being; Cogito Ergo Sum (I think, therefore, I am). This part 2 is devoted to discussing thinking and conventions, where conventions are conceived to mean unwritten laws, natural laws, informal laws or expectations which should almost instinctively guide people’s actions. It has to be noted that thinking in the article is different from the high-level sense of the term such as critical thinking, critical culture, intellectual culture, academic thinking and argumentation, etc. By thinking here, I mean the…
By Femi Falana, SAN We have just read a report that the Authorities of the Central Bank of Nigeria have decided not to comply with the ex parte order issued by the Supreme Court of Nigeria in respect of the avoidable currency swap crisis. The reason adduced for the contemptuous disregard for the Rule of Law is that the Central Bank of Nigeria is not a party to the case of Attorney-General of Kaduna State & 2 Ors. v. Attorney-General of the Federation (Suit No: SC/CV/162/2023) pending at the Supreme Court. It is pertinent to remind the Management of the…
(Published in The PUNCH, on Friday, February 10, 2023) S-s-s-s-h-h-h! Q-u-i-e-t! I’m in the Forest of a Thousand Demons. Please, don’t fear for my safety, I’m ok. It’s dangerous, though. I can only listen, watch and text. S-s-s-s-s-h, s-i-l-e-n-c-e! It’s election season, the forest is buzzing with a frenzy; demons are on the prowl, campaigning. I mustn’t be seen, otherwise, a quick requiem will memorialise my life, time and death. But I don’t want to die yet, so I lay hidden on a fat bough of an iroko, covered by dense foliage, peeping down the forest. Four prominent politicians are…
The Immigration has seized 6,216 Voter Cards and Nigeria’s National Identity Cards from foreigners in ongoing clampdown across the country. This clampdown is one of the steps employed by the NIS to ensure that foreigners are not allowed to vote in the forthcoming election, even as it revealed that plans are underway to close the borders during the elections and to continue to mop both the voters cards and the national identity cards from non-Nigerians. Speaking during a one-way retreat organised for all state comptrollers in preparation for smooth conduct of the general election in Abuja on Wednesday, 8 February,…
The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Interior, Dr. Shuaib Belgore, charged contractors on the early completion of projects at the ongoing 3000 Capacity Custodial Centre Karshi, Abuja. Dr. Belgore gave the charge on Wednesday, 8 February, 2023, while on routine inspections of the ongoing projects of the facility, he however commended the contractors for the quality of job done so far, when he affirmed that the level of job is encouraging. The Permanent Secretary implored the contractors to cooperate with the government to ensure an early completion of the facility, in order for President Muhammadu Buhari to commission…
All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has sent his goodwill and congratulatory message to Comrade Joe Ajaero on his election as the new president of the Nigeria Labour Congress. Until his elevation, Ajaero was the Deputy President of the NLC and General Secretary of the Nigerian Union of Electricity Employees. He was unanimously elected unopposed as the NLC President at the just-concluded 13th National Delegates’Conference of the Labour movement. The APC Presidential Flag-bearer extended his best wishes to the new Labour leader, while urging him to use his new position to mobilise the entire Labour movement for…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Nigerians have hailed the verdict of Supreme Court for temporarily suspending Friday’s deadline to stop using old banknotes, which had led to a cash crisis across the length and breadth of the country. Majority of Nigerians interviewed by thegazellenews.com said the verdict has showed that the CBN stand before the latest development is anti-people. A POS operator in based in Alimosho Local Government in Lagos State, Kehinde Popoola, said in an interview, “I praised the verdict of the Apex court for be on the side of Nigerians. The agonies Nigerians had gone through in the last couple…