-By Segun Dipe “Certainly the faithful love of the Lord hasn’t ended; certainly God’s compassion isn’t through! They are renewed every morning. Great is your faithfulness.” -Lamentations 3:22-23 As Dr. John Kayode Fayemi celebrates his 58 natal years on earth today the 9th of February 2023, the biblical reference above should read in his favour. For, certainly, he will be celebrated by friends, folks and even foes alike. The first of its kind, out of power in the last four years. Fayemi may be out of power, he isn’t out of influence. From the wee hours of 9 February therefore, he…
Author: Olamide Obayemi
The Deputy Governor of Sokoto State, Mannir Dan’iya has dumped the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for All Progressive Congress (APC), days before the 2023 general elections. The Deputy Governor, who is currently the Sokoto Central Senatorial District Candidate of the PDP will be received by President Muhammadu Buhari into APC today, Thursday, 9 February, 2023. Buhari is expected to lead the presidential rally of the APC in Sokoto on Thursday, 9 February, 2023, and present the party’s Presidential Flag-bearer, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to the people of the state. In a letter dated Wednesday, 8 February, 2023 and addressed to…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The death toll from Monday’s devastating earthquake in Türkiye and Syria has risen to 15,383, according to data released by authorities and rescuers. The number of people killed in Türkiye due to the devastating earthquake has reached 12,391, the country’s Anadolu agency reported on Thursday, 9 February, 2023, citing the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority. In Syria, at least 1,262 were killed and 2,285 injured in government-held areas, said the Syrian Health Ministry. Media reports also cited rescue workers as saying that at least 1,730 were killed and over 2,850 injured in the opposition-held region in Syria.…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike No fewer than 390 inmates who are on death row in Zambia have been commuted to life imprisonment by the country’s President, Hakainde Hichilema. The inmates include 379 males and 11 females. The Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security, Jack Mwiimbu, confirmed the development, saying move follows the abolishment of the death penalty in December last year and is in line with Article 97 in the country’s constitution. Mwiimbu told reporters during a press briefing on Thursday that no court was expected to impose the death penalty following its abolishment. He, however, said inmates who…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The new President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero, has vowed to work for the betterment of Nigerian workers and reconnect Nigerians with the movement in the struggle for a better Nigeria Ajaero, who took over from Comrade Ayuba Wabba at the end of the 13th quadrennial National Delegates’ conference of Congress in Abuja on Wednesday, 8 February, 2023, said his team would seek to reconnect more strongly to build greater solidarities, with the people rising once again to be carriers of their desires and amplifiers of their voices. The new Labour Leader declared that his…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured the conviction of a former Permanent Secretary, Peter Ayeni and Director of Finance and Account, Pius Ojemolon at the Edo State Universal Basic Education Board (ESUBEB), over allegations bordering on fraud, conspiracy and abuse of office. ICPC had, in a 2-count charge brought before Hon. Justice Acha J. I. of the Edo State High Court 1, sitting in Benin City, averred that the convicts, while being public officers in 2009, conspired among themselves and fraudulently placed the sum of One Hundred and Sixty Million Naira (N160,000,000) ESUBEB fund…
Ogun State Government on Wednesday, 8 February, 2023, assured bankers and all citizens of adequate protection in the state while promising to continue to engage the Central BANK of Nigeria (CBN) in a bid to proffer solution to the cash scarcity presently bedeviling the nation. The state Commissioner for Finance and Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) to the government, Dr. Dapo Okubadejo, gave the assurance during a meeting with the state chapter of Bankers Committee in his office in Abeokuta. This was a follow up on the meeting earlier held between the group and the state governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on…
A renowned Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Ola Olanipekun, has called on the Inspector-General of Police, to comply with a court order that committed the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa to prison for contempt. Olanipekun, who said Bawa was trying to cause anarchy in the country by flagrantly disobeying court orders, said Bawa had recently been committed to prison in a similar ruling by a Federal Capital Territory High Court in November. He said this just as the office of the IGP received and acknowledged the order committing Bawa to prison on Wednesday. Speaking on…
The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, has announced that the salaries of sanitation workers in the state have been increased by 20%, aspromised by the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, at the recent rally organised by the Association of Waste Managers of Nigeria(AWAMN) in support of the presidential bid of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Odumboni made this announcement during a meeting with the sweepers at LAWMA’s headquarters, Ijora-Olopa, where he also revealed that they would be provided with new work tools such as overalls, boots, personalprotective equipment (PPE) etc, which would enable them to discharge their duties…
The Lagos State Government, in its bid to digitalise education in Nigeria, has joined Kwara State to launch the Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom programme in a pilot phase for teachers in the state. The online training was officially launched on December 14, 2022 at the LCCI conference center by the Chairman, Mrs. Ariyo Elizabeth, Lagos State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM), represented by her Commissioner Mr. Jacob Asaka; the Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Olubusola; the Executive Director of Wikimedia Nigeria User Group, Mrs. Omolayo Ogunsiji and the Project Director of the Wikimedia Nigeria User Group. The teachers learned to use Wikipedia…