Lagos will host the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), which will deliberate on the 2024/25 season scheduled to start on August 31, 2024. And towards the August kick-off date, some clubs have been directed to carry out remedial works to ensure that their grounds meet Facilty Requirements of the Club Licensing Regulations. In a letter to the clubs dated July 2, Davidson Owumi, the Chief Operating Officer, felicitated the clubs on the successful completion of the last season and extended the invitation for the AGM. “I write to convey the warm wishes of the…
Author: Olamide Obayemi
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted six thousand one hundred and twenty-five (6,125) cartons of codeine syrup containing one million and fifty thousand (1,050,000) bottles of the opioid worth over seven billion three hundred and fifty million naira (N7, 350,000,000.00) in street value, at the Port Harcourt Ports complex, Onne, Rivers state. The seizure made from six containers on Saturday 29th June 2024 was the third of such in the past four weeks following credible intelligence and diligent tracking of the consignments from their port of departure by a special operations unit of NDLEA, which worked…
President Bola Tinubu has strongly condemned the bomb attacks, which resulted in the loss of precious lives and the maiming of other citizens in the Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State. President Tinubu described the attacks as desperate acts of terror and a clear manifestation of the pressure mounted against terrorists and the success achieved in degrading their capacity to launch offensives. The President declared that the purveyors of wanton violence shall have a certain encounter with justice, and that these cowardly attacks are only but an isolated episode as his government will not allow the nation to slither…
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, (SSAP-SDGs) Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, has called on State Governments and the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to double their efforts in the quest to attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as the global community seeks to accelerate the implementation of the Global Agenda in the Decade of Action for the Goals. The Presidential Aide made this call at the ongoing Advocacy and Sensitisation campaign in Kano and Ondo States. A statement issued by Desmond Utomwen, Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the SSAP-SDGs, noted that with the global…
Justice Forum on Saturday, 29 June, 2024, took a decisive step in repositioning its structure for upcoming political activities in Lagos State as it inaugurated its Central Working Committee reports thegazellenews.com Justice Forum is not only the oldest but also the strongest caucus in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State. The aim of inaugurating the CWC is the need to intensify mobilization and galvanisation of party members as serious political activities draw near with the local government elections coming up in 2025 ahead of the general elections in 2027. This, at the APC’s Justice Forum Stakeholders’ meeting held on…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Olatunji Bello as the new Chief Executive Officer/Executive Vice-Chairman of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), pending confirmation by the Senate. Mr. Bello is a lawyer, administrator, and renowned journalist. He is the former Secretary to the Lagos State Government and holds a Master’s degree in International Law and Diplomacy from the University of Lagos. He studied Law at the same university and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2002. Bello began his career in journalism at the Concord Newspapers in 1985 and held the positions of Group…
Solid Minerals Development Minister, Dr. Dele Alake has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for supporting reforms in the solid minerals sector assuring that the National Gold Purchase programme will increase the country’s reserve and boost the naira’s value. Presenting the latest gold bar sourced from artisanal and small gold miners and refined by an agency of the Ministry, the Solid Minerals Development Fund, to meet the London Bullion Market Association Good Delivery Standard over the weekend, Alake said the refined gold would be sold to the Central Bank of Nigeria to bolster foreign reserves. Explaining to President Tinubu the significance…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have busted a snake guarded shrine used to store illicit drugs in Igor community, Benin city, Edo state A statement on Sunday by the spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi operatives of NDLEA detected a specially constructed large hole storage in a wall covered with wallpapers and fetish objects during a raid on a shrine where different quantities of illicit substances such as methamphetamine, Loud, Colorado and Arizona, all strong strains of cannabis with a total weight of 8.743 kilogrammes, were pulled out from the deep hole dug in the…
Experts in the electrical/power sector have called for rigorous skills development and certification among practitioners to combat the growing numbers of quackery in the industry. This was the main focus at the 16th fellowship conferment of the Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (NIEEE) held in Abuja at the weekend The President of NIEEE, Engr Felix Olu, highlighted the critical need to address the problem of unqualified individuals handling electrical jobs, which often leads to faulty installations and hazardous conditions. He said: “Quackery in electrical work is a major issue due to the engagement of unqualified individuals and the…
The China-Nigeria Business event in Beijing, China has pulled over 200 Chinese Companies indicating a strong into in Nigerian economy. The Forum which held on Friday in the Chinese capital was part of activities to welcome Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar to the Asian country. This event aimed to facilitate increased bilateral trade and investment, and foster business match-making to deepen economic ties between Nigeria and China, with over 200 Chinese companies participating, showcasing strong interest in Nigeria-China collaboration. Key Nigerian dignitaries were in attendance, including: Aisha Rimi, CEO @nipcng, @KSHalilu, CEO, @NASENIHQ; Oluwaseun Fakuade, @seunfakze, Commissioner for …