The Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has adopted a new stakeholder-generated Regional Development Master Plan to replace the 15-year plan, which expired in 2020. This decision was one of the resolutions in a communique issued at the end of the NDDC 2025 Board and Management Strategic Retreat in Ikeja, Lagos. The document was signed by the Chairman of the Commission’s Governing Board, Mr Chiedu Ebie and the Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku. The retreat brought together members of the Governing Board and the Management Committee to assess the progress of the Commission thus far, identify challenges and chart a new course…
Author: Abimbola Ogunaike
By Tunde Rahman Since Afenifere leader Pa Ayo Adebanjo passed away on February 14 at 96, many have praised his significant contributions to Nigeria as a frontline nationalist, a key role player in the politics of the first and second republics, and an uncompromising devotee of the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo. Active in the First Republic Action Group, the Second Republic Unity Party of Nigeria, and Alliance for Democracy from 1999, Baba Adebanjo fought tirelessly for democracy. He consistently advocated for true federalism and the country’s political and economic restructuring based on the 1963 Republican Constitution. Pa Adebanjo was also…
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State will, on Thursday, deliver the 6th yearly lecture of Freedom Online newspaper in Lagos. A statement by the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of the online newspaper, Gabriel Akinadewo, said while Fubara is the Special Guest Speaker, former Governor of Ogun State and Chairman, Senate Committee on Navy, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, is the Keynote Speaker of the lecture with the theme: ‘Nigeria’s Socio-Political Challenges: Whose Fault, Leaders or the Led?’ The Chairman of the event is former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George. Other personalities billed to grace the lecture are:…
The newly redeployed Secretary of the Lagos State Football Association (FA), Mr. Yusuf Akolade Lawal, has vowed to lead Team Lagos to victory in the 2025 National Sports Festival Zonal Elimination, building on his past successes in boxing. His new designation is part of the strategic redeployment exercise initiated by the Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC) aimed at strengthening leadership and expertise across different sporting disciplines in the state. Yusuf brings a proven track record of success to his new role. His redeployment comes after a successful tenure as the Secretary of the Lagos State Boxing Association, where he played…
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has said that his administration would immortalize the late Alaperu of Iperu, Oba Adeleke Idowu-Basibo, for bringing unprecedented development to the town during his 23 years of reign. The Governor, who spoke at the funeral and farewell service organized for the late monarch at the Alaperu Palace, Iperu, Ikenne Local Government Area, said the government would contribute to the development of a Diaspora Housing project and mapping of the entire town. He also disclosed that a drainage project that would take care of erosion in the town has been approved. “Oba Adeleke Idowu-Basibo was…
The Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (OSSAP-SDGs) in collaboration with Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) has flagged off the presentation of empowerment items to beneficiaries in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), reports thegazellenews.com The empowerment, targeted at 18,500 women in the 36 states and FCT, commenced simultaneously in the six states of the North-central of the Federation. In her welcome address at the flag-off of the presentation of the empowerment items in Abuja on Friday, 21 February, 2025. the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire noted…
In another initiative to drive women’s economic empowerment and sustainable development, especially at the grassroots level, the First Lady of Nigeria and National Chairman of the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI), Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Friday, 21 February, 2025, launched the North Central Zone Women’s Empowerment Programme, reports thegazellenews.com The programme is aimed at directly impacting 18,500 women across Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones, starting with 500 beneficiaries from each state in the North Central Zone. The initiative, a collaboration between the Renewed Hope Initiative, RHI and Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (OSSAP-SDGs) will…
The Lagos State House of Assembly has expressed its committment to support legislative frameworks that will align with the principles of equity and inclusion in the society. Rt. Hon Mojisola Lasbat Meranda, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, made the pledge on Friday, 21 February, 2025, while delivering a special remark at the Women Advocates Research & Documentation Centre, WARDC Co-creation workshop, which held at the Protea Hotel in Lagos. Meranda said the workshop will shape an instrument that will serve as a moral compass for the society. “Today, we are shaping a transformative instrument that will serve…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN)has said the country’s electricity generation attained a new peak of 5,543.20 megawatts as of Friday, 14 February, 2025. TCN made this known in a statement made available to an online medium on Wednesday, 19 February, 2025 The new peak represents an increase from 5,478.73 MW recorded on Thursday, 13 February 2025. “This surpasses the previous peak of 5,478.73 MW recorded on Thursday, February 13, 2025. “Notably, the new Maximum Daily Energy of 125,159.48 MWH is the highest ever recorded in the nation’s electricity industry, exceeding the previous record of 121,674.88 MWH on February 7,…
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has disclosed that Dangote Refinery and other local refineries in the country only met 50 percent of the national petroleum products consumption requirement in February 2025, while the shortfall is imported by Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs). This comes as the regulatory body stressed that there is no known Nigerian law that prohibits Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) from importing when necessary. The Executive Director, Distribution System, Storage and Retailing Infrastructure, Ogbugo Ukoha, made this disclosure at a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, 19 February, 2025. According to Ukoha, all…