Vice President Kashim Shettima has tackled Kemi Badenoch, the newly elected leader of the UK Conservative Party, for making disparaging remarks about Nigeria. Shettima spoke on Monday at the 10th Annual Migration Dialogue held at the State House in Abuja. He stated, “Kemi Badenoch, leader of the British Conservative Party — we are proud of her despite her efforts to denigrate her nation of origin. “She is entitled to her opinions, even her right to remove ‘Kemi’ from her name, but that does not negate the fact that Nigeria is the greatest Black nation on earth. One in every three…
Author: Abimbola Ogunaike
Another LP Rep Member Defects To APC Numerical strength of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in the House of Representatives received a boost again on Tuesday, 10 December, 2024 as another member of the Labour Party (LP) in the Chamber from Plateau State, Rep. Dalyop Chollom representing Barkin Ladi/Riyom Federal Constituency defected to the party. His defection was announced by the Speaker, Abbas Tajuddeen which was conveyed through a letter read on the floor of the House on Tuesday, 10 December, 2024. Announcing the defection, the Speaker quoted the lawmaker saying that, he defected from the LP to the…
This is indeed good news for technology innovators in Ogun State as they are set to receive a N10 million support grant from the City Boy Movement, Ogun State chapter. According to the brains behind the grant, the initiative is to support tech enthusiasts with creative solutions to address pressing societal, financial, environmental, and economic challenges, reinforcing the Movement’s commitment to nation-building through technology. The winners of this initiative will be unveiled at the City Boy Movement Annual Youth Summit, scheduled for Saturday, 21 December, 2024, at the June 12 Cultural Centre, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. A statement on…
An Ado Ekiti Magistrate Court Presided over by Mr. Abayomi Adeosun has ordered that Human right lawyer Dele Farotimi be remanded at the Correctional custody in Ado-Ekiti, till next Friday, 20 December, 2024, for the ruling on his bail application. Thegazellenews.com reports that famous Nigerian Legal luminary, Aare Afe Babalola had accused Farotimi of defaming him in his book titled, ‘Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System.’ Police prosecuting counsel, Mr. Samson Osobu, substituted amended 14 counts charges against the human rights lawyer at the adjourned hearing on Tuesday. The defence counsel, Mr. Taiwo Adeniji, urged the court to admit the defendant to…
Nigeria’s Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, will chair the 2024 conference of the Nigerian chapter of the International Press Institute, scheduled to hold on Wednesday, 11 December, 2024 in Abuja, organisers said. This was disclosed in a statement on Monday, 9 December, 2024 by Ahmed I. Shekarau, Secretary of IPI Nigeria.The statement further revealed the list of distinguished guests who have confirmed their attendance of the conference. They include: the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu; former Ogun State Governor, Olusegun Osoba; Publisher, Vanguard Newspaper, Sam Amuka Pemu; President, Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN), Kabiru A.…
It was an atmosphere of fun and glamour on Sunday, 8 December, 2024 as the royal families of Omotorisha and Fasinro Suenu converged for their Second Réunion. The Reunion is aimed at fostering stronger ties as well as charting a new way forward for the two families. The Second Réunion, which attracted a large turnout of family members from both sides, took place at the Chief Suenu Palace on Idumoyinbo Street, off Adeniji-Adele street in Isale Eko area of Lagos State. Speaking at the well attended meeting, the Convener of the Forum and Onisabe of Igbobi-Sabe, His Royal Majesty Owolabi Adeniyi,…
The Association of Nigeria Women Business Network (ANWBN) has achieved a milestone by training and empowering over 250 women in various communities across Northern Nigeria. The initiative, a collaborative effort with the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), was aimed at building the digital skills of Nigerian businesses and women entrepreneurs to engage in the digital economy by implementing a training program titled, “Digital Literacy & E-commerce Training for Women-Owned Businesses” for women entrepreneurs in Nigeria. The training sessions were held in key locations, including Kuje and Lugbe in Abuja, as well as…
A $10 million investment is set to be signed between the Ogun State Government and a Moroccan firm in the next few weeks. The deal is for the by-product of palm oil in Ogun State. This was revealed by the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, when he received the Managing Director of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), Aisha Rimi, alongside the Director of International Expansion of Jose Batista Sobrinho (JBS), Fabio Maia, and his colleague in the poultry and swine department, Osorio Dal Bello, in his office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. “I was in Morocco last week, and one…
Our attention has been drawn to the activities of some fraudsters who have cloned the Facebook account of the Executive Director Finance and Administration of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Alabo Hon. Boma Iyaye. We wish to alert members of the public to this fake account, which may be used to deceive and defraud unsuspecting people. The dubious person or persons cloned the Executive Director’s Facebook account, ostensibly to use the compromised account to defraud innocent persons. The impersonators are sending out dubious business proposals in the guise that they are from Alabo Boma Iyaye. The compromised account is…
Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative, PCNGI, and the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, to facilitate the implementation of the CNG policy in the Niger Delta region. The NDDC Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, who spoke during a courtesy visit by a delegation from the PCNGI, led by the Programme Director, Engr. Michael Oluwagbemi, at the NDDC headquarters in Port Harcourt, stated that the CNG initiative was critical for the country. Ogbuku observed that the Presidential CNG Initiative was a component of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration’s intervention, which was directed at providing succour…