Continuing the philosophy of ‘No One Left Behind’ and the drive to make Lagos a 21st century economy alongside other developmental agenda, the Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu led administration is set to commence another round of town hall meetings to engage the citizenry in the formulation of the Y2025 budget preparation.The meeting, known as the ‘Budget Consultative Forum’, is an annual event where government functionaries meet with the people based on the incoming fiscal year to discuss developmental requests and issues as they affect citizens in their various areas, as well as an update on the implementation status of some of…
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The Presidential Candidate of the Republican Party, Donald Trump, has vowed to win the United States, US, presidential election in November. Trump spoke while taking the stage at the Republican National Convention on Friday, 19 July, 2024 after accepting his nomination as presidential candidate Addressing an ecstatic crowd at Milwaukee in Wisconsin, Trump said: “I stand before you this evening with a message of confidence, strength, and hope. “Four months from now, we will have an incredible victory, and we will begin the four greatest years in the history of our country.” “Together, we will launch a new era of…
Paris Olympics organisers admitted on Friday, 19 July, 2024 they were experiencing problems linked to a major worldwide computer systems outage, a week before the Games opening ceremony takes place. The issues came as a major outage wrought havoc on computer systems worldwide, grounding flights in the United States, derailing television broadcasts in the UK and impacting telecommunications in Australia. “Paris 2024 is aware of global technical issues affecting Microsoft software. These issues are impacting Paris 2024’s IT operations,” organisers said. “Paris 2024’s technical teams have been fully mobilised to mitigate the impacts of these issues and we have activated…
The reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philips Shaibu, on Friday, 19 July, 2024, declared that he was already an unofficial member of the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to Shaibu, the only thing still keeping him in the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) was because he was yet to officially dump the ruling party in Edo. Reacting to questions on why he was supporting the APC governorship candidate in Edo when he featured on Arise TV’s morning show on Friday, 19 July, 2024, the Deputy Governor maintained that his spirit had left the PDP. “In PDP now, everybody can support whoever they…
The Nigeria Customs Service(NCS), Federal Operations Unit, Zone A Ikeja has disclosed that it intercepted 150 cartons of bulletproof jackets worth N1.687 billion. The Customs Area Controller in charge of the unit, Kola Oladeji, made this disclosure while addressing newsmen in Ikeja on Thursday, 18 July, 2024. Oladeji, who disclosed that the contrabands were intercepted along the Ijebuode-Sagamu Expressway in Ogun State, explained that each carton contains 10 packs of the jacket, adding that these contrabands were seized in June. According to him, under Schedule 4 of the Customs Common External Tariff, the importation of all kinds of military wares by individuals…
Kwara State Government on Thursday, 18 July, 2024, got an accolade from the Federal Government for being transparent in the handling of public funds and in compliance with the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS). The Accountant General of the Federation Dr Oluwatoyin Madein gave the commendation in Ilorin at 44th Retreat of the Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC’s) Sub-committee on IPSAS’ implementation. IPSAS is an acronym of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards which the Federal Government approved for adoption with effect from 28th July, 2010. The AGF specifically praised Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for his commitment to public financial…
Members of the House of Representatives on Thursday, 18 July, 2024 resolved to support the Federal Government with N648 million for six months by slashing their salaries by 50% to support food sufficiency across the country and to address the high cost of food. This followed the adoption of an amendment to a motion moved by the Deputy Speaker of the House, Benjamin Okezie Kalu, on the need for lawmakers to sacrifice 50% of their N600,000 monthly salaries to support Nigerians given the hardship in the land. Kalu’s amended prayer was to a motion moved by Ibrahim Isiaka from Ogun…
Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) have made move to secure the signature of Napoli and Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen. Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano reported on Wednesday, 17 July, 2024 that discussions between Osimhen’s representatives and the Ligue 1 champions are progressing well. According to Romano, the striker is open to the move, stating, “Paris Saint-Germain are advancing in talks with Victor Osimhen’s camp as their interest is now getting concrete. “Osimhen is keen on joining PSG and open to the move if they can agree on a deal/fee with Napoli. He’d be very high on PSG’s list, if one centre striker left.”…
By Femi Ogbonnikan The residents of the Alagbole-Ajuwon and Akute axis in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State are pained and angry. So also are their counterparts along the Agbara-Lusada-Atan corridor in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area. They are all aggrieved over the reckless abandonment of their roads. The immediate past administration of Senator Ibikunle Abiodun did. He did it with impunity and a lack of empathy for the suffering of the common people. It is not unusual for a government to leave behind an uncompleted project in the face of dwindling resources. Just like life itself, the unexpected can…
Mild drama occurred on Wednesday, 17 July, 2024 at the planned arraignment of Yahaya Bello, former Governor of Kogi State on alleged N82 billion fraud charges as two senior advocates engaged in a war of words during the proceedings. The two lawyers are: Abdulwahab Mohammed, standing for Bello, SAN, and Kemi Pinheiro, SAN, standing for the Federal Government, thegazellenews reports Thegazellenews.com learnt that trouble started when Mohammed announced his appearance for the former Governor and left out his colleague, Adeola Adedipe, SAN. However, the Federal Government counsel opposed the exclusion on the grounds that Adedipe should be included in the proceedings…