Lagos Deputy Governor, Dr Obafemi Hamazat has advised the youths to participate in this year’s general elections. Hamazat made the call during the formal closing ceremony of the society’s 113th Islamic Vacation Course (IVC) in Epe, a Lagos suburb. He stressed that failure to vote was detrimental to good …
Read More »2023: Atiku will reopen nation’s borders if elected – Tambuwal
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Saturday said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar would reopen the nation’s borders if elected at the 2023 general elections. Tambuwal, the Director General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council made the assertion at the PDP campaign rally in …
Read More »Atiku should prepare for more Troubles – says Wike eq
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said what the five aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have done was a preamble as more troubles will come the way of presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar. Wike spoke on Friday at the flag-off of the construction of …
Read More »Buhari Renews NAFDAC DG’s Appointment
Buhari Renews NAFDAC DG’s Appointment President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed Professor Moji Adeyeye as the Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The agency’s spokesperson, Dr Abubakar Jimoh, confirmed this in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja. Adeyeye who was first appointed to the …
Read More »WEMA Bank Plc announces CEO Retirement and Appointment of new MD/CEO
LAGOS, NIGERIA – 30th December 2022 – Wema Bank PLC (Bloomberg: Wema NL) (“Wema” or “the Bank”) announces retirement of its Managing Director/CEO. · Managing Director/CEO Ademola Adebise to retire from Wema Bank Plc; with effect from March 31, 2023. · Moruf Oseni, current Deputy Managing Director appointed as …
Read More »take up arms, defend yourselves against bandits – Bauchi gov tells residents
Bala Mohammed Bala Mohammed, governor of Bauchi State, has asked residents of communities that were recently attacked in Alkaleri Local Government Area to rise up, take up arms and defend themselves against the bandits. The governor stated this Thursday at the Palace of the District Head of Yelwan Duguri, Alh …
Read More »Consultant suspended over $106m water project accuses Osun assembly members of demanding $5m bribe
Tawa Williams Tawa Williams, the project consultant of the Ilesa Water Project, has alleged that the Osun State House of Assembly members demanded $5million as bribe. Ademola Adeleke, the state governor governor, earlier directed the immediate suspension of Williams over alleged questionable handling of $106million dollar loan for the project. …
Read More »2023: INEC pledges to conduct freest election in Africa
Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has promised to organise what would be known as the freest and fairest election in Africa, in Nigeria in 2023. Festus Okoye, National Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, said this at the 2022 Calabar Carnival, while sensitising Nigerians on …
Read More »2023: Why Tinubu wll win — Ex-Military Governor
Retired Colonel Abdulmumini Aminu, former Military Governor of Borno State, says Nigerians will vote massively for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress in 2023, because it is time for the South to rule. “Nigerians are tired of us from the North, especially because we have …
Read More »Drambi Vandi, officer who killed Lagos lawyer appears in court
Drambi Vandi Drambi Vandi, the police officer, who shot dead a Lagos-based lawyer, Bolanle Raheem on Christmas Day has appeared before the Magistrate Court in Yaba. Vandi appeared in court on Friday, days after he shot and killed Raheem on Christmas Day. The inspector general of police, Usman Baba had …
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