Author: Halimah Olamide
Halimah Olamide Holds a degree in History and Education. She also holds professional certificates in graphics and passionate about reporting issues of politics, economy, and gender
By Halimah Olamide The House of Representatives, have passed a bill seeking to split Oyo into two states for second reading. The bill was sponsored by Hon. Adeniyi Adeyemi and six other lawmakers. It also seeks to establish Oyo as the capital of the newly proposed state. Leading the debate on the bill, Adeyemi established that the bill was not entirely new to the parliament. He recalled that the bill was successfully passed in the Second Republic by both chambers (National Assembly) awaiting the presidential asset before military takeover. Adeyemi explained that the National Assembly in 1983 successfully passed a…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rescheduled its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting from Oct 24 to Nov. 28. Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi disclosed while reading a communique issued by the PDP Governors’ Forum at the end of it enlarged meeting on Tuesday in Abuja. Mohammed, who is the chairman of the forum said that rising from the consultative meeting of the various organs of the party, the PDP resolved that the NEC meeting originally slated for Oct. 24 has been rescheduled to Nov. 28. He said the postponement was to ensure that the party goes into the forthcoming…
The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDP-GF) has dismissed a report that its Chairman Gov. Bala Mohammed filed a suit against the party National Executive Council (NEC) meeting. This was contained in a statement issued by the Director-General of PDP-GF, Dr Emmanuel Agbo in Abuja. Agbo described the report as ”dubious, malicious and attempt to smear the character of Mohammed”. “This is to emphatically state that the Chairman of the PDP-GF and governor of Bauchi State does not in any way, either by proxy or himself, have anything to do with the said suit. “For emphasis, our teeming supporters and…
Agency Report The Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), Gov Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has expressed the forum’s support to the the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in its anti-corruption crusade. This is coming as the Supreme Court reserved ruling on the suit against the EFCC by 19 other governors over the constitutionality of its establishment. The NGF chairman expressed this commitment at the 2024 National Cybercrime Summit held in Abuja. The summit was organised by the EFCC in collaboration with the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Programme (RoLAC), and the European Union It focused on enhancing digital skills as…
By Halimah Olamide President Bola Tinubu has told Nigerians that they can buy Premium Motor Spirit also called petrol at N1000 per liter or equivalent gas per Standard Cubic Meter at N200. He made the assertion at a meeting with executives of the Nigerian Independent Petr Company (NIPCO) at the State House in Abuja. “Nigeria’s motorists can buy petrol at N1,000 per litre or equivalent gas per Standard Cubic Meter at N200. “We have also introduced incentives for commercial motorists to convert from petrol to gas” free of cost,” President Tinubu said. He expressed his appreciation to NIPCO for investing…
By Halimah Olamide Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested two suspects over possession of suspected human tongues in Lagos. This was disclosed in a statement by the Lagos Police Command Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin on Tuesday. The suspects were identified as Isah Amohullahi ‘m’ aged 30 and Abubakar Isah ‘m’ aged 32. They were arrested in a taxi on Tuesday, October 15, 2024 during a routine stop-and-search on Otedola bridge. According to the statement, further investigations led the operatives to the arrest of another suspect from whom the parts were bought, Gbolahan Temidayo ‘m’, in Oyingbo…
By Halimah Olamide Controversial crossdresser, Okuneye Idris, popularly known as Bobrisky, has been transferred to the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) Annex, Alagbon, Lagos State This development is following his arrest by officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service after he attempted to exit the country through the Seme border. The spokesperson for the FCID, Lagos, Mayegun Aminat confirmed the development, saying “He is with us and we are to get a remand to keep him in custody today.” Meanwhile, a statement on Monday evening signed by the spokesperson for the Nigeria immigration service, Kenneth Udo, described Okuneye as a person…
Agency Report Dr Aliyu Abdullahi, Minister of State, Agriculture and Food Security, says the Federal Government has commenced the modernisation of equipment at the National Veterinary Research Institute (NVRI) to boost vaccine production. Abdullahi stated this on Tuesday at the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA) 60th Annual Congress/2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Jos. The minister, who was represented by Dr Columba Vakuru, Chief Veterinary Officer of Nigeria (CVON), said modernisation of the institute was through the support of World Bank initiated projects. He expressed optimism that by 2025 the NVRI would operate at full capacity with…
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, has reserved judgment in the suit filed by 19 states challenging the constitutionality of the laws establishing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The apex court is to communicate a date for judgment to all parties. The plaintiffs, in the suit marked: SC/CV/178/2023, argued that in Dr Joseph Nwobike Vs Federal Republic of Nigeria, the apex court had held that it was a UN Convention against corruption that was reduced into the EFCC Establishment Act and that in enacting this law in 2004, the provision of Section 12 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended,…
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has disclosed thatthe Federal Government is investigating Gulf of Guinea (GoG) as a major route for arms trafficking into Nigeria. Ribadu made this known at a two-Day Seminar on Climate Change and the Changing Dynamics of Arms Proliferation and Insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea: Nigeria in Perspective, on Tuesday in Abuja. The seminar was organised by the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW), Office of the National Security Adviser in Collaboration with the Global Network for Human Development. Ribadu was represented by the Director of…