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By Halimah Olamide The Ogun state Government on Saturday announced a ban on traditional rulers in the state entering into agreements of any form with any company on mining. The ban was one of the three executive orders issued by the Dapo Abiodun on Saturday. Other executive orders were on the establishment of the Landscaping and Recreational Agency and Ogun State Mineral Resources Development Agency. The three orders were contained in a statement released and signed by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Strategy Kayode Akinmade. On the order banning traditional rulers from signing agreements on mining,…
By Halimah Olamide The Nigerian Identity Management Commission has highlighted why publishers of online media are critical to the overall success of the country’s identity management project. NIMC said with internet providing information to majority of the population especially youths, it has also become a fertile ground for misinformation. The Director General of NIMC, Engr Adesoye Coker-Odusote, while speaking at the opening session of a two day roundtable in Lagos, said the relationship between the commission and online publishers must ensure progress and the success of Nigeria’s identity project. Regretting that the internet is “a breeding ground for misinformation and…
By Halimah Olamide The Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Gas Pipeline Project will trigger a massive economic growth when completed. According to the Group Managing Director of the NNPC Ltd, Mr. Mele Kywari, the Project will be delivered by the end of first quarter 2025. This was just as Federal Government highlighted the huge multiplier impact of the project. Three cabinet Ministers on Friday visited the River Kaduna crossing milestone of the project in Kaduna, giving assurances of the target time for completion. Ministers who visited the Project Site were: Minister of Finance/Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun; Minister of…
By Kamil Opeyemi Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) remains a major and reliable partner in the Nigerian development project. This was the assertion by the General Manager, FRCN Treasure FM Port Harcourt, Fred Onyeka Nwaulune. He stated this in Port Harcourt on Friday at a dinner to celebrate the 21st anniversary of Treasure FM, a member of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) network. Nwaulune said, “Shell has been a reliable media partner, consistently educating the Niger Delta region on the importance of dialogue for development and peaceful solutions,” he said. “Their programme aligns perfectly with…
By Halimah Olamide While an account said the man was a traffic officer who had tried to apprehend one of the okada riders, another account said the man was a phone thief who was chased to the spot where he was summarily killed. A scary video has gone viral showing a lifeless body of a man who was said to have been murdered by commercial motorcycle operators popularly called Okada riders riding over his body several times. NPO Reports two versions of what led to the man being killed. While an account said the man was a traffic officer…
By Halimah Olamide Governor of Rivers State Sim Fubara has sacked the Chairman of the State’s Council of Traditional Rulers Sergeant Awuse. Awuse is the paramount ruler of Emuoha Kingdom. He was replaced with Eze Ohna Apara, His Royal Majesty, Eze Chike Worlu Wodo. The governor announced the replacement while presiding a Special Meeting of the Rivers State Council of Traditional Rulers at the Banquet Hall, Government House, Port Harcourt, Friday. Wodo himself was appointed as the Chairman of the council by former Governor Nyesom Wike shortly before he left office last year. The replacement came amidst worsening political crisis in the…
By Halimah Olamide The Kano Command of the Nigeria Police on Friday, said it would not carry an order by Governor Kabir Abba Yussuf to evict factional Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero from the palace. Bayero is current holding court at the GRA Nasarawa palace, annex of the Kano Palace situated at the GRA area of the state capital. Media reports quoted Commissioner of Police, Usiani Gumel as saying that the police will not carry the order of the Governor which was issued Thursday night after a court technically nullified the reinstatement of Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. “The police…
By Halimah Olamide Business mogul, Mr. Femi Otedola has again emerged the biggest shareholder of the First Bank of Nigeria. Otedola now holds a 9.41 per cent stake in the bank after acquiring N18.9 billion worth of the group’s shares on the Nigerian Exchange on June 20. A corporate notice displayed on Thursday showed that Otedola directly acquired 316,506,776 shares at a share price of N21.91 each, amounting to N6.935 billion. He acquired 546,674,034 shares at N21.97 each, amounting to N12.01 billion, through his holding company, Calvados Global Services Limited. Otedola had held a 7.01 per cent stake in the…
By Halimah Olamide “I’m honoured and privileged to have President Tinubu attend my inauguration yesterday. It lifted my spirits and that of South Africans as a whole that the President of Africa’s biggest nation will attend our inauguration. Newly inaugurated South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa has said that the presence of the Nigerian President Bola Tinubu at his inauguration was a spirit-lifting experience for him. Ramaphosa’s comments and appreciation of Tinubu’s presence at the Wednesday’s swearing in ceremony came amidst controversies over alleged poor protocol treatment of the Nigerian leader. There have been debate over the place of Tinubu in…
By Halimah Olamide “Hassan Ibrahim has admitted his involvement in the heinous act and has provided valuable information to the Brigade. He is currently in custody, cooperating with authorities to help capture his collaborators. ” The Nigerian Army on Thursday confirmed the capturing of an alleged mastermind of attacks by terrorists in some Taraba state villages few days ago. The army said one 39 year old Hassan Ibrahim, also known as Godu, was arrested after information about his whereabouts. It said troops of 6 Brigade Nigerian Army/Sector 3 Operation WHIRL STROKE, (OPWS) recognised Ibrahim as a terrorist mastermind responsible…