Day: January 27, 2024

Sanwo-Olu and the pursuit of a social market economy (2) By abiodun KOMOLAFE

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Section 25 of the Nigerian Constitution is explicit on the differences between citizens and settlers. But then, there’s a saying in Ijesaland: _‘Gbogbo ìjèsà ni omo Owá, sùgbón bí alé bá lé, àwon omo Owá mo ara won.’_ Translated literally, it means _‘Kings have many children but, when the chips are down, each king knows his real children.’_ To put it succinctly therefore, when it comes to nativity, no settler in Lagos can claim to be an Igbo and a Lagosian at the same time. Not only that, while an…

BREAKING: Ododo takes oath of office as Kogi Governor

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Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been sworn in as the new governor of Kogi State.   The inauguration came months after he was elected to take over baton of leadership from Yahaya Bello who has completed his second term in office.   Ododo took the oath of office at around 2:24pm in Lokoja, the capital of the State on Saturday.   Meanwhile, some of the dignitaries present at the event include Vice President Kashim Shettima; APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje and immediate past Kogi Governor Yahaya…

FG to investigate corruption allegations against Chief of Naval Staff

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The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, has pledged to investigation the corrupt allegations against the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla. This is contained in a statement by Henshaw Ogubike, Director, Information, Press and Public Relations of the ministry. According to Mr Ogubike, Dr. Matawalle said this while responding to the allegation against the Naval Chief. Matawalle noted that the administration of President Bola Tinubu had a zero tolerance for corruption in the public service. “Though these allegations might be mischievous, the Ministry of Defence…

Confusion as Teacher flogs student to death in Lagos

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Confusion broke out at Araromi Ilogbo Secondary School in Oko Afo, Lagos State, as students of the school staged a protest over the death of one of their classmates, who was reportedly flogged to death by a teacher.   The incident was said to have occurred on Thursday when the deceased, identified as master David Babadipo, was allegedly flogged by the teacher, Mr Oluwale.   Following the incident, the victim was rushed to the hospital where he was confirmed dead.   In a viral video, many pupils of the school…

Yahoo Boy stabs parents as black magic soap fails to yield fortune

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Daniel Bamidele, a 20-year-old man suspected to be a Yahoo Boy, has been arrested in Oyo State. The he was nabbed after stabbing his parents on Thursday, January 25. The Nation reported that Daniel’s mother, Titilayo, reportedly ran out of their home in Apabielesin area of Ibadan, Oyo State with serious injury, calling for help as her son sneaked into their home and attacked her and his father with a machete. This attracted bystanders who hurriedly rushed into the house, held Daniel down and dispossessed him of the machete he…

Bribery allegations against CNS are baseless,untrue – Nigerian Navy

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The Nigerian Navy has said allegations against Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla are untenable, baseless, and untrue The Peoples Gazette had accused Ogalla of facilitating an unorganized bunkering of Nigerian crude and a multimillion-naira contract-splitting fraud. Also releasing several oil tankers impounded for transporting stolen crude oil off Nigerian shores after receiving kickbacks in millions of dollars. The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, had said that the allegations would be investigated. However, the Nigerian Navy, in a statement by the Director of Information, Rear Admiral…

Finance Minister visits CAC,lauds Registrar-General achievements within 100 Days in Office

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The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun has applauded the Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) Hussaini Ishaq Magaji for taking the Commission to the next level. He commended the Registrar General for launching online premium services for same day registration, same day update application, same day status report application, same day search, from 24hours incorporation he met on assumption of office 100 days ago. The Minister who was at CAC on Friday to show support and encouragement, admonished the Commission to imbibe artificial…

My mummy is getting married, by Funke Egbemode

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Lola is 59 and getting married again. She has been single for 27 years and had, with the grace and help of God, raised four children all by herself. She made the announcement at New Year dinner with her children in Canada and all four of them dropped their cutleries. Their eyebrows simultaneously shot up. That was followed by what felt like an hour-long silence. Then, somehow, they all found their voices at the same time. ‘No Mum, Haba!’   Tell us you are joking!’   What do you mean?’…

A JOURNEY TO MAKING HISTORY By Mousa Ubandawaki

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When the new NAHCON helmsman, Malam Jalal Ahmad Arabi assumed office on the 18″ of October, 2023, he made a solemn pledge to pursue the acronym mantra of T.S.A (Trust, Sacrifice and Allah sees everything) in the administration of Hajj. According to him, he has not come to overturn everything achleved by the former Board of the Commission but to tinker with areas that needed improvement and build on the achievement in other aspects of the exercise. Now, four months down the line, Malam Jalal Arabi – a tested bureaucrat…