Month: June 2024

FIRS: The picture is here! By abiodun KOMOLAFE

Emporium Reporters

We are in a time of pronounced change of thinking in a positive direction in Nigeria after decades of misadventures. To support this change, we must focus on the key policies and drivers of reform in order to assist them in their endeavours. A crucial aspect of this transformation is transitioning from a consumption-based economy to one driven by productivity, essential for achieving sustainable development. To achieve this, there is an urgent need for the prioritization of revenue collection to redirect Nigeria’s very economic foundation. While we may not subscribe…

Benue ex Commissioner, Olofu launches N50m education fund for Idoma students

Lukman Laleye Babalola

Former Commissioner for Finance in Benue State, Dr. David Olofu, has launched a N50m Education Support Fund, to carter for the hardship being faced by Idoma students in tertiary institutions across the 9 Local Government Areas of Benue South.   Olofu, who was the Chairman of the Forum of Commissioners for Finance in Nigeria, and current Senior Technical Advisor to the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, said the initiative was to support the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu led administration’s resolve to provide succours to the students.   Olofu was initially nominated by…

Nigeria’s Salpha Energy, with King Charles III as Patron, wins Ashden Awards for outstanding climate innovation

Lukman Laleye Babalola

Salpha Energy, Nigeria’s solar power platform, has won the Ashden Award for Energy Innovation (Global South), supported by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.   The annual Ashden Awards revealed their 2024 winners at London’s Climate Action Week, the largest city-wide climate festival in Europe, happening from 22-30 June.   Every year, the Ashden Awards highlight inclusive climate solutions – work that creates a fairer world, as well as lowering emissions, and preparing communities for climate threats.   Salpha Energy was revealed as one of seven winners at…

NYSC refutes online report of Corps member assaulted by Police ….. Says story misleading,fake

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The National Youth Service Corps NYSC has denied a news report with photograph making its rounds in the media space claiming that Corps Member Michael Uwakwe, was assaulted at his place of Primary Assignment – Nasara Standard Academy, Gusau, Zamfara State, by a policeman for punishing a student. NYSC in a statement signed by Director, Information and Public Relations,Eddy Megwa described the news story as a malicious and misleading report. “To put the records straight, the fake story first hit the media space on March 8, 2017, in which the…

Yayi; A Prophet Honored At Home, BY ABUBAKAR YUSUF

Emporium Reporters

For Senator Ademola Solomon Olamilekan popularly known as “Yayi”, the super senator from Lagos west in the previous senate, and now representing Ogun west in the 10th Senate.   Senator Yayi who was elected one year ago after the 2023 general elections that saw him clinged to victory under the All Progressives Congress APC, to represent his people across Ogun west.   With his ranking advantage among his colleagues from Ogun state , Senator Yayi needed no introduction about his performance at the red chamber, even in Ogun west were…

Associates set to honour Police Officer who rejected N150m bribe

Lukman Laleye Babalola

Friends and associates of Ibrahim Ezekiel Sini, a Superintendent of Police, who declined a bribe of N150 million from a Lagos businessman and founder of Platform Capital, Akintoye Akindele, are set to honour him on Friday in Abuja. One of the organisers of the event, Chukwudi Asudeogu, said Sini’s conduct remained exemplary and should inspire others and Nigerians to note that the Nigerian Police Force have men of integrity and good conduct. “This honour is aimed at not only appreciating the laudable conduct of Superintendent Ibrahim Sini, but to demonstrate…

Friday Sermon: Whosoever Does Good Equal To The Weight Of An Atom, Shall See It; And Whosoever Does Evil Equal To The Weight Of An Atom, Shall See It! By Imam Murtadha Gusau

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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful All praise is due to Allah alone, and so we praise Him, ask Him to assist us, and beg Him to forgive us. We seek refuge with Him from the evils of our own selves and from the evil results of our bad deeds. Whomever Allah guides cannot be led astray by anyone; whomever Allah leaves astray cannot be guided by anyone. I testify openly that no one deserves any worship whatsoever except Allah, who is alone in that…

Senate passes bill extending 2023 supplementary appropriation bill till 31st December

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Senate has passed a bill for an Act to amend the implementation of the 2023 supplementary appropriation bill till 31st December, 2024.   The passage followed the emergency plenary convened which was presided by the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio.   After clause by clause consideration of the bill and after the Committee of Supply, the bill was then read the third time and passed.   The 2023 supplementary budget bill was sponsored by the Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, APC, Ekiti Central for its implementation to…

Dabiri-Erewa advises Nigerians traveling abroad,as another Nigerian maltreated in Cairo airport

Lukman Laleye Babalola

Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has reiterated on the need for Nigerians travelling outside the shores of their sovereign boundaries to be more circumspect to avoid any untoward circumstances.   Dabiri-Erewa gave this advisory during a visit by Rev. Dr. Israel Kristilere, CEO of Oasis of Faith Intercontinental Limited and President of the Christian Tourism Practitioners Association of Nigeria (CTPAN), who lamented the maltreatment he suffered at Cairo Tarmac during a stopover on his pilgrimage to Israel.   Rev. Kristilere recounted the events of April 30th,…

Soun of Ogbomoso queries Chief Imam for embarking on Hajj pilgrimage without permission

Emporium Reporters

The Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye,has reprimanded the Chief Imam of Ogbomoso, Sheik Taliat Yunus Olusina Ayilara, for failing to seek the traditional ruler’s permission before embarking on Hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.   This incident is the latest in a series of disagreements between the two leaders over the past few months.   The Chief Imam was among the pilgrims from Nigeria who performed the 1445 Hajj exercise in Saudi Arabia.   Soun, in the query, claimed that the Chief Imam did not inform him before he…