Court sentences Chinese national to death by hanging for killing Nigerian lover

A Kano High Court has sentenced a Chinese national, Frank Geng-Quangrong to death by hanging for killing his girlfriend in Kano in 2022. Justice Sanusi Ado-Ma’aji in a ruling on Tuesday said the accused was found guilty of the offence, and then convicted and sentenced him to death by hanging till he breaths his last. “The defendant’s testimony is inconsistent. I hereby find him guilty. I hereby recommend mercy by the Kano State Governor on behalf of the convict,” Justice Sanusi ruled. Prosecution stated that the offence contravened the provision…

Akpabio Raises Nigeria’s Voice at IPU By Ola Awoniyi

The President of the Senate, Godswill Obot Akpabio, attended the 147th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) for the first time in October last year as head of Nigeria’s delegation. The session was held in Luanda, the capital city of Angola. At the event, Akpabio was elected member of the Executive Committee of the influential global organization.   His election was a triumph in international diplomacy for Nigeria. The last time that Africa’s largest democracy enjoyed such privilege was 60 years ago, in1964 when Nwafor Orizu was Nigeria’s Senate President.…

Ojo; Hitting the Ground Running in FHA , BY ABUBAKAR YUSUF.

The new Managing Director, Chief Executive officer CEO, Federal Housing Authority FHA, Hon Oyetunde Oladimeji Ojo was appointed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on February 15th, 2024 along with his management team to boost his Renewed Hope Agenda in the housing sector in the country.   With decades experience in the real estate business both in the private and public sector, Ojo secured the nod of Nigeria government to enable him contribute his quota to national development, with huge wealth of experience.   Ojo who assumed duty after the inaugural…

Dabiri-Erewa hails appointment of Prof Senayon Olaoluwa as First DG Diaspora Centre Of Excellence In Nigeria

Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has congratulated Prof. Senayon Olaoluwa as the first Director General of the newly created Diaspora Centre of Excellence, the first in Africa.   The TETFUND funded centre is an initiative of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, in collaboration with the University of Ibadan.   In the congratulatory letter personally signed by her, the NIDCOM boss commended the efforts of the renowned Professor of Diaspora, adding that she believes in the competence and capability of Prof. Senayon Olaoluwa in driving the goals…

N’Assembly seeks collaboration with WTO on improving Digital and Marine Economies

Nigeria’s delegation to the on-going 148th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), led by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has sought the collaboration of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in the area of Digital and Marine economies. Addressing the WTO media, shortly after a courtesy visit to the Director General of the WTO, Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, in her office in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday, Senator Akpabio said, the delegation were at the WTO on a courtesy call and to look for areas of collaboration with the organisation…

ONE YEAR WITHOUT OMO-OBA RASHEED ADESOKAN: Any Lessons Learnt? Ask Abdur-rahman Balogun(ARAB)

A terse WhatsApp message on Bodija Estates and Environs Muslim Community (BEEMC) by Alhaji Ishaq Kunle Sanni, Chairman, Muslim Community of Oyo State on Saturday evening of March 25, 2023 threw the Ummah into a mournful mood following ” Inna lilah Waina ilayhim rojiun. We lost Baale Rasheed Adesokan today, Janazah details will be announced by his family later” . The short announcement which spread like wildlife to other platforms in a twinkle of an eye and went viral on both social media and online media, sounded unbelievable as we…

Murder and vengeance in Okuama By Lasisi Olagunju

I have a very senior police officer friend whose nickname is Ambush. On the front of my friend’s left shoulder is an ugly scar. At the back of the shoulder is an even bigger scar. I remembered Ambush the day it became known that 17 soldiers were murdered in a community in Delta State. My friend got his scars two decades plus two years ago somewhere in the Niger Delta during a routine police assignment. His team walked into an ambush mounted by militants and a firework ensued. A bullet…

The Okuama tragedy, by Kazeem Akintunde

The dust raised by the gruesome murder of 17 Soldiers in Okuama Community in Delta State is yet to settle as the Federal Government has vowed to get to the root of the crisis with the assurance that the perpetrators of the heinous crime would be brought to justice. On March 14, troops allegedly responding to a communal crisis between Okuama and Okoloba communities were attacked by yet to be identified gunmen who murdered the soldiers following an ambush. They did not stop there but went ahead to dismember the…

Ramadan Lecture 2024; Project Beyond 2023 Pray for Tinubu’s Administration To Succeed

BY ABUBAKAR YUSUF.       The Project Beyond 2023 has organised the 2024 annual Ramadan lecture with it’s theme Gratitude, Patience and Embracing Challenges with Optimism.   The event which took place at the headquarters in Abuja was held on Sunday 24th March , 2024.   Speaking at the occasion, the guest speaker, Professor Shehu Ahmad Said Galadanchi recalled the last year’s Ramadan program when prayers was held for the victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.   He reminded Nigerians that after every tribulations there is relief, stating that…

Undersea Cables: Nigeria seeks Joint West Africa regional protection

Following recent undersea cable cuts that challenged connectivities in many countries in the West Afrcan region, Nigeria has called for a coordinated and multilateral approach by the region to protect shared telecommunications infrastructure, and diversify connectivity to ensure uninterruptible connections.   Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Aminu Maida, made the submission in a statement delivered at the 21st West Africa Telecommunications Regulatory Assembly (WATRA) Annual General Meeting (AGM) which held in Freetown, Sierra Leone, from the 19th to 22nd March 2024.   Dr. Maida, whose…