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The Gombe State Government has said it was yet to announce the New Mai Tangle; calling on the people to exercise patience for the process to be completed. This was as the Tangle people insisted the State Government name their preferred candidate for the title after conducting an election in the 9 districts in the area. The State Government noted that the appointment of the new Tangle shall be in accordance with the new chieftaincy law amended by the State Assembly in 2020. On Friday, a group of women blocked the major highway in Biliri Local Government Area bordering Gombe,…

Football fans are scheduled to get a bouquet of exciting matches as GOtv brings all the live actions of Premier League, Serie A and La Liga matches this season. All matches scheduled for 19-22 February will be shown live on SuperSport. Premier League matches scheduled for this weekend will see Southampton face Chelsea on Saturday afternoon at 1:30pm live on SS Football (channel 31). After sharing the spoils with Brighton on the road, Aston Villa will be looking to return to winning ways in the Premier League when they take on Leicester City on Sunday afternoon at 3pm, live on SS Football…

By Adeyemi Phillips The Lagos State Government’s Economic talk shop is underway in this season of the second wave of the world’s deadliest public health crisis in hundred years. My body cringed as i watched proceedings of the opening ceremony on television. It was obvious that the Lagos State Government is not leading by example in the war against the Covid- 19 global pandemic. How can one explain the fact that a government which has been arresting citizens in night clubs, locking up event centres, putting limitations on private parties and religious gatherings, instituted a dawn to dawn curfew, would…

Olam, an agribusiness and food conglomerate, has taken a bold step to raise the level of agricultural productivity in Nigeria. At the National Wheat Farmers Field Day held in Kano recently, the agribusiness conglomerate revealed that over 30,000 farmers have been trained and equipped through a joint effort of one of its strategic business units – Crown Flour Mill (CFM), Flour Miller’s Association of Nigeria (FMAN) and the Federal Government; in a bid to deepen the national agricultural extension scheme, especially in the wheat segment. Mr. Ashish Pande, Managing Director, Crown Flour Mill Limited, shared that as a member of…

Dr. Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi Founding Director Women Advocates Research and Documentation Center (WARDC) said that “Economic empowerment for 100 women to lift women from poverty, 400 women affected by conflict were empowered to demand accountability Project goal and to improve access to justice for women and girls in Yobe and Borno states. Legal actors are trained on women’s rights, and support the adoption of gender laws.” He revealed this in a welcome address at GAAT Hotel, Damaturu during a two days capacity building to strengthen Women’s access to Justice, making rights a reality for conflict affected women in Yobe and Borno…

The House of Representatives has directed an investigation into the legality of the operations of private equity firm, Alta Semper Capital UK (a.k.a Idi Holdings), as a part owner of popular retail pharmacy chain, HealthPlus, in Nigeria. This came following a petition made by Oladimeji Ekengba and presented by Rep. Benjamin Kalu, which challenged the waiver granted by the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) to Alta Semper Capital purportedly permitting the private equity firm to co-own and operate the retail pharmacy, HealthPlus in Nigeria. The petition argued that according to Section 2(2) of the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria Act, P.17,…

Despite the efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari in the fight against corruption, statistics have shown that he has made little progress in over five years. Hence, the need to bring onboard a young and exceptional go-getter, Abdulrasheed Bawa as Chairman of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Just recently, Nigeria dropped to 149 on Transparency International’s 2020 Corruption Perception Index, as against 146th it stood in 2019, the worst ranking received by Africa’s largest the country in recent time. This means that Nigeria is two steps worse off than she was in 2018 when she scored 27 points to place…

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State has described the announced defection of former governor, Gbenga Daniel to the All Progressives Congress (APC) as defection within the same partyand not from PDP The State Chairman of the party, Dr.Sikirulah Ogundele in a statement on Wednesday in Abeokuta, the state capital, says the defection is not a news but confirmation of the PDP position that Daniel joined APC since the 2019 when he openly supported Governor Dapo Abiodun to win the governorship poll. The statement quoted Daniel in his personal letter to associates on Tuesday as saying,”Dear Friends & Colleagues, pardon…

The correspondents chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists NUJ in Sokoto state has directed its members to boycott all state government activities, The directive was contained in a statement issued, after an extraordinary congress held on the heels of alleged harassment of journalists by security personnel at Government House Sokoto. The blackout on state government activities also includes the use of press releases issued from the Government. The statement also said Individuals, groups and organisations desirous of media coverage should officially invite media houses in advance. The Correspondents’ chapel also called on Security Agencies in the State to sensitize…

Otuna Gbenga Daniel, a former governor of Ogun State has defected to the All Progressive Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He was a two-time Governor of Ogun state, Southwest Nigeria between 2003 and 2011. Daniel who was the campaign manager for Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate in 2019, has now dumped the opposition party. Daniel in a statement he released to confirm his defection to APC wrote: “Dear friends & colleagues, pardon my short notice in informing you of my route to the APC which as you might have suspected started with my supporting Governor Dapo…