The Senate, on Tuesday, rejected the nomination of Lauretta Onochie as a National Commissioner of the INEC. Chairman of the Committee, Kabiru Gaya, in his report said Onochie did not satisfy the provisions of the Federal Character Principles. The Senate at the committee of the whole subsequently voted against her nomination. Details later…
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Adamu Abdulhamid, Nigeria’s newly appointed ambassador to the World Trade Organisation did not obtain a master’s degree in Business Management and Leadership from London Graduate School, UK, as claimed, the institution has told Peoples Gazette. President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved the appointment of Mr Adamu who was the Acting Head, Chargé d’ Affaires of Nigeria Trade Office to the WTO, Geneva, Switzerland. The appointment was contained in a letter sent by the Office of the Chief-of-Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari, to the Minister of Industry Trade and Investment, Niyi Adebayo. “The President, Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the appointment…
The rising cost of foodstuffs is adversely affecting the federal government’s National Home Grown School Feeding Programme. Gab Okulaja, Programme Manager of the scheme, said, “We have the challenge of increase in the prices of foodstuffs by as much as 100 per cent, and the payments to cooks are at the same rates as they were in 2016/17 when the programme began. “There should be a review of meal cost per child to address the rising inflation rate and increase in prices of foodstuffs as this is a major clog in delivering on the programme’s mandate.’’ Mr…
Afather, Oyefeso Saheed, has been remanded for giving out his 12-year-old daughter in marriage. He allegedly collected a HP laptop as bride price. On Monday, Mr Saheed was remanded by a family court at the Oke-Kura Correctional Centre in Ilorin for the act. Magistrate Shade Lawal also ordered the remand of the victim’s purported husband, Ismail Lawal, 32, before adjourning the case till Wednesday for further mention. Earlier, the prosecutor, Sergeant Akinjide Adisa, said that the matter was reported at the Adewole police station by Aishat Temem, a member of the state branch of the International…
Public and civil servants in Osun State have been mandated to wear Adire (a distinctive local fabric) uniform to work every Thursday to promote Nigerian fashion and culture. Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun made the remarks during the state’s International Fashion Week in Osogbo. The spokesperson to the governor, Ismail Omipidan, said that the governor’s directive would take effect from August 27. The governor maintained the initiative was part of efforts to preserve and promote the production of Adire Osun as well as bolster the image of Osun as a culturally correct and indigenous product inclined state. The governor, who…
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has said that Nigeria needs prayers to overcome its current challenges. Speaking on Sunday at the First Session of the 5th Synod of the Diocese of Sapele (Anglican Communion), Okpe Archdeaconry, Senator Omo-Agege called on Nigerians not to despair over the challenges confronting the nation. According to a statement by Omo-Agege’s media adviser, Yomi Odunuga, the event, which held at St. John’s Anglican Church, Orerokpe, Delta State, was graced by the governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa; the lawmaker representing Ughelli North/Ughelli South/Udu Federal Constituency, Rev. Francis Waive;…
Veteran singer, songwriter, rapper olarewaju fasasi A.K.A Sound sultan is dead. He passed away at the age of 44 following a hard fought battle with angioimmunoblastic t-cell lymphoma. More details soon
The Nigerian Senate has approved a $6.1 billion (N2.3 trillion) loan request by the Federal Government to fund the 2021 Appropriations Act. This was approved by the Senate on Wednesday after a report presented by Senator Clifford Ordia, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, according to The Nation. The Senator said the loan would be financed through multilateral and bilateral firms, adding that the Senate approved the borrowing sum of N4.6 trillion in the 2021 Appropriation Act and that the new borrowing of N2.3 trillion will part-finance the deficit in the 2021 budget. What the senator…
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday commended the State Security Service (SSS) for raiding Sunday Igboho’s home, describing Mr Igboho as a “militant” who has been disturbing the peace of the country under the guise of protecting his kinsmen from Fulani herdsmen attack. Last Thursday, the SSS stormed the home of Mr Igboho, an agitator for the realisation of a sovereign Yoruba nation, killing two persons and declaring him wanted, while alleging that he owns cache of weapons and planning an insurrection against the country. But Mr Igboho, who stood against Fulani herdsmen attacks on communities in Oyo State as government appears…
The senior pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Paul Enenche, on Sunday, handed some congregants over to the Security of State Service (SSS) for wearing shirts with #BuhariMustGo inscriptions to Sunday service. The congregants who are activists were first apprehended by the church’s security agents who thereafter handed them over to the SSS operatives, activist Omoyele Sowore said on Twitter after learning of the incident. There have been calls for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari following his incompetence in combating major challenges facing the country, including economic problems. According to Mr Sowore, the 10 activists who…