The calls for Yayaha Bello to run for presidency in the 2023 election has been met with reactions from Nigerians. Commissioner for Information and Communication in Kogi State, Kingsley Fanwo, had announced that there is a deafening call for Governor Bello to run for presidency in the 2023 election. Fanwo made this known through his Twitter handle, even as he displayed a campaign poster convincing Nigerians that Yahaya Bello is capable to replace President Muhammadu Buhari. Alongside a picture of Bello, he wrote: “He wants a great Nigeria.Nigerians want a great Nigeria. He has done it in Kogi State. So we know…
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The Federal Government will next week commence installation of five million solar home systems in under-served and off-grid communities across the country, according to sources in the presidency. The programme, which would be executed across the country, is in continuation of coordinated implementation of the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP), a response mechanism by the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to coronavirus. The programme will include the assembly and manufacturing of components of off-grid solutions to facilitate the growth of the local manufacturing industry, while the use of local content will be incentivized, the source added. Confirming the development, the Senior Special Assistant…
The Federal Government through its Rural Electrification Agency on Saturday announced the provision of electricity to the Olooji community, Ijebu East, Ogun State, for the first time since the community came into existence 200 years ago. It said residents of the community experienced power supply for the first time on Friday with the official inauguration of a 100KWP solar-powered off-grid electricity system by the REA. The REA in a statement issued in Abuja by its spokesman, Mouktar Ebraheem, said the remote community had about 4,500 residents. It stated that local leaders in the community said there had never been power…
As Ghana prepares for the December 7 general elections, former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has called on the two major political parties in the country, the NPP and NDC to ensure the peaceful, credible and transparent polls. In a letter to the leaders of the parties, copies which were made available to newsmen by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi on Saturday, Obasanjo sought for building efforts aimed at enhancing mutual trust and confidence among themselves in the relevant national institutions and in the electoral process. The letter dated November 20, 2020, and copied Hon. Frederick Blay, the…
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola may be invited to aid investigation into the incidence of October 20 during which some #ENDSARS protesters were allegedly shot by the military. The hint was dropped in Lagos Friday during the cross examination of the Managing Director of Lekki Concession Company (LCC) , Abayomi Omonuwa by counsel to #EndSARS protesters, Adesina Ogunlana before the Lagos Panel on Restitution for Victims of SARS and Related Abuses. Ogunlana had made oral request to the panel for Fashola to be invited to come and explain what happened to the camera he was reported by the…
Mavin Records boss, Michael Ajereh, aka Don Jazzy, turned 38 on Thursday, November 26, 2020. A party was held for him and his father, who shares the date with him, and he tells CHIJEKWU MICHAEL about the highlights of his career and life One would have thought you would celebrate your birthday with your celebrity friends. Why didn’t you do that? Many of my celebrity friends including, P-Square and Davido, have called me to ask where the party is happening. However, I don’t usually celebrate my birthdays. But VBank, which signed me as a brand ambassador, came up with an…
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday, opened the newly built Apapa-Iganmu Local Council Development Area and the Agboyi-Ketu LCDA in the state, naming the first after the All Progressives Congress national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The governor also named the Agboyi-Ketu building after the late Senator of Lagos East Senatorial District, Adebayo Osinowo, while cautioning the youths to desist from destruction of government’s assets built with public funds. Sanwo-Olu, according to a release by his Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, stated that the recent #EndSARS protests brought out the need for the government “to double their efforts and prioritise youth…
The Wife of Mr. Olugbenga Ale, Chief of Staff to governor Rotimi Akeredolu of ondo state has been released by her Abductors, Nigeriancablenewsonline.com has reliably gathered. It was also gathered that she has reunited with her family. Mrs. Ale was abducted along Ondo-Owena-Akure road on Thursday night barely, few hours after a first class King was killed in the state. It is not immediately clear if she was released by the efforts of the Police or after paying Ransom to the kidnappers. Details later….
Chelsea boss, Frank Lampard, wants to beat Tottenham for club owner Roman Abramovich. Lampard paid tribute to Abramovich as the Russian billionaire prepares for his 1,000th game as owner of Chelsea. “As a manager and a player who was involved in a lot of those games I can give him nothing but a huge thank you,” said Lampard, who returned last year as head coach. “Nothing we have achieved in the Roman Abramovich era could have been achieved without him or his support. “Firstly, a financial input but also the development of the training ground and also the love and…
The Kogi State Government has said that it lost over 44 billion naira during the looting of both private and government properties in the wake of the #EndSARS protest in Lokoja. The Chairman of the Committee set up by the state government to determine the items stolen from warehouses in the state, Asiwaju Idris, said this when his committee presented the report of their findings to the State Governor, Mr Yahaya Bello. Kogi State remained calm amidst the #€€€EndSARS protests rocking some states after Governor Bello addressed youths with a promise to convey their request to President Muhammadu Buhari. However,…