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2023: Ex-Minister Faults Tinubu’s Claim On Naira To Dollar Equivalent

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​ Researched by Araba, Olawale Enifenilanfe Tinubu - A former minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Chief Nduese Essien has faulted the claim by the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu that he would bring the Naira at par with the Dollar if voted in as the next president of Nigeria next year. - Essien mocked the APC presidential candidate for making such claims when he cannot help the current APC leadership under President Buhari to turn around the failing economy for Nigerians. - He argued that the current administration was increasing the misery of Nigerians at home and abroad. - Chief Essien, a two-term member of the National Assembly, stated that such a campaign talk was only ‘meant for the marines’, as the APC presidential candidate has no magic wand to turn the Naira around to equate in value with the Dollar. - He said,”Tinubu made this kind of statement in 2015, when he was campaigning for Muhammadu Buhari, seven y...

FG approves N400bnfor Conditional Cash Transfer, others

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July 15, 2022 Nigeria’s federal government has approved the sum of N400 billion under the National Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy (NPRGS), which covers such schemes as the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP), Conditional Cash Transfer, Farmer Money, and Market Money. - The approval for 2022 was disclosed by Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State who spoke with State House correspondents after a meeting of the National Steering Committee of NPRGS on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. - According to the governor, the meeting was a steering committee of the Presidential Poverty and Growth Strategy, according to the News Agency of Nigeria. - President Muhammadu Buhari had in 2021, inaugurated NPRGS to be chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Sule said the meeting was to review the implementation of what was approved in the budget. - Sule said, “It is a meeting of the steering committee of the Presidential Poverty and Growth Strategy. - “Th...

Lagos Speaker Denies Sharia Law, Blames Mischief Makers

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Research  By Araba, Olawale Enifenilanfe  The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Ajayi Obasa has denied that the assembly has passed Sharia Bill into law.   Reports had claimed that the assembly secretly passed the Islamic legal code into law, which will lead to the setting up of Sharia courts in the nation’s economic capital. The state would have joined Zamfara, Sokoto, Kano and other northern states who are currently operating under the Islamic jurisprudence. Reacting to the report, Eromosele Ebhomele, the Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker said the report is untrue, and should not be accorded any seriousness. According to the report, Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo Olu has also signed the bill into law after it was passed by the assembly. The peddlers of the report also claimed that the law is part of the agreement reached by Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate with the northern establishment to support his presidential bid in 2023. ...

​Security Meeting With The Stakeholders, And The Ikorodu Local Government

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By Araba, Olawale Enifenilanfe - Today, Wednesday, The 15th Of June, 2022: - The Ikorodu Local Government, Security, and Stakeholders Meeting were held in the Ikorodu Local Government Secretariat Hall.  - The dignitaries in attendance are as follows:- “The Executive Chairman Of The Ikorodu Local Government an His Vice, Hon. Wasiu Ayodeji Adesina and, Hon. Princess Folashade Olabanji Oba; The Legislative Leader Of The Ikorodu Local Government Legislative Chamber, Hon. Adebowale Ajayi; The Council Chairman, Mr. Martins; The Council Tressurer; Baale Of Ojogbe, Chief Olukayode Olomo; The CDA Chairmen Across Ikorodu Local Government area; The Allahu Security Agency; The Lagos State Neighborhood Watch (korodu Branch); The NDLEA Security Force; The Nigeria Police Force; The Nigeria  Civil Defense Security; The APC Local Government Chairman, Alhaji Waheed Animashaun; The Former Ikorodu Local Government Executive Chairman, Alhaji Janaid Owokodu; The APC Lagos East Senatorial Woman ...

PEACE & SECURITY STAKEHOLDERS’ MEETING WITH THE IKORODU DIVISIONAL PEACE INITIATIVE LTD/GTE

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​ ​- THE IKORODU DIVISIONAL PEACE INITIATIVE LTD/GTE HOLD A PEACE & SECURITY STAKEHOLDERS’ MEETING TODAY, THURSDAY; THE 2ND OF JUNE, 2022 AT IKORODU TOWN HALL. - THE TOPIC FOCUSES ON ”SECURITY CHALLENGES IN IKORODU DIVISION, AND THE WAY FORWARD”.  - THE EVENT WAS VERY INTERACTIVE BETWEEN THE CHANNEL, SOURCE, AND THE RECEIVERS (AUDIENCE), WHICH MAKES THE INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION WITHIN THE NIGERIA POLICE FORCE, SECURITY AGENCIES, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (CDA) CHAIRPERSONS, THE NATIONAL DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES (NDLEA), THE YOUTHS, THE  GENTLE WOMEN & MEN OF THE PRESS, OBA BASHIR AREMU SOTONWA (SEKUNMADE OF IPAKODO), AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DAY (FORMER SENATOR ADESEGUN ADESEYE OGUNLEWE) MORE UNDERSTANDABLE & ENLIGHTENED.  - DURING THE DISCUSSION, “OTUNBA AYODELE ELESHO” IN HIS SPEECH COMMEND THE PAST INDIGENOUS SECURITY HEROS, HE MENTIONED “LATE KAMORU OSIKABALA AND OTHERS, AND ALSO REQUESTED A MINUTE STANDING OVATION ON THEIR BEHALF. - OTUNBA ...

Owo Attack: Sanwo-Olu Commiserates with Akeredolu, Ondo People

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​ Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has commiserated with his Ondo State counterpart, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi (SAN) and the State Government, over the attack and killings of worshippers at St. Francis Catholic Church at Owa-luwa Street, Owo in Ondo State by unknown gunmen on Sunday. Governor Sanwo-Olu, who described the attack as callous, inhuman and despicable act, also sympathised with the people of Ondo State, especially the residents of Owo, Governor Akeredolu’s hometown and members of the St. Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa. Sanwo-Olu in a condolence message issued on Sunday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, condemned the attack by the gunmen, saying it is crime against humanity to open fire on worshippers on Sunday morning killing scores of people. The Governor, who also commiserated with the Catholic Church of Nigeria and the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), expressed deep sorrow over the loss of lives in the ugly incident.  He said: “On b...

Senator Tokunbo Abiru Supports Business Start-Ups With Grant, As 41 Graduate From Innovation Lab

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The Chairman, Senate committee on Industries, and the Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Distinguished Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru, FCA on Friday supported business start-ups with grant during the graduating ceremony and Demo Day of Business 101 for Creatives and Artisans (Cohort 001) participants of the Senator Abiru Innovation Lab (SAIL). Out of 47 individuals that enrolled for the training, forty-one (41) budding and aspiring entrepreneurs successfully completed the 3-months intensive business training handled by the technical partner of SAIL, the Co-creation Hub (Cc-Hub). Over 4,000 young men and women applied for the 5 pilot SAIL programmes across 16 Local Governments/Local Council Development Areas in the Lagos East Senatorial District, while 150 were shortlisted for the entire maiden cohort. 47 individuals were admitted into Business 101 for Creatives and Artisans class. Other programmes include Tech Talent Development, Lagos East Teachers Fellowship, Scie...