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A leadership academy established in the memory of Lateef Jakande, the former governor of Lagos State is set to start operations in the new year as the framework for its operations has been finalized. This follows a recent announcement by the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, concerning the establishment of the academy. On March…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) successfully circumvented the plans of a number of drug cartels to push the sales of millions of doses of illicit drugs in several parts of Lagos State. In a number of raids organized in different parts of the country within this festive period, the NDLEA successfully confiscated an…
The Nigerian Centre for Disease and Control revealed in a statement on Sunday the 26th of December, 2021, that not less than 21 people died of COVID-19 on Saturday 25th of December, 2021, Christmas day. The update received from the NCDC In the morning of Sunday, the day after Christmas, shows that Nigeria’s Covid-19 numbers…
Season’s Greetings to all our esteemed readers! This is the second instalment of the Journal’s special report highlighting the major events, issues and occurrences that helped shape 2021 in Nigeria on the political, economic, sporting, entertainment and overall national front. While the Part I published last week provided a summary of events between January and…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has disclosed that electricity has again topped its 2021 consumer-related complaints chart just like in 2020. The Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, Mr Babatunde Irukera, told newsmen in Abuja that banking-related complaints were second on the chart. This indicates that dissatisfaction of Nigerians with the services…
South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a clergyman and nationalist who played a significant role in ending Apartheid in South Africa has died at the age of 90. He was awarded the Nobel prize in 1984 for his role in the struggle to abolish the apartheid system. South AfricanPresident Cyril Ramaphosa said…
You want to be President of Nigeria in 2023? Well, you are Governor of Ekiti State, and there is no road from Ekiti to Akure. That is Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State throwing a swinging blow at his Ekiti State counterpart, Governor Kayode Fayemi.“Don’t worry about that one,” says Fayemi.
Former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, has extolled the qualities of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, expressing hope that his possible candidacy in the 2023 general election will be a good thing for the country. Babangida made this known on Thursday evening when an association, Osibanjo Grassroots Organisation, paid him a courtesy visit in Minna,…
In a move that sent shocking waves across the business world, one of the new financial institutions in the country, Titan Trust Bank, established barely two years ago, has taken over one of the old generation banks, Union Bank of Nigeria Plc. A bank that is 104 years old. Only First Bank is older. Union…
In a renewed determination to reduce carbon emission by 50% come 2050, the Nigerian Government has launched a Deep Decarbonization Pathway Programme (DDPP). The effort is to meet the eventual goal of net-zero carbon emission levels. DPP is a national research and capacity-building project for the implementation of a Deep Decarbonization Pathway Programme (DDPP) in…
