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SUPERCOP DCP OLASOJI ATTENDS TREK AFRICA NATIONAL DISCOURSE 2021; WINS ICONIC AWARD In a very rare appearance by one of Nigeria’s finest police officer at social events, DCP Akinbayo Olasunkanmi Aremu Olasoji was on Sunday, 12th December present at the LCCI Conference Centre, Lagos to physically participate in the 8th edition of the Trek Africa National Discourse and Awards (TAND 2021). The supercop who matches godly values and goodwill with professionalism, DCP Olasoji was full of praises to the organizers of the event describing their efforts as ‘one of a kind’ among others. Winning the Award as 'Trek Africa Iconic Police Officer of the Decade' jointly presented by the young political heavyweight from Lagos Mainland LGA, Hon. Oluseye Olofin and Publisher of Trek Africa Newspaper, Oki Samson Olatunji, the police officer thanked the media organization for its fortrightness in reporting the activities in the business, security, and governance sector. He urged Trek Africa Newspap...

Nigerian Musician and internet reality star Korra Obidi  shared these photos one hour ago with the caption, '' I am now a permanent resident of the United States 🥺🙏🏽 When you come with a fiancé visa, you are given a conditional stay, after 2 years of tax paying and dutiful living, the conditions should be removed.  My conditions were removed yesterday 😍  Road to Citizenship. 🇺🇸 Thank you America for being so good to this African girl. Thank you @drjustindean for everything.  Thanks to the Dean family for accepting this Nigerian princess.  Love you all😍❤️.''.One more photo below.

'' Guys, It’s been a challenging couple of days trying to power through immense pain, fever and general body weakness.  We were very excited about giving you an amazing show on the 18th, Unfortunately, my body has taken quite a beating with several intense rehearsals back to back and studio that it just couldn’t take it any more and I have had to give in to Dr’s orders to get some rest, build back my strength to get to optimum health.  The first thing I did was take a coVID test and thankfully my tests came out *negative* for coVID.  I’d like to thank my brother @iamkingrudy, my family and team for holding it down while I get through this.  The good news is, we will make it up to you and give you a truly amazing show on Christmas Day - Saturday, December 25th !  If you're a ticket holder, the wonderful team @livespotx will send you an email with updates and options. The show will go on and we can’t wait to see you there. Look out for electrifying performances fr...

WIKE FLAYS FG POLICY ON STIMULATION OF NATION'S ECONOMY  *Says consultation for next governor of Rivers State has began.  *Fintiri of Adamawa State inaugurates Ezimgbu Road in Port Harcourt Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike says it is now obvious that the Federal Government is not interested in revitalising the nation's economy because its programmes on stimulation of the economy have failed on all fronts. The governor made the assertion at the inauguration of the Ezimgbu Road that was performed by the Adamawa State Governor,  Rt. Hon. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri on Monday in Port Harcourt.  Governor Wike stated that if the development of infrastructure is one way to stimulate the economy, then the Federal Government approach to the development of such critical infrastructure should be apolitical. The governor pointed to the deplorable condition of the Lagos- Ibadan Road that is so important to the nation's economy and growth of interstate and regional business a...

475 traffickers jailed for drug offences No fewer than 475 persons have been convicted and sentenced to various jail terms between September and November 2021 following charges filed against them by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at Federal High Courts across the country. The figure represents a portion of the over 1,000 traffickers that were jailed between January and November for drug offences. In September, a total of 73 persons were convicted with Jigawa state recording the highest figure of 15 convicts, followed by Adamawa -14 and FCT-11. Jigawa state also topped the chart of the 150 convictions recorded by the Agency in October with 14 convicts, followed by Niger-13; Katsina-12; Taraba-11 and Lagos- 11. Adamawa and Abia states had the highest conviction figure in November with 23 each out of a total of 252 convictions recorded by the anti-narcotic agency in the past month, while FCT had 21 and Plateau- 14. Interesting highlights of some of the cases include that...

President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan Justifies Billion Naira Cars, Jumbo Pay For Federal Legislators President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has accused the media of instigating the public against federal lawmakers. He claimed that Nigerians do not raise eyebrows over the lifestyle of Ministers in the Executive arm of government. If civil servants from the rank of an assistant director and above are entitled to official vehicles and some ministers have convoys of cars, why is the allocation of a Toyota Camry for members of the House of Representatives and a Land Cruiser to senators such a hideous proposition?”

Many travellers were feared killed and scores kidnapped as terrorists and bandits opened fire on travellers along the busy Kaduna-Zaria Road in Kaduna State on Monday evening. According to Daily Nigerian, the attack occurred at Kofar Gayan on the outskirt of Zaria. It was learnt that the gunmen struck around 8pm, shooting sporadically at vehicles in order to immobilise them and abduct the passengers. Witnesses noted that the attackers had taken many travellers into the bush before the arrival of security agents. “They kidnapped many travellers, some fled, while others who were shot at. It will be difficult to determine the number of those killed or abducted,” said a witness. Another witness said one Sani Dogara was shot dead by the terrorists.

WE’LL FULFILL PROMISES WE MADE, SAYS PRESIDENT BUHARI IN MEETING WITH ECOWAS PARLIAMENT  Nigeria will keep pledges made to the ECOWAS Parliament, and to the sub-regional body at large, President Muhammadu Buhari has said.  The President spoke Tuesday at State House, Abuja, while receiving a team from ECOWAS Parliament, led by the Speaker, Dr Sidie Mohammed Tunis.  He commended the parliament for planning to fill its positions subsequently through elections, which would be incorporated into general elections of member countries, noting that “it would be cost effective.”  On the construction of a parliament building in Abuja, President Buhari said he was pleased that the body was collaborating with the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, adding: “We will try to encourage the contractor. All promises we made to ECOWAS Parliament, and the sub-regional group at large, would be fulfilled.”  Speaker Tunis expressed sympathy to the government and people of Nigeria on...

Alleged Forgery: Court Reserves Ruling On Fani-Kayode’s Application Till Dec.17 Justice O. O. Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday, December 14, 2021, reserved ruling on an application filed by a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, who was to be arraigned today by the Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a 12-count charge bordering on an alleged forgery, till Friday, December 17, 2021. One more photo below.

VP HOSTS ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PRAISE CONCERT AS PASTOR KUMUYI PREACHES PEACE TO THE NATION   **Gospel Artistes, Choral Groups from across the country minister at annual Aso Villa Carols Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, hosted the annual Christmas Praise Concert last night at the Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, commemorating the Christmas season.   The General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor W.F. Kumuyi, who delivered the Christmas message, preached on "the divine revelation, divine realization and the glory of the destined restoration that Christ brought to the world."   The Carol service also featured gospel artistes including Mercy Chinwo, Ernest Dades, and choirs drawn from different geopolitical zones across the country.   Besides the Aso Villa Chapel Choir, other choral groups that ministered last night at the old Presidential Banquet Hall were the Kaduna Metropolitan Choir, Kaduna State; Unity Choir, from the Lutheran Church of Chri...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, on Tuesday met with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema and his aviation counterpart, Hadi Sirika, over the  flight flow between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Nigeria. Also present at the meeting were representatives of Emirates Airline, the Chairman/CEO of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, and heads of agencies in the aviation sector. After the meeting, which was held behind closed doors and lasted for about three hours, Gbajabiamila told journalists that it was a fruitful deliberation where issues at stake were discussed. The Speaker said both Nigeria and UAE had good diplomatic relations and that they would not allow the current row to mar the long-standing friendship. He said there were steps taken to address the issues and that "in the next couple of days, this matter will be sealed, I believe. We're engaged in parliamentary diplomacy. That's what we're doing. "We're not going ...

The Nigerian electric power sector is not performing optimally, a situation that must change for the better. We all, for the most part, agree that it is the responsibility of the government to do something about this situation. Ordinary citizens, power industry operators, regulators and government all have different understandings of why the dysfunction in the power sector exists and persists and there are just as many ideas and recommendations for how to fix it.  Electric Power Sector Reform Act, 2005 is a substantial piece of legislation and remains the most significant statutory reform of the power sector in Nigeria for a generation. When it was written and passed into law, it was intended that the provisions of the Act would establish a new framework for optimal public-private sector collaboration to accelerate development in the power sector and promote efficiency across the power sector value chain. The extent to which these expectations have been met is one of the many issue...

ASUU Strike: Chukwuemaka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, COOU, Disassociates Self From Ongoing ASUU Strikes Academic staff of Chukwuemaka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, COOU, have resolved never to join any strike, whether local or national, as the Union has no issues with the university management and their salaries are paid as at when due. The members of COOU Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASSU, reached the resolution during a meeting at the university premises. The Chairman of the Union, Professor Osita Chiaghanam said academic staff union of the university has no reason to work against the school management, as the present administration of Professor Greg Nwakoby has transformed the university both infrastructural and human capacity development wise. Professor Chiaghanam revealed that they decided not to join any of the ASUU strikes because the reasons for the strikes are always in favour of only the federal universities, and the strike also affects the academic calendar of the ins...

ALL MARRIAGES CONDUCTED AT IKOYI REGISTRY ILLEGAL, INVALID -COURT • Says only LGs have statutory power to solemnise unions • Orders closure of all federal marriage registries A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, has declared that it was unconstitutional for the federal government to conduct marriages, declaring as illegal and invalid, for example, all solemnisation of unions at the Ikoyi marriage registry, Lagos. The court, presided over by Justice D. E. Osiagor, held that only the local government marriage registries were empowered to do such by the provisions of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). He submitted that the conduct of marriages and issuance of certificates were statutorily the job of the local governments as provided by the law. The judge added that the acts of the federal government through the Ministry of Interior,operating marriage registries was beyond their powers and held that all marriages conducted by federal marriage registries or through their agents were ille...

Traditional ruler of Enugwu-Ukwu, Igwe Ralph Ekpeh, Others Administered With COVID-19 Vaccine Booster doses, Call For Increased Awareness On Vaccination. The Traditional ruler of Enugwu-Ukwu community in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State, Igwe Ralph Ekpeh, today, 14th December 2021 received COVID-19 vaccine booster doses, as part of measures to stem the spread of the virus among human population. Okeichie Emmanuel Okoye, wife of the Traditional ruler, Lolo Dorathy and a septuagenarian, Ezinne Gloria Ukamaka Nworah, were among others that were vaccinated during the exercise, which took place at Igwe’s palace Enugwu-Ukwu, and was witnessed by ABS UNICEF Desk Officer, Mrs Franka Mmaduike. Addressing his subjects and the entire Ndi-Anambra after receiving the dose, Igwe Ekpeh called for increased and sustained efforts at increasing awareness and dispelling misconceptions about COVID-19 vaccine, adding that the rate at which the new Omicron variant is spreading among human popu...

Some Live Band performers at the grassroots have made a passionate appeal to the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for more recognition and support by involving members of the group the State's entertainment and social functions.  Receiving the musicians on behalf of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Special Adviser, Mr. Solomon Bonu, described the singers as an integral part of the State's entertainment sector, especially at the grassroots.   Bonu, who promised to convey the request of the musicians to Governor Sanwo-Olu, also informed the live band singers that the present administration provides a level playing field to all entertainers regardless of their affiliation.  He said that the Ministry is considering the hosting of an event next year where the various grassroots musicians in the State would be brought together to compete across the Ibile region.  In his words: “The State Government recognises the importance of your position in the society...