Author: Vincent Osuwo

Nigerian telecommunications company Globacom has won the 2023 Champions Newspapers Telecommunications Company of the Year Award.  According to a press release, the telecom giant won the award at Champion Newspapers Limited’s annual awards ceremony in Lagos. It stated, “The honour reinforces Globacom’s position as Nigeria’s most innovative telecoms operator focused on providing affordable tools of communication that will transform lives and businesses.” Dr. Nwadiuto Iheakanwa, Managing Director of Champion Newspapers, described the purpose of the awards ceremony during her welcome remarks. She said, “All we strive to do is recognise excellence and hard work to agitate our minds into doing…

The Anambra State Police Command claimed it detained a suspect who was imposing an “illegal” sit-at-home beside the Oba flyover in the Idemili South Local Government Area of the state.  According to a statement issued on Thursday by state police spokesman SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the suspect was part of a band of four armed men regrouping to enforce the Indigenous People of Biafra’s sit-at-home order made on May 30. Ikenga stated that the suspect was apprehended after receiving information that some armed men on motorcycles were regrouping to implement the sit-at-home order in the area. He claimed that police officers…

Reno Omokri has described the reversion to the old national anthem as the “most unnecessary act of governance” by the Bola Tinubu-led administration. Omokri’s remarks come on the heels of the signing into law of the 2024 National Anthem Bill by Tinubu. Chronicle NG reports that Tinubu assented the bill, which returned Nigeria to using the old “Nigeria, we hail thee” anthem written by Lilian Jean Williams in 1960, replacing the “Arise o’ Compatriots” anthem. Reacting to the news, Omokri, a former aide to former president Goodluck Jonathan, lamented that Nigeria has other pressing needs that require urgent attention from…

The management of the National Medical Services Laboratories in Pennsylvania, United States of America, has denied that the Lagos State Government conducted a toxicology test to determine the cause of singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, alias Mohbad’s death, at its facility. The NMS Labs assertion came in response to inquiries from Punch journalists, who began on a fact-finding trip to determine the musician’s cause of death. Before embarking on the fact-finding mission, some concerned members of the public reportedly objected to a pathologist’s claim, made before the Coroner’s Court on Wednesday, May 15, that an autopsy could not determine Mohbad’s cause of…

The special adviser to the President on media and publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, has dismissed as “false” Bayo Onanuga’s report that President Bola Tinubu will address a joint section of the National Assembly on Wednesday. In a statement on Tuesday, Onanuga, special adviser to the President on information and strategy, said Tinubu would not make a conventional nationwide broadcast to mark his first year in office anniversary, but instead, he would address a joint session of the National Assembly. “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will not make a broadcast to the nation on Wednesday to celebrate his first anniversary as the…

President Bola Tinubu will not be addressing the nation in a nationwide broadcast to celebrate his first anniversary in office. This was announced in a statement on Tuesday by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser on Information and Strategy. According to the statement, the President will rather “address a joint session of the National Assembly, which has lined up a programme to commemorate 25 years of the nation’s democratic journey at both the executive and legislative levels.” The statement adds that the Nigerian leader will espouse his monumental achievements in his first year in office. According to the statement, “Former Senate President,…

President Bola Tinubu has signed the National Anthem Bill 2024, which restores the old national anthem “Nigeria, we hail thee.”.  Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced this on Wednesday during a joint session of the National Assembly commemorating the Silver Jubilee of Nigeria’s Fourth Republic. Akpabio said the purpose of the purpose of the sitting is primarily to introduce the new national anthem, explaining that Tinubu will not be delivering an address since he needs to go to launch the Abuja metro line. Approved by the inu, the National Anthem Bill 2024 seeks to resurrect the former anthem “Nigeria, We Hail…

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Mr. Yakubu Maikyau, SAN, has sharply condemned the recent conflicting court judgements surrounding the Emir of Kano’s stool, calling the situation a shame to the legal profession.  In a statement made on Wednesday, Maikyau voiced his disappointment with the actions of both counsel and judges involved in matters handled by the Federal High Court and the Kano State High Court, which he feels have exposed the legal profession to public mockery and opprobrium. The debate over the stool of the Emir of Kano has resulted in a series of inconsistent orders from…

The House of Representatives resolved on Wednesday to investigate the circumstances surrounding the recent dismissal of approximately 600 Central Bank of Nigeria employees.  The House passed the resolution after the member representing Karu/Keffi/Kokona Federal Constituency, Nasarawa State, Mr. Jonathan Gbefwi, filed a motion of urgent public interest on the floor during plenary on Wednesday. Remember that the apex bank justified its move to lay off some of its employees last week by citing the necessity to realign the bank for efficient operation? Addressing the House, Gbefwi stated that the CBN, as part of an extensive overhaul, has been decreasing personnel,…

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s 2023 presidential contender, stated on Tuesday that President Bola Tinubu’s policies have not created prosperity but have instead impoverished the poor and bankrupted the wealthy. He did, however, emphasise six steps that  Tinubu should take to ensure the success of his administration. The president, who took office on May 29, 2023, with a renewed hope agenda for Nigeria, completed his first year in office on Wednesday (today). In a statement released on Tuesday, Atiku reviewed the administration’s performance over the previous year, slamming the All Progressives Congress-led government for failing to provide any…