… As Emir reacts, confirms new Balogun Agba The Supreme Court of Nigeria has dismissed an appeal filed against Emir of Ilorin, Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari by the former Balogun Gambari of Ilorin, Abdulkareem Laaro Balogun. Balogun was challenging his removal as Balogun Gambari of Ilorin by the Emir. The verdict of the apex court delivered on Friday, has finally put the 17 year-old legal tussle to rest. Meanwhile, the Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari has expressed delight over the apex court’s dismissal of the appeal filed by the former Balogun Gambari of Ilorin, Abdulkareem…
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Yesterday, the National Working Group on Governance and Peacebuilding in Nigeria held a Roundtable on the imperative of building a national consensus on how to govern Nigeria in the interest of all citizens. The spirit of the meeting is that the Nigerian State is no longer performing its duties and citizens must rise to defend their future. The State can no longer protect the lives and property of Nigerians. It cannot even protect the territorial integrity of the national territory as increasingly, non-State actors takeover ungoverned territories. Finally, the State can no longer provide for the basic needs of citizens.…
The Niger APC Youth Vanguard has said it is excited by the rate at which the Niger State All Progressives Congress APC is gaining strength under the new chairman of the party. Attributing the successful repositioning of the party to the new State Chairman, Haliru Jikantoro and the active assistance Nma Kolo, the Governor’s Special Adviser Political and Strategy, the Group commended their strategic reconciliation efforts that mended the cracks within the party. In a statement issued by its Chairman, Salihu Abubakar, N-APCYV emphasized the party chairman and Special Adviser Political and Strategy played in ensuring that all hitherto warring…
A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kebbi state, Umar Na’amore Argungu has dissociated himself from contesting as member of the House of Representatives, representing Argungu/Augie Federal Constituency. Campaign posters of Dan’amore have been circulated across the state purportedly by some youth and supporters urging him to declare for the National Assembly seat. But the PDP stalwart in a statement he personally signed on Wednesday, said he has never discussed with anyone that he had intention to contest for any position, let alone that of the House of Representatives. According to him, the decision to contest for political…
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum says it will prioritize the establishment of farm estates for groups of smallholder producers, including women and youths, to increase the supply of farm inputs, the use of machinery, access to extension services, and market access. It also pledged to expand the country’s aggregate tax revenue by up to 200%. The governors, in a communiqué signed by the chairperson of the forum and Ekiti state governor, Kayode Fayemi and issued after their second meeting of the year which held in Abuja on Wednesday, also pledged to expand the country’s aggregate tax revenue by up to 200%.…
The Lagos State Coconut Development Authority (LASCODA) says it will produce one million coconut seedlings in conjunction with the private sector in 2022. LASCODA’s General Manager, Mr Dapo Olakulehin said on Wednesday in Lagos that the collaboration would see the agency producing 200,000 seedlings while individual farmers and others produce 800,000 coconut trees He said that the government would later sell the seedlings to farmers across the state at subsidised rate. The general manager said that the distribution pattern would be through input support and technical support to be given to out-growers to enable them sell at affordable prices. Olakulehin…
The First Chronicle Round Table organized by 21st Century Media Services, publishers of 21st Century Chronicle, comes up on Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at the Shehu Yar’adua Centre, Abuja, from 10am. Theme of the Roundtable is Going for Broke: Fighting Insecurity in 2022. A statement by the online newspaper’s Editor in Chief, Mahmud Jega, which was made available to Forefront News stated that two papers each will be delivered in the morning and afternoon sessions of the Roundtable. Jega further said that at the morning session, to be chaired by former Borno state governor, Senator Kashim Shettima, Chief of Defence…
German vaccine maker BioNTech on Wednesday, announced its plans to deliver mobile production facilities in pre-fabricated containers to Africa with the aim of manufacturing mRNA vaccines locally. The firm, which along with pharma giant Pfizer would produce the first Coronavirus vaccine to be approved in the European Union and United States, said it planned to deliver the production facilities to Rwanda, Senegal and possibly South Africa. They would enable the production of Coronavirus vaccines as well as potentially malaria or tuberculosis vaccines in the future. “Each BioNTainer is a clean room which BioNTech equips with state-of-the-art manufacturing solutions. Together, two…
The House of Representatives on Wednesday unveiled plans to investigate the utilisation of the N165 billion appropriated for the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCS) over the past two years. The resolution was passed sequel to the adoption of a motion on ‘Urgent national importance on the deplorable state of Inmates and the unwholesome working conditions of officers and men of the service in spite of huge budgetary allocations with attendant adverse effects on security of custodial facilities. The resolution followed a motion of urgent public importance by Rep. Ndudi Elumelu, the minority leader of the House on the floor of the…
AstraZeneca says the European Commission has approved its prescription medicine Saphnelo as an add-on therapy for the treatment of adult patients with moderate to severe systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). It said on Wednesday that the approval followed the recommendation by the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency in December 2021. Saphnelo has also received regulatory approval in the U.S., Japan and Canada for the treatment of SLE and regulatory reviews are ongoing in additional countries. Systemic lupus erythematosus is a complex autoimmune condition that can affect any organ and patients often experience inadequate disease…