Check the Full List of the 240 Polling Units where INEC will not Conduct Elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has released the full list of the 240 polling units where elections will not hold in 28 states.
The INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, had said this during a meeting with the national leaders of political parties in Abuja on Monday.
Giving the reason, INEC said the affected polling units the were newly created do not have new registered voters, adding that no voter also transferred to those polling units.
Wema Bank builds capacity for owners and managers of SMEs in Enugu
In its bid to equip small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) in Enugu with adequate knowledge and skills to boost their businesses, Wema Bank Plc, Nigeria’s most innovative bank, is hosting its maiden Business Growth and Innovation Conference in Enugu, the Enugu State capital. The conference, being organized in partnership with the Enugu SME Center, the Enugu State Government’s SME development agency, will hold on Wednesday, February 15th and Thursday, February 16th, 2023.
The Head, SME Banking at Wema Bank, Arthur Nkemeh, said that the two-day conference, which will cover key areas of business management, such as strategy and innovation, digital transformation, sales and marketing, and financial management, will upskill business owners and managers and boost the capacity and growth of SMEs in Enugu.
“The Enugu Business Growth and Innovation Conference is intended to bridge the knowledge gap that exists in the SMEs space. It will equip attendees with best-in-class knowledge and skills in business management. The capacity building program will be delivered by world-class facilitators who are subject matter experts in various aspects of business management, in keeping to our position as the leading bank in the SME Advisory space in Nigeria.”
He noted that, being the leading bank in the SME banking segment in Nigeria, Wema Ban has been a champion of the growth of the SME sector in the country through its various financial and non-financial (business advisory) services for SMEs.
“As a champion of the growth of the SME sector in Nigeria, Wema Bank has put in place many initiatives that will drive the growth of the sector in the country. We not only have low-cost banking products that speak to the needs of SMEs, but we also ensure that the managers and promoters of these businesses are equipped with top-notch knowledge and skills that will ensure that their businesses thrive in any given situation they find themselves.”
Arthur called on owners and managers of small and medium-scale enterprises in and around Enugu to avail themselves of the opportunity that this conference presents to build their capacity and ensure that their businesses growth potentials are achieved.
“The needs of the SMEs in Nigeria are enormous and range from access to capital to talent acquisition and retention, to management operation and so on. These needs, as diverse as they are, could be better and more effectively addressed through adequate capacity building. This is why it is imperative that SMEs owners and managers, especially those in and around Enugu, endeavour to participate in the Conference to learn new strategies that they can use to grow their businesses,” he concluded.
More information is available on the bank’s website www.wemabank.com
Black Actress gave Birth to HalfCaste Baby for Black Husband
There is a fire on the mountain! Ghanaian Actress Bibi Bright’s marriage is on its last leg after giving birth to a halfcaste.
Apparently, Bibi Bright has given birth to her 3rd child. But this time, she gave birth to a halfcaste. She delivered a white baby boy.
According to reports, that has set confusion in her marriage as her Ghanaian husband feels cheated.
The report says there has been a family meeting to solve the issue but they could not settle it as Bibi Bright’s husband denied being responsible for the baby and continued to question her about the father of her baby.
After being under too much pressure, she moved back to her father’s house and eventually travelled out of the country.
Her 2 daughters are with her estranged husband but she left with her halfcaste baby boy. According to the report, Bibi Bright claims she prefers her lover who is obviously a white man to her Ghanaian husband.
Meanwhile, Bibi Bright has been on social media for months but resurfaced a few days ago.
Free School Uniforms And Empowerment Program For Oto Awori Junior Grammar School By Khairat Animashaun Initiative (KAI)
Hon. Khairat Animashaun-Ajiboye, the reputable founder of Khairat Animashaun Initiative (KAI) and a member of the All Progressive Congress (APC) led her satire team and notable stakeholders to Oto Awori Junior Grammar School to give free school uniforms and launched an empowerment program to support the school and the students at large.
KAI, the talk of the town initiative like no other from Hon. Khairat Animashaun-Ajiboye who is a reputable public administrator has become a drive in the betterment and uplifting of school education in Lagos State.
Findings revealed that the unique program is just one of the many schemes from Khairat Animasahaun Initiative (KAI) in making society and the world a better place. Her vision is to create a more sustainable socio-political, economic, cultural and educational environment for Lagosians and Nigerians at large.
The well-attained educational empowerment program took place at the reputable Oto Awori Junior Grammar School located at the Lagos Badagry Express-Way, Oto Ijanikin beside Lagos State University of Education on Monday 30th of January 2023 by 11am prompt.
Khairat, as she fondly called was well represented by Hon. Deji Ajiboye and Dr. Kayode Akinrolabu, the Director of Finance and the Secretary of Khairat Animashaun Initiative (KAI) respectively. The Manager Programs of KAI, Hon. Muyiwa Bajulaiye ensured that all plans were put together for the success of the event.
The visioneer, Khairat Animashaun-Ajiboye wants to specially thank Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, the Executive Governor of Lagos State, who is the Chief Stakeholder for his endless support and love for Khairat Animashaun Initiative (KAI) in making the right impact in Lagos State by giving back to Lagosians, the residents and the society at large.
Those in the know squealed that the empowerment program and the free uniforms for the students in the beginning of the New Year for the school is a much welcome idea to give the junior students a renewed hope in their academics.
The occasion was grace by HRM Oba (Elder) Dr. Josiah O. Ilemobade-Aina, Kuyamiku 1, Oloto of Oto, Awori Kingdom; Hon. Kayode Robert Bolaji, SA to Lagos State Governor and Hon. Bajulaiye Muyiwa Stanley who played host for the KAI program.
It was a colourful event with inspiration and hope for the students and it was well attended by who is who in the society with the engagement of notable key individuals in the education sector and different walks of life respectively.
Khairat Animashaun-Ajiboye would like to implore Lagosians and Lagos residents to continue to be their brothers’ keepers and be ready to give a helping hand to make the state under the leadership of Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu bigger, better and rising greater.
Nigerian police have killed 567suspected armed robbers in the past three months and lost 71 of their own men, the national chief of police was reported as saying on Thursday.
Human rights groups and media experts have accused Nigerian police of killing robbery suspects instead of arresting them and in some cases using the “armed robber” label as a pretext to kill innocent people who cross them.
The Lagos state command of Nigeria police have disclosed that one Micheal Osaro age 36 from Estako East local government area of Edo state who was arrested wenersday 18th November 2020,in Semer bordar of lagos state when he was trying to cross to Republic of Benin has been killed on 3rd February 2023,by firing squad of combined team both Nigeria police and Nigeria Army in Alimosho local government area of Lagos state.
Mr Micheal osaro was declared wanted along with one Mr Sunday Peter in Estako local government area of Edo state when both of them was allegedly been the premier suspect of the kidnapping activities that happened on 15th December 2014,in Estako East local government area, the police was able to arrest the uncle Mr Andrew Yusuf,and some Members of the Family,they where taken to the state command of the police in Benin City, but after a long search of the both Sunday Peter and Michael Osaro the authority of Nigeria police declared both men wanted.
In December 30th 2014, the uncle of Sunday peter,Mr Andrew Yusuf,was killed along side some Members of his family by the Nigeria police when they was trying to escape in the prison,since December 2014 the Nigeria police have launched operation search for Micheal Osaro and Sunday Peter.
Since December 2014 the Authorities keep to search for both Sunday peter and Micheal osaro until Mr Micheal Osaro was arrested in 18th November 2020, when the suspect was trying to cross the Nigeria bordar to the labouring country of Benin Republic,he was charge to court and arraigned after years of legal proceedings he was finally sentence to death by the Apex court .
In January 2021 the federal High Court in Lagos state sentence Mr Micheal osaro to death but Mr Micheal osaro through his legal team decide to appeal the Judgement according to the 3 men judge who give judgement unanimously sentence Mr Micheal Osaro to death.
In June 2022 the court of Appeal sitting in lagos upheld the Judgement of Lower Court by sending Mr Micheal Osaro to death but again the judgement was appeal in the Apex court.
In 25th January 2023,according to a 7 men panel of the Apex court who upheld the judgement of the court of appeal in lagos ,the Judgement was read through Justice okoro cletus who according to the Judgement said that according to the Nigeria criminal law kidnapping is death offence in the country and as such that Mr Micheal osaro should be kill through firing squad the Judgement also that The Nigeria police should fast the search of the last suspect Mr Sunday Peter.
Reacting to the Judgement the counsel to the Nigeria Authorities San Awolowo Bisi who said that finally that Justice have prevail on the kidnapping incident that took place on 15th December 2014, that soon that Mr Sunday peter will be arrest by the police so that the case can be conclude.
However according to the legal team of Mr Micheal Osaro and association of Nigeria Farmer’s association that Mr Micheal Osaro as been sentenced to death for crime he don’t know about due to the family divergent political opinion. The legal team further said that the Judgement is something that will create bad image of Nigeria as a country international that an innocent person as been sentenced to death while the real criminals are walking on the streets.
The Nigerian criminal law system is characterised by its pluralism, where English common law, Islamic law (Sharia) in 12 Northern states, and customary law coexist.
The death penalty in Nigeria is applied in different manners, depending on whether the states apply secular or Islamic law.
The following offences are punishable by death under the provisions of the Criminal and Penal Code of Nigeria: murder; treason; conspiracy to treason; treachery; fabricating false evidence leading to the conviction to death of an innocent person; aiding a child or a ‘lunatic’ to commit suicide; armed robbery (under the Robbery and Firearms Decree 1984). Death sentences can be executed either by hanging or by shooting (firing squad).
According to Amnesty International, in 2016 Nigeria executed three persons by hanging in Benin Prison (Edo State). It registered 527 deaths sentences, representing a significant surge when compared to previous years, bringing the total number of people sentenced to death in the country to 1 979. The authorities pardoned 33 prisoners, exonerated another 32 and commuted a total of 105 death sentences.
It is reported that in July 2017, ‘state governors agreed to either sign execution warrants or commute death sentences as a way of addressing overcrowding in prisons’, including in Ogun state, for example, where there previously was an informal commitment to refrain from authorising executions.
Under the various Sharia penal laws in the 12 Northern states, death penalty is applicable when convicted for one of the following offences: adultery; rape; ‘sodomy’; incest; witchcraft and juju offences. The execution of death sentences under Sharia law includes hanging, stoning and crucifixion.
The issue of the death penalty has continued to stir emotions across Nigeria’s social and political divides, because while international law discourages the imposition of the death penalty, Nigeria is one of the countries that still retain the use of the death sentence as capital punishment in its criminal law and penal code, with judges in the High and Sharia courts sentencing convicted persons to death for numerous crimes, including non-lethal crimes.
The following can attract the death penalty in Nigeria: armed robbery, murder, rape, terrorism-related offenses, and treason and kidnapping. In the Northern Region, where Sharia law is applied, adultery, blasphemy, and homosexuality also carry the death penalty.
In 2021, Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbeshola, came under heavy backlash when he reportedly recommended the execution of death row inmates as a form of decongesting the correctional facilities which are, in fact, overpopulated mostly by over 72% of awaiting trial inmates. What he intended to be a light-hearted comment turned boorish, stirred debates, and renewed calls for the abolition of the death penalty.
According the president Of All Nigeria Farmers association Guruba usman who said that Mr Sunday peter and Micheal osaro was false accused of carrying out criminal activities because of the family political opinion the president of Nigeria farmers who further states that the state machinery was used to tortured the family of Sunday Peter which lead to the shooting of Mr Andrew Yusuf,in the police custody in 30th December 2014 till today the case has been swept under the carpet.
With the killing of Micheal Osaro according to the police who spoke to journalists said that the only Suspect remaining in the case is Mr Sunday Peter who has been on a hideout since December 2014,the police urge members of the Public from South, East, West and North to report Mr Peter Sunday, to the nearest police station or any other sister security Agency wherever they find him that the total of 30 million await any person who have credible information of the whereabouts of Mr Sunday peter a native of Kukawa local of Borno state.
During the semi-final matches played in the female category, Ikeja Junior School beat Herbert Macauley four nil while new debutant Government Girls College Agege defeated United Christian School two nil.
In the male category, Aje Comprehensive Junior School showed superiority over Ruthina International School in a match that ended eight-five while, Ikeja junior school also made it to the final after scoring three unreplied goals against Government junior college, Surulere.
Speaking on the progress of the Cup, Director General, Lagos State Sports Commission, Oluwatoyin Gafaar says the competition shows that Lagos have talents that can be nurtured to develop the game in the nation and beyond.
Gafaar gave a guarantee that the best of handball at the junior school level will be witnessed on the 3rd of february at Rowe park, Yaba during the Grand finale stressing that the talents discovered will be recruited by the commission for further development and exposure.
The seasoned sport administrator also praised former Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, DR Kayode Opeifa for his continuous sponsorship of the championship alongside with his family adding that the competition will continue annually.
The grand finale which will hold today at the Rowe Park by 2pm is expected to show case former handball players, coaches, the games sponsor, DR Kayode Opeifa, Director General, Lagos Sports Commission, Oluwatoyin Gafaar, Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Transportation, Sola Giwa among others.
On 21st September 2021, the Charity Commission notified the trustees of the MFM UK that it had reviewed the Initial Order under which the Interim Manager was appointed to continue the said appointment whilst varying the terms of the Initial Order to permit the Interim Manager to manage the Charity.
to the exclusion of the trustees of the Charity. (The order as so varied is referred to as the “2021 Order”).
This 2021 Order, like its predecessor appointing the Interim Manager, provided canon fodder for further unbridled criticism and vicious maligning of MFM and its General Overseer in the social media, championed by Sahara Reporters and one Maureen Badejo, a British based Vlogger.
On 28th September 2021, the trustees of the Charity submitted an appeal against the
decision of the Charity Commission to issue the 2021 Order. The trustees of the
Charity set out the grounds of their appeal under three headings: –
– the actions of the Respondent and his agents were generally unlawful
– the operations and actions of the Interim Manager/Respondent were
procedurally unfair; and
– the decisions of the Interim Manager/Respondent were generally irrational.
The notice of appeal submitted by the trustees of the Charity (referred to as the
“Appellant” in the decision) set out in some detail the grounds on which this appeal was being brought. The Appellant stated that the outcomes that the trustees were
seeking from the appeal were as follows: Firstly, that the 2021 Order should be set aside.
Ruling on the appeal, the 3-member Tribunal unanimously quashed those parts of the 2021 Order, including the Schedule, that appointed the Interim Manager to the exclusion of the Trustees.
The Tribunal directed the Charity Commission to permit the trustees of the MFM (UK) to remain in office with such powers and responsibilities as are necessary or useful to enable them to work with the Interim Manager in amending the constitution of the Charity and in implementing and
operating effective systems and controls across the whole of the Charity.
By this decision, the Tribunal effectively stripped the Interim Manager of the powers of a sole administrator of the charity to the exclusion of its
trustees and is therefore tantamount to a return to the status quo, where the Interim Manager continues to work hand in glove with the trustees.
The hearing lasted two days. 29/09/2022 and 03/11/2022.
As at the time of going to press, the Solicitor acting for MFM, Mr Tayo Arowojolu of Freeman Solicitors in London could not be reached for comments.
Video: Yoruba Nation Agitators, Police Clash in Lagos… Death Recorded
There has been a confrontation between the Yoruba Nation Agitators and men of the Nigerian Police Force in Lagos this morning, the agitators had storm Ojota axis of Lagos where they were planning to hold their mega rally.
In a video making round a young man who identified himself as Saoti Igboho, was speaking in Yoruba that two of his boys had been killed while showing the lifeless body of a young man on the suspected to be the Seven Up axis of the Lagos Ibadan express. The young man also showed a video of a van suspected to be police car just in the process of being engulfed in fire, he also said they will be burning a certain police station.
Though the cause of the whole issue cannot be ascertain, some other information is saying it was a confrontation between the group and the men of Oduduwa People’s Congress, OPC.
Attempt to reach out to the PPRO Lagos, Mr. Benjamin Hundeyin is not possible as his phone lines are engaged.
‘People And Places’ Designed To Expose African Governments To Tourism Potentials – Bayo Faleke
Pace setting and award winning popular On Air Personality, Dr. Adebayo Faleke, otherwise known as “Kakaki Olodumare” of Fresh 105.9 FM Ibadan, has made another exceptional exploration of the broadcast industry.
This time around with another educative and tourism television series tagged People and Places. The initiative could be viewed on his YouTube TV Afrikana channel.
Kakaki Olodumare is a multi-talented entertainer and an OAP per excellence. Recently, he showcased his latest movie titled ‘Rubicon’ in all cinema houses in Nigeria. At a parley few days ago, he unwrapped his latest initiative , People and Places, to media chiefs in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.
According to Bayo Kakaki Olodumare, the initiative was motivated by People and Places.
“What motivated my new program is simply PEOPLE and PLACES. I found out that there are different people in different places on the surface of the earth with different cultures. Some cultures are strange and funny to some other people in other regions. ”
Bayo Faleke
My motivation comes from my desire to bring the cultures and tourist attractions all over the world to the door steps of my audience”
He disclosed that his motive for work is basically to inform.
“What I really want to achieve with my new program is to get my audience informed about the people and fascinating features in places all over the world. I want to use this program as an eye opener for Nigerian government and other African governments to know the degree at which tourism can boost our economy”
Speaking about funding the initiative, Kakaki said “the zeal and passion I have for the program will definitely help to sustain it. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
“With the quality and the expertise of the people in my team on Kakaki Olodumare radio and Tv Afrikana, I am confident that this project is sustainable.