Kunle Awosika

The attention of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC) has been drawn to a vexatious post circulating on WhatsApp purporting that the GAC, party leaders and stakeholders have settled for a replacement for Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu.

Barring any last minute changes, there are strong indications that President Muhammadu Buhari will reinstate the suspended managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mrs Hadiza Bala Usman.

Mr Fani-Kayode is charged alongside a former Minister of State for Finance, Nenandi Usman, before a Federal High Court in Lagos.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday detained the Director-General of Voice of Nigeria (VON) Osita Okechukwu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, was reportedly detained over a case of conspiracy, abuse of office and misappropriation of public funds to the tune of ₦1.3 billion.

The National Defence College (NDC) of Tanzania has commended Dangote Cement for fueling job creation in the country. The Commandant of the College, Major Gen. IM Mhona, stated this when he led a delegation of participants from the institution as part of the one-year course for high-ranking army officials. The NDC is the highest strategic learning and primary training institution for the Ministry of Defence and National Service, in Tanzania.

Sterling Bank Plc, Nigeria’s leading commercial bank, has said it will organize an award in early February, known as the Sterling Heart Fellowship Award, for tech founders whose businesses employ innovative solutions to tackle challenges in the HEART sectors and have been selected to partake in the Founder Institute Lagos Virtual Spring Program.

The office of THISDAY located at Utako district in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has been raided by gunmen.

According to the newspaper, the gunmen stormed the office in the early hours of Thursday.

The intruders were said to have subjected the security guards and production staff to “inhumane treatments”, threatening to kill them if they made any attempt to alert the police.

Although the mission of the armed men, who arrived at the premises at about 3 am yesterday has yet to be ascertained, the gunmen who were said to be in the premises of the newspaper’s office for about 45 minutes, reportedly told the staff that they would be back again “in the days ahead”.

Reacting to the attack, the management of THISDAY said it has since reported the incident to the police division in Utako district.

The attack is coming about 10 years after suicide bombers attacked the newspaper’s offices in the FCT and Kaduna state, killing 11 people.

The attacks happened almost simultaneously.

The Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (ABAT) Movement has officially inaugurate its Working Committees ahead of the forthcoming 2023 general elections.

A prominent car dealer in Gusau, the capital of Zamfara state and four other people were, on Tuesday, arraigned before a chief magistrate’s court for killing, decapitating and eating body parts of a 9-year-old boy identified as Ahmad Yakubu Aliyu.

Singer D’banj the Kokomaster has confessed that although he is happily married, he sometimes misses bachelorhood.

“It is very important for me when I say that I am so happy I got married for the right reason,” he said

“There are reasons people do certain things and if one does it for the wrong reason, it would affect one.

“I got to a stage in my life when I needed to grow an empire and in order for one to do that, one has to be stable and have a best friend as a partner. One also has to be true to oneself.

“I pray to God a lot and the Bible says, ‘He who finds a wife, finds a good thing’.

“I got married to my best friend, who knows and understands everything about me. Because of that, we could grow together.

“Yes, once in a while, one misses those days (of being a bachelor). But, I am happy because that is the difference between Dapo Oyebanjo and Dbanj, the Koko Master. Whenever I get on stage anywhere, I become the Koko Master.

Bangalee also said ladies still flock around him, noting marriage has not inhibited that in any way.”
Explaining further, D’banj said he is a first timer as a music reality show judge and he accepted the offer in order to contribute his quota to the growth of the industry.

He added: “It (marriage) has not reduced the amount of kokolets (ladies) that flock around me and rush to the stage. However, one has to be committed to one person and that is what life is.

“This is the first time I would be a judge (on a music reality show). I have done several things through the years but this is the first time I would be doing something like this.

“I accepted the offer because first, I am a Nigerian. Secondly, I think there is no better time than now because of the growth of the industry.

“The growth of the industry is such that it is important for us to embrace what God has given us. This is a journey we have been on for over a decade and we have been accepted globally. That is why it is important to ‘grow’ what is on the ground.”