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Tinubu’s Senior Media Aide, Onanuga To Speak At 5th Edition of “Timeline Awareness Initiative Lecture/Awards” Ceremony

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President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga has been selected to speak at the 5th edition of Timeline Awareness Initiative Lecture/Awards, coming up Wednesday, 29th May, 2024, at Radisson Blu Hotel, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos.

 

The informative and educative programme that is being put together by Timeline Nigeria, an online news portal, is aimed at getting all and sundry acquainted with the sociopolitical happenings in the country and also honour distinguished Nigerians in politics and business sectors.

 

The theme of this year’s event whose Chairman and Co-chairman are Senators Orji Uzor Kalu and Olorunnimbe Mamora respectively is, “News Reporting and Sensationalism: The Effects on National Security in Era of New Media.”

 

The Special Guests of the yearly event are First Lady of Lagos State, Dr. Mrs. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, His Excellency, Otunba Sen. Gbenga Daniel, Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa and Dr Siju Iluyomade

Past editions saw the presence of prominent speakers such as Lagos state Deputy Governor, Dr. Kadri Hamzat; immediate past Minister of information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; CEO of Brila FM, Dr. Larry Izamoje among others.

 

The event promises to live up to its expected billings as some highly placed individuals have already signed interest to grace the epoch-making occasion even as some carefully selected Nigerians who have distinguished themselves in various fields of human endeavour would be honoured.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Gov. Oyebanji Paid Condolence Visit to Yemkem Boss, Over The Loss of his wife.

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Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State has paid a condolence visit to Dr. Akintunde Ayeni, the Chief Executive Officer of Yem-Kem International, who lost his wife.

Governor Oyebanji paid the condolence visit to Dr. Ayeni on Tuesday at his residence in Lagos State over the death of his wife.

The Governor expressed the condolences of the Government and good people of Ekiti State to the Ayeni family and prayed for the repose of the soul of their departed matriarch.

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Stampede: Ooni’s ex-queen, others allege illegal detention, Oyo opposes bail

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The Oyo State Government, on Tuesday, urged the state high court in Ibadan not to grant bail to the ex-queen of Ooni of Ife, Naomi Shilekunola, Hamzat Oriyomi, and a school principal, Fasasi Abdullahi.

The court had on December 24 remanded the trio in prison over the death of 35 children during a Christmas Funfair they organised in Ibadan, which resulted in a fatal stampede.

The defendants spent both Christmas and New Year’s Day at the Nigerian Correctional Services facility in Agodi.

During Tuesday’s hearing at High Court 8, Ring Road, Ibadan, the defence counsel urged the court to admit them to bail but the Oyo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Abiodun Aikomo, opposed the bail requests, insisting that the applicants had not shown sufficient grounds for their release.

“The bail request of the applicants must not be granted by the court,” Aikomo stated. He also countered claims of persecution by the state government, describing them as unfounded.

Earlier, the defence counsel argued that their clients’ detention was unconstitutional, citing procedural irregularities and challenging the court’s jurisdiction.

They maintained that the “holding charge” used to remand the suspects was not recognised under Nigeria’s Administration of Criminal Justice Act.

Waheed Olajide, representing Fasasi Abdulahi, principal of Islamic High School, Basorun, argued that the detention was unjustified.

“No formal charge is preferred against the applicant before any court of competent jurisdiction,” Olajide said.

He further emphasised Abdulahi’s poor health condition, stating, “The law makes provision for exceptional circumstances, which include ill health, upon which the suspects can be released on bail. The applicant is battling with his health and needs to be taken care of medically.”

Silekunola’s lawyer, Musibau Adetunmbi (SAN), described her continued detention as unconstitutional.

“Anybody can be detained, but it must be in accordance with the law, irrespective of the offenscs committed,” he argued. “The applicants are being held in detention pursuant to a holding charge which is not known in the criminal administration of justice. Oyo State Government has acted illegally with the continuing detention of the suspects in the prison custody. All the evidences presented by the defense counsel to buttress their case are zero.”

Hazmat’s lawyer, Adekunle Sobaloju (SAN), similarly contended that the detention violated constitutional provisions.

“The holding charge used to clamp the suspects in the prison custody is not known in the criminal administration of justice,” Sobaloju argued.

Justice K.B. Olawoyin, after listening to submissions from both sides, adjourned the ruling on the bail applications till Monday, January 13, 2025.

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NBS website remains shut three weeks after hack

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The National Bureau of Statistics website has remained shut nearly three weeks after it was hacked.

Checks on Monday showed that the website is still inactive. This is coming ahead of the December inflation report expected to be released next week, January 15, 2025.

It was reported that on December 18, 2024, NBS confirmed that its official website was hacked.

NBS had promised to recover the website, which served as a repository of statistics and information.
This comes as NSB allocated N35 million for cybersecurity in its N9.85 billion budget for 2025.

The hack incident came after an NBS Experience and Security Perception Survey, which showed that Nigerians paid an estimated N2.3 trillion as ransom in 12 months and that 65 percent of households had been affected by kidnapping incidents.

The survey had generated controversy over its veracity.

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