The Senate on Tuesday received a request from President Muhammadu Buhari to confirm the appointment of five Commissioners to fill vacancies at the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The request,contained in a letter dated September 28, was read during plenary on Tuesday by President of Senate Ahmad Lawan. Buhari in the letter explained that the confirmation request was in accordance with the provision of Section 3(6) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000. The nominees for confirmation include: Dr Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, Ekiti (South-West), Mrs Anne Odey, Cross River (South-South), Goni Gujba, Yobe (North-East),…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Mr Bola Babarinde, Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) in South Africa, says the chapter is working hard to have one of its members succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. Babarinde said this in an interview on Tuesday in Lagos after Dr Philip Idaewor, Chairman, Forum of APC Diaspora Chairmen, had declared his intention to run for Nigeria’s presidency in 2023. Idaewor, a medical doctor and Chairman of APC in UK, made his intention known via a zoom conference of his campaign group and media on Sunday. Babarinde said that the party needed candidate that had lived abroad and understood what good governance…
A child forensic interview expert, Mrs Anike Ajayi-Kayode, on Tuesday narrated before an Ikeja Special Offences Court how Nollywood actor Olanrewaju James (alias Baba Ijesha) allegedly groomed and defiled a minor (name withheld). Ajayi-Kayode is the Executive Director of the Cece Yara Foundation, a non-governmental organisation founded to prevent child sexual abuse and provide emergency intervention for children. Testifying as the third prosecution witness, Ajayi-Kayode told the court that she was a certified child forensic interview specialist. She said she had participated in over 25 child forensic interviews. Led in evidence by Mrs Olayinka Adeyemi, Lagos State Director of Public…
A media icon and prolific writer, Dare Babarinsa has advocated effective information management as a major tool for effective university administration. Chief Babarinsa, one of the Founding Editors of TELL Magazine and Chairman, Gaskia Magazine stated this while delivering the 11th Registry Annual Lecture of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), which held on Thursday, September 23rd in the university auditorium. He went down the memory lane, citing several examples of unrest in the university system, occasioned by improper utilization of information by management. “One thing that is overshadowing the reputation of most public universities is the annual festival…
Dr Semeton Amosu, a Fruit Research Scientist at the National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT) Ibadan, made the declaration on Tuesday in Ibadan. He said an increase in production could also lead to reduction in the importation of plantains and banana. He said that development of plantain and banana value chains could lead to the creation of more employment opportunities and overall improved livelihoods for stakeholders. Amosu highlighted the need for awareness creation on the potentialities of these crops, describing them as capable of improving the livelihoods and income generation of farmers. He advocated capacity building for farmers and other stakeholders…
The Sokoto Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has warned motorists against traffic violations on highways. A statement by the spokesperson of the Command, SRC Salisu Tureta on Monday also advised passengers to caution their drivers found “driving above the recommended speed limit. According to the statement, drivers should “Obey the recommended speed limit of 90km/h or 100km/h on the highway and 30km/h within the township. “Install speed limiting device in their vehicles. “Avoid night journey as much as possible.” The command observed that ember months “are usually characterized by high volume of vehicular movements on our highways…
Nigerian Northern Governors have taken position against the stand of their southern counterparts on the legality of states to collect Value Added Tax (VAT). A communique issued at the end of the Forum in Kaduna on Monday, the Governors said although they were constraint to comment on VAT matters to avoid subjudice, they were responsible to educate the public and make observations. They posited that VAT is being misconstrued by Rivers and Lagos as well as other Southern states to be sales tax, observing that if every state enacted its own VAT Law, it would result in multiple taxation with…
The Director General, West African Health Organisation (WAHO), Prof. Stanley Okolo, says no fewer than 644,521 cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been recorded in West Africa cumulatively. Okolo said this on Monday in Enugu during the 2022 Programmes Committee Meeting of WAHO. He also said that 9,464 persons had died in the West African subregion as a result of the pandemic while there were 24,410 active cases as at Sept. 26. He said that the essence of the meeting was to review, amend and validate the programmes that WAHO would undertake in the coming year. “Over the next three days,…
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has said that taking the COVID-19 vaccine was a matter of civil duty. Ehanire stated this at a National Press briefing by the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 on Monday in Abuja. The minister said that the pandemic was still active and it was the collective responsibility of citizens to protect lives and livelihoods. He said, “The dreaded COVID-19 pandemic is still active and, at intervals, we hear of persons lost to the illness, including some prominent names in our community. “It is up to us to rise up as a collective…
The Special Assignment Team of Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, Nigeria Customs Service, has intercepted three Mazda saloon cars loaded with live cartridges concealed in sacks of cassava flour. The Acting Comptroller in Charge of the Unit, DC Hussein Ejibunu, made this known on Monday in a statement signed by Mr Theophilus Duniya, the Public Relations Officer of the zone. Ejibunu said that the seizures were made while officers of the zone were on patrol on Sunday at about 10.00 p.m. along Igboora axis of Oyo State. According to the statement, the drivers abandoned their vehicles on sighting the team’s…