The Police Service Commission, PSC, on Wednesday, hosted the management of SERVICOM and the inauguration of its Inter-Ministerial Committee and announced its partnership plan with the agency in its determined effort to sanitize operations in the federal bureaucracy. Speaking at the Advocacy forum, Chairman of the Commission, Musiliu Smith, a retired Inspector General of Police said SERVICOM Office has contributed greatly in bringing sanity in the ways and means government business is being conducted in Nigeria. He said the Commission will continue to leverage on the commitment of the Agency to the improvement of service delivery in the public sector…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers state on Wednesday, rejected the records of service of George Turnah, former Special Adviser to the erstwhile Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Dan Abia, while serving as an aide at the Commission. Justice T. Mohammed, after listening to the testimony of defence witness, Silas Anyanwu, Director, Human Resource, NDDC, on the records of service of Turnah between 2013 and 2015 at the NDDC, refused to admit documents such as Letter of appointment, Letter of Acceptance of Appointment, Letter of Resignation and Letter of Acceptance of his Resignation as exhibits. The documents could not be…
The Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife, has successfully performed surgery on a 14-year-old boy with rare heart problem. The Chief Medical Director of OAUTHC, Prof. Adebayo Adetiloye, made the disclosure in an interview on Wednesday in Ile-Ife. Adetiloye described the condition of the boy as a very rare one, saying that such an operation had never been carried out, both in Nigeria and the West African sub-region. While commending the team that performed the surgery, the CMD said what made the operation unique was the method applied which, he said, was different from those being used abroad.…
The Senate on Wednesday stepped down the consideration of a bill seeking to establish the Armed Forces Services Commission. The commission was to ensure that the composition/appointment of Service Chiefs of the Armed Forces of the Federation reflected Federal Character of Nigeria in the manner prescribed in section 217 (3) of the 1999 Constitution. The upper chamber’s resolution was sequel to the presentation of the lead debate on the general principles of the bill by its sponsor, Sen. Eyinnaya Abaribe, during plenary. The bill was titled, “A Bill for an Act to give effect to Section 219 of the 1999…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has arrested a former Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Dibu Ojerinde for allegedly misappropriating N900 million. Mrs Azuka Ogugua, ICPC spokesperson, in a statement, on Wednesday, in Abuja, said Ojerinde was arrested on March 15, in Abuja by operatives of the commission. Ogugua said that Ojerinde allegedly committed multiple frauds, while heading JAMB and the National Examination Council (NECO). She added that Ojerinde had been detained by the Commission for questioning, over allegations of multiple identities, abuse of office, money laundering,…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, on Wednesday, re-arraigned former Chairman of the disbanded Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), Okoi Obono-Obla in FCT High Court over N10.1 million alleged fraud. He was also charged with failure to honour ICPC invitation. Also arraigned is Obono-Obla’s Senior Assistant Special Duties (Protocol), Aliyu Ibrahim. The former SPIP chairman was on Jan. 22 arraigned before the court alongside Ibrahim and Managing Director of ABR Global Petroleum Resources Limited, Daniel Omughele. They were arraigned on a 10-court charge bordering on diversion of N19.9 million meant…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved $1.5 billion for the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt Refinery in River. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva made this known when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the Council meeting held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to him, the rehabilitation will be done in three phases of 18, 24 and 44 months. The minister stated that the rehabilitation was in fulfilment of Federal government’s desire to resuscitate the country’s refineries to reduce the cost of processing petroleum products as…
Shareholders of Zenith Bank Plc shareholders on Tuesday unanimously approved the proposed final dividend of N2.70 per share at the bank’s 30th Annual General Meeting. Mr Jim Ovia, Chairman of the Zenith Bank Group, said in a statement on Tuesday that this brought the total dividend payment for the 2020 financial year to N3 per share with a total value of N94.19 billion. He said that the dividend followed the recent release of the bank’s audited financial results for the 2020 financial year. According to the audited financial results, profit before tax rose by five per cent to N255.9 billion…
Edward Kallon, the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Nigeria, has said peace was the only solution to the Humanitarian crisis ravaging Nigeria’s North East. Speaking at an online event and launch of a $1 billion 2021 Humanitarian Response for the North East, Kallon said that over the years, while needs had continued to grow, funding had, however, been dwindling. He added that in his over 30 years of service to the United Nations, he was yet to see a humanitarian crisis that was resolved through humanitarian response only. He pointed out that even if the UN system had all the…
Gunmen have kidnapped the Priest in charge of St. John’s Catholic Church, Obinomba in Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta. The priest, identified as Rev. Fr. Harrison Prhinyovaw, was said to have been abducted at about 8:00 p.m. on Monday at a bad spot in Abraka, Ethiope East Local Government Area of the state. The victim was said to have been on transit from Warri to his station, Obinomba. According to a community source, the cleric was meandering through the bad spot in his Highland SUV in Oria-Abraka when the incident happened. “The kidnappers shot sporadically in the air to scare…