A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, cleared the former Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate forgery, which resulted in her resignation in 2018. Justice Taiwo Taiwo, in his ruling on the originating summon with suit number: FHC/ABJ/CS/303/21 brought by Wole Olanipekun, SAN, on her behalf, held that the NYSC certificate based on the constitution is not a mandatory requirement for holding a political office in the country. ”I am of the view that denying the plaintiff of the relieves sought is not going to be doing justice to the matter,” he said.…
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Armed individuals have assassinated Haiti President, Jovenel Moise at his home early Wednesday morning, interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph has announced. Joseph said he was now in charge of the country. Moise’s injured wife was in the hospital, according to Joseph, who urged the public to remain calm, and insisted the police and army would ensure the population’s safety. “The president was assassinated at his home by foreigners who spoke English and Spanish,” Joseph said. Moise had been ruling Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas, by decree, after legislative elections due in 2018 were delayed in the wake of…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, inaugurated a 1.52MWP and 2.28MWH Solar Microgrid System and Energy Retrofitting of the Ministry of Works and Housing in Abuja. The President was represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Mr Boss Mustapha at the inauguration. He said that the energy would engender a more conducive working environment for the workers while making room for better efficiency and quality service delivery. He said that government was committed to delivering the solar energy alternative locally and internationally. The President noted that the project would impact positively on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)…
The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) in Bida on Wednesday, expressed determination to partner with the CBN to stabilise the price of rice in the country. Idris Usman, the Coordinator, RIFAN and CBN special project in Niger state made this known in Bida during the inauguration of the 2021 wet season distribution and sale of paddy rice to farmers. The RIFAN and CBN’s coordinator said that the measure was geared toward economic recovery efforts of the federal government. “We have set up our machineries to checkmate prices of rice in the market. We are going to agree with the…
Sokoto state government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Sudan-based company, Bunian Agency for General Services Co. Ltd, to adequately cater for its students studying in the country. The MoU was signed on Tuesday, by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Saidu Umar for Sokoto state and Ambassador Nuradden Ibrahim, the Director General of Bunian, on behalf of the company. The MoU also focused on the deepening of diplomatic ties between Sokoto state and Sudan in the areas of educational pursuit, commerce and agriculture among others, through the instrumentality of the company. Speaking at the ceremony…
A bill to alter the constitution to allow for the creation of state police and other state government security services has scaled second reading in the House of Representatives. The bill was sponsored by Onofiok Luke representing Etinan/Nsit Ibom/Nsit Ubium Federal Constituency. In leading the debate on Tuesday, the lawmaker highlighted that the bill will enhance the security and preservation of lives and properties in Nigeria. The bill seeks to move the legislation of policing from the house exclusive to the concurrent list. See the full content of the Bill below: CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA (FIFTH ALTERATION)…
Golden Seeds Fats and Oil Ltd has announced its diversification into the production for export and local use of biomass briquettes using palm nut shells, the company’s Chief Executive Officer/co-Founder, Mr. Lanre Sam-Akinkunmi has said. Sam-Akinkunmi, who disclosed this at a media briefing on Tuesday, in Lagos, added that briquette production had immense economic benefits, making it one of the hottest processing industries to venture into. Biomass briquettes are a biofuel substitute to charcoal, mostly used in developing countries, where cooking fuels are not easily accessible to industries and grilling outfits. “We are into the palm oil and palm nut…
The Police Command in Cross River has arrested the Pastor of United Evangelical Church, Michael Bassey, 45, for unlawful possession of human skull. It also apprehended 25 other suspects for various offences committed in the state. Briefing newsmen on Tuesday in Calabar, Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Sikiru Akande, said that the pastor was arrested upon a complaint from a concern citizen on threat to life. Akande said that the suspect was arrested at No. 56 Uwanse by Asuquo Ekpo Street in Calabar South. “The suspect was arrested with one human skull tied with the complainant’s picture and…
Two lecturers of Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, Ondo State, have won the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) scholarship award. The Chairman of ASUU, OAUSTECH Chapter, Dr Dipo Akomolafe, presented the award to the beneficiaries on Tuesday at the school’s permanent site at Okitipupa. The award recipients are Mrs Funmilola Ojo and Mr Adewale Akinsade. Each of them received N250,000 as the value of the award. The award is given annually by ASUU to its members carrying out research for a Doctor of Philosophy programme in any discipline. Dipo congratulated the winners, saying that their sterling…
The Kogi state government on Tuesday said it had recorded about 75 to 80 per cent success of the recent data capturing exercise of all private schools in the state. The State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Wemi Jones, disclosed this in an interview in Lokoja on Tuesday. Jones said that the data capturing of all private schools was carried out by the Ministry as part of its plans to revamp education sector in the state. He said that there was need to have accurate number of all private schools operating in the state for the purpose of…