Governor Nasir El- Rufai of Kaduna State on Thursday visited Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State to commiserate with him and the residents of the state over the mayhem that followed the #EndSARS protests. El-Rufai, while speaking at Lagos House, Marina, decried the level of the destruction of public and private property in the state, describing it as “pure evil´´. He said that Sanwo-Olu did all that needed to be done to prevent the recent youth protest against police brutality from degenerating to violence. The Kaduna governor, however, said that those who thrive in violence infiltrated the protest to achieve…
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The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it is deploying Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), otherwise known as drone, aircrafts to Zamfara to enhance its air operations in the state. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Saddique Abubakar, disclosed this when he visited Zamfara on Thursday. Abubakar said he was in the state to further assess infrastructure gap in view of the decision of the Federal Government to deploy additional Air Platforms to support the ongoing operation in the state. He said that the measure was to enhance air operations not only in Zamfara but in the whole of the north western parts…
Trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Thursday closed on a negative posture with a loss of 0.01 per cent. Specifically, the All-Share Index declined by 0.01 per cent or 2.96 points to close at 30,738.92 compared with 30,741.88 recorded on Wednesday. Similarly, the market capitalisation lost N6 billion to close at N16.062 trillion from N16.068 trillion achieved on Wednesday. The downturn was impacted by losses recorded in medium and large capitalised stocks, amongst which are; Flour Mills of Nigeria, International Breweries, Fidson Healthcare, Union Bank of Nigeria and GlaxoSmithKline Consumer. Transcorp dominated the gainers’ chart in percentage terms, gaining…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday called on governors to look into their expenditure profile and do away with unnecessary spending. Sanwo-Olu made the call during the 22nd Annual Tax Conference of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) held at Victoria Island, Lagos. He said that cutting unnecessary spending would increase the state´s revenue for government to have more resources to meet the basic needs of the people. According to him, there is the need for better utilisation of tax payers’ money by public office holders so as to build the trust of the citizens. He said…
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has expressed concern over social media messages inciting police officers against the public. A statement by the spokesperson of the commission, Mr Ikechukwu Ani on Thursday in Abuja said that this followed a social media report that reads, “every Police that dies for civilian again, he is on his own … Do the needful police work and remain alive for your children and families”. Ani said the incitement was not necessary for the country at the moment and called for a complete renewal of faith in the Nigerian project. According to him, the Police are…
Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) said its third edition of Nigeria Diaspora Investment Summit (NDIS) would hold on Nov. 20 and Nov. 21. The Coordinator of the Summit, Dr Badewa Adejugbe-Williams, disclosed this in a statement by Mr AbdulRahman Balogun, Head of NiDCOM Media and Public Relation on Thursday in Abuja. The two-day event had the theme: Post COVID-19 Economic Resurgence: Targeting Diaspora Investment. Adejugbe-Williams added that that this year’s event would be held via webinar due to the global pandemic. She said that it was expected to attract diaspora investors from the Healthcare, Education, Agric-business, Creative, Sport and Entertainment, Telecom,…
The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has decried the diversion of the 13 percent oil derivation funds by oil producing states. Specifically, he made a case for 100 percent utilisation of the funds for oil-bearing communities, as against the practice where states release only 50 percent of the money to development commissions in their states. The Delta Central lawmaker noted that since host communities bear the burden of environmental degradation from the oil industry, it is only fair that all funds be channeled into the development of the affected areas. He made the remarks when he hosted…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has earmarked the sum of N12.9 million as total prize money for its 42nd Senior Open Tennis Championship. This was made known at a press briefing by CBN in collaboration with the Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF) at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Thursday. Ifedayo Akindoju, President of the NTF, said the winners in both the male and female singles would grab N700,000 each. “We are expecting a minimum of 250 athletes. Today is the arrival of athletes but the qualifying series starts tomorrow. “We have up to 128 entries in the male…
The International Human Rights Commission, based in Geneva, Switzerland, has approved the appointment of Dr Kenneth Anozie, as its new president for Nigeria. Anozie, a seasoned Human Rights Activists and a Political Strategist, was appointed as the new Envoy and President of the International Human Rights Commission in Nigeria Committee. This is containing in a letter signed and addressed to Dr Anozie by the African Envoy, and President of EVIDAP, Chief Clement Mbgechi, approved by the International Headquarters. Mbgechi said that Anozie’s appointment was approved based on his many years of fighting for the rights of the common man and…
The governor Mai Mala Buni-led All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) has taken delivery of the party’s membership registration materials. The Chairman of the committee, Gov. Mai Mala Buni, said on Thursday in Abuja that the delivery of the materials was the beginning of the efforts at repositioning APC as a viable, consistent, cohesive and coordinated political party in the country. “We just took delivery of the first consignment of the registration materials. The membership registration will commence soon and we have more than 119,973 polling units across the country,” he said. Buni, who is…