Kebbi state governor, Atiku Bagudu on Thursday, commended the members of the Nigerian Army, for their giant strides in tacking challenges of insecurity across Nigeria. The Governor has also vowed to sustain his tempo of moral and financial support to them and other security agencies. This, Bagudu noted was to bolster their morale, to make them more committed to diligently discharging their constitutional duties of providing security to lives and property of all law abiding citizens. This is also to encourage them to do their possible best, to defend the territorial integrity of Nigeria. The Kebbi State Governor spoke when…
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The trial of former Governor of Plateau state, Senator Jonah David Jang continued on Thursday with the testimony of prosecuting witness two (PW2), Uchenna Innocent Igwe. The Senator is being prosecuted alongside a formal cashier attached to the office of the Secretary to the state government, Yusuf Pam, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of Plateau State funds to the tune of N6.3 billion. The witness told Justice C. L. Dabup of Plateau State High Court, Jos, how Jang allegedly diverted Plateau’s N2 billion Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that former Governor Rashidi Ladoja was impeached and removed as governor of Oyo State for being ungrateful to Chief Lamidi Adedibu and Chief Yekinni Adeojo. He made the disclosure on Thursday during the launching of former Gov. Adebayo Alao-Akala’s autobiography titled Amazing Grace in Ibadan. Alao-Akala, who was the deputy governor of the state from 2003- 2007 when Ladoja was impeached, is an APC Chieftain, is a former governor of Oyo on the platform of PDP from 2007 to 2011. Obasanjo said that Ladoja was impeached when all efforts to reconcile him with the…
The National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria (NCTRN) on Thursday appealed to governments and all stakeholders to continue to dialogue with the youths and ensure their engagement in productive employment. The council made the appeal in a communique issued at the end of its emergency national executive committee meeting in Abuja. The communique was signed by the Etsu Nupe and Chairman, Coordinating Committee of the council, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar. The emergency meeting was chaired by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, and Co-chaired by the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja. The emergency meeting was declared…
On 30th June 2017, the column from yours truly was entitled: “No Need to Fight: Restructuring is the basis of Happiness” I urged the Government to establish and accelerate a process to meet the demands for political restructuring, which has been on the front burner for decades. The process of restructuring is simple, we should look at our Constitution, agree on what we do not like and go ahead and replace what we do not like whit what we like. The reality in Nigeria has been that at the emotive level, everything that is wrong of disliked has been reduced…
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…
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…