The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has assured Nigerians that the electoral act amendment bill and review of the 1999 constitution will top the agenda of the National Assembly, NASS, when its members reconvene in 2022. Lawan, in his New Year message, gave the assurance to Nigerians on Friday, saying the lawmakers would find a way forward after President Muhammadu Buhari withheld his assent to the electoral act amendment bill. According to him, the lawmakers are determined to deliver an electoral act that stands the test of time in safeguarding democracy and the electoral process in the country. He hinted that…
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The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Boboye Oyeyemi has restated the commitment of the corps to the campaign to make the nation’s highways safer, especially as year 2021 comes to an end. In his New Year message issued by the spokesperson of the FRSC, Assistant Corps Marshal Bisi Kazeem on Friday, Oyeyemi urged the staff to remain focused on improved service delivery in justifying the national confidence reposed in the Corps. The Corps Marshal expressed gratitude to God for the successes recorded by the Corps in the outgoing year, pledging to pursue continuous improvement in traffic…
Hamza Al-Mustapha, former Chief Security Officer to Nigeria’s late ex-Head of State, Sani Abacha has alleged that wealthy Nigerians are responsible for the ongoing terrorism in the country. Monitored on the Hausa Service of Voice of America (VOA) on Wednesday, Almustapha identified rich people with access to weapons and hard drugs as sponsors of Boko Haram insurgency and banditry in Nigeria. According to him, the few individuals benefitting from Nigeria’s mineral resources appeared to have beaten government hands down. Al-Mustapha charged the Nigerian government to act decisively against the individuals in a bid to halt the country’s slide into total…
The Police Command in Zamfara has confirmed the killing of the District Head of Gada in Bungudu local government area of the state, Umaru Bawan-Allah and four others. The command has also arrested some suspected bandits, rescued 10 kidnapped victims and recovered some arms. The Commissioner of police in the state, Ayuba Elkanah disclosed this at a press conference in Gusau on Wednesday. “Today at about 0335hrs, armed bandits in large number, invaded Gada Village in Bungudu local government area of the state where they killed the District Head of the area, Umaru Bawan-Allah along with four other villagers and…
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Wednesday evening, passed the 2022 budget estimates of N1.758 trillion presented by governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The budget was passed at a sitting presided over by the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, sequel to a presentation of the budget report by Gbolahan Yishawu, Chairman, House Committee on Economic Planning and Budget. Sanwo-Olu had on November 24 presented a budget estimate of N1.388 trillion for the 2022 fiscal year. The budget is entitled ‘Budget of Consolidation’. Yishawu explained that there was a slight increase in the grand total from the initial N1.38 trillion to N1.758 trillion. The…
Nigerian government on Wednesday sympathised with the management of the Next Cash & Carry, Abuja over a fire incident and pledged its readiness to offer possible assistance towards its resuscitation. Fire gutted the Next Cash & Carry, Abuja, on Sunday and goods worth several billions of naira were destroyed. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq made this known when she visited the site of the inferno. “This is a very unfortunate incident. It is catastrophic and a loss not just to the management of this company, but to the government and the country at…
The Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Ghebreyesus has expressed optimism that COVID-19 pandemic will end in 2022. Ghebreyesus said at a press briefing on Wednesday that it was two years ago, as people gathered for New Year’s Eve celebrations, that a new global threat emerged. Since then, 1.8 million deaths were recorded in 2020 and 3.5 million in 2021, but the actual number is much higher. There are also millions of people dealing with long-term consequences from the virus. Right now, Delta and Omicron are driving up cases to record numbers, leading to spikes in hospitalisation…
The Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) maintaining peace in Plateau, Kaduna and Bauchi states, has reiterated call on the media to support its bid toward ending insecurity in the state. Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Ali, the Commander of OPSH, made the call when officials of Correspondents’ Chapel of Plateau Chapter of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) visited him on Wednesday in Jos. Ali, who doubles as the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3 Division of the Nigerian Army, Rukuba, near Jos, maintained that the media had a major role to play toward a peaceful society. He noted that balanced and…
The Nigerian government on Wednesday released N16.67 billion for the payment of accrued pension rights to 2021 retirees of Treasury-funded Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). This is contained in a statement signed by the Head, Corporate Communications Department, National Pension Commission (PenCom), Mr Peter Aghahowa, and made available to newsmen in Lagos. Aghahowa said that the federal government had earlier settled all arrears of accrued pension rights payments to the verified and enrolled retirees up to December 2020.
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Wednesday announced why it appointed Jose Peseiro as the new Head Coach of the Super Eagles. A statement by Ademola Olajire, NFF’s Director of Communications, said the appointment followed a memo presented by the Chairman of the Technical and Development Sub-Committee, the Executive Committee. The NFF Executive Committee therefore endorsed the proposal for the appointment of Peseiro at a virtual meeting, which was held to deliberate on important issues in Nigerian football on Wednesday. Olajire noted however that the appointment of Peseiro would take effect after the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon.…