Year: 2021

Oyetola Inaugurates 360 Newly-Recruited Amotekun Officers

The Governor of the State of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola on Tuesday, inaugurated 360 newly-recruited officers into the State Security Network Agency ‘Amotekun Corps’. This follows the completion of the 23-day intensive training programme the personnel underwent as part of efforts to make them professionally savvy and prepare them for the task ahead. Speaking at the…

Bureau de Change Operator Docked for N43.3m Fraud

The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 arraigned one Bukar Mohammed before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri. He was arraigned on a one-count charge of obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N43, 328, 000.00 (Forty-Three Million, Three Hundred…

I Won’t Interfere In LASU VC Appointment Process – Sanwo-Olu

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday said he would not interfere with the ongoing selection process that would lead to the appointment of the substantive Vice Chancellor of the state-owned Lagos State University (LASU). The Governor said he does not have personal interest in who becomes the next Vice Chancellor of LASU and…

VFD Group Plc. Welcomes New Directors to Its Board

The Board and Management of VFD Group Plc, a leading proprietary investment company, has announced the appointment of four new directors bringing the number of directors to 15. The new appointees are, Folajimi Adeleye, Executive Director, Finance; John Okonkwo, Executive Director, and Chief Operating Officer; Kelvin Orogun and Femi Akinware, both Non-Executive Directors. Speaking on…

Lagos Schools to Resume September 13 – Commissioner

The Lagos State Government has announced the resumption guidelines for the Y2021/2022 academic session for public and private schools across the State. In a release issued on Monday by the State Ministry of Education, the Honourable Commissioner, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo, stated that all schools are expected to resume on Monday, 13th September 2021, while students…

COVID-19: Wike Threatens To Re-impose Lockdown in Rivers

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has threatened to re-impose the suspended COVID-19 lockdown measures if residents fail to adhere to the existing COVID-19 protocols. The governor who gave this warning in a broadcast on Monday said daily figures released from the NCDC show that both the transmission and death rates in the last…

Book on Industrialisation – ‘The ABC of How to Industrialise Nigeria’ to be launched

A book ‘The ABC of How to Industrialise Nigeria’ authored by outstanding business magnate and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Caesar Engineering and Construction Limited Dr. Caesar Osaheni Iyayi is poised to be unveiled. The public presentation of the 390-page book which will most likely take place in Abuja is being planned for the…

Drug Test Is Essential For A Stable Marriage — Marwa

Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has buttressed the need for pre-marital drug test as a key factor to a stable home. Marwa spoke at a conference organised by an NGO, Coal to Diamond Support Network for young adults over the weekend in Abuja. His…

57,000 Personnel to Benefit from Work at Refinery Site, Says Dangote

The President/Chief Executive, Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote has disclosed plans to increase the human capacity at the Dangote Refinery Project site from 40,000 to 57,000 personnel in the coming months. According to him, the project currently employs 29,000 Nigerians and 11,000 foreigners at the 650,000 barrels-per-day world’s largest single refinery project located in Ibeju…

NDDC Forensic Audit: A Test of Buhari’s Integrity

The battle lines were drawn, the drums of war drowning the initial applause that greeted the order for the financial probe of the corruption riddled interventionist agency – the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, whose headquarters is in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The first Salvo was fired by the Vice President sometime in May 2019,…