A former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has forfeited a sum of N250 million to the Federal Government. This was made known by a statement released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday. The commission, however, did not reveal the name of the former Managing Director in the…
The Ogun State Government has pledged its unalloyed commitment to the fight against trafficking in persons. This was contained in an address that was delivered by the Deputy Governor of the State, Engr Noimot Salako-Oyedele on Friday at the inauguration of the Ogun State Taskforce Team on Human Trafficking. Engr Salako-Oyedele, who was representing the…
The 9th National Assembly has postponed its date of resumption from its recess by two weeks. This was made known by the Acting Clerk to the National Assembly, Ojo Olatunde Amos, on Friday. He said the resumption has been rescheduled to 29th September. The lawmakers adjourned plenary sessions in July to embark on the…
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, says his administration always sets funds aside for any project that it awards. He stated that this is the reason why there would be no abandoned project in the State. The Governor gave this explanation after inspecting the Junior Doctors’ Residential Quarters and the Real Madrid Football…
The Lagos state government has sealed eight buildings, including a church, fuel station, warehouse, and container terminal in Surulere for violating physical planning laws of the state. This was disclosed on Thursday by the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako, during his meeting with members of the Williams Estate Residents Association,…
Professor Florence Obi has broken a 45-year record to emerge as the first female Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar. The screening which took place today and lasted for hours at the UNICAL hotel conference center, had a total of 13 aspirants vying for the position. The governing council of the institution led by the…
The Kaduna State House of Assembly in north-western Nigeria has approved full surgical castration as punishment for those convicted of rape. The State Governor, Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai, had earlier in July supported castration to prevent rapists from re-offending. He made the remark when women advocating for justice for rape victims staged a peaceful rally at…
The Federal Government has approved additional N8.9 billion as COVID-19 hazard allowance for health workers in the country. This was announced on Thursday by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha, during the task force’s media briefing in Abuja. It…
The Minister of State for Health, Dr Adeleke Mamora, announced on Thursday that the Federal Government was yet to receive the Russian vaccine for COVID-19 pandemic. Mamora, who made this known during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja, said that all the Ministry of Health got was a memoir, which…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja said the government had been able to avert food crisis despite the outbreak of COVID-19. He said the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the level of preparedness of nations to shocks of food security, explaining that the Federal Government’s wisdom in promoting self-sufficiency over the years helped significantly in…