The River state Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has said that his government will not enact a bill for financial autonomy of the judiciary. The governor maintained that it will be futile to bother the State Assembly with such bill since the 1999 constitution as amended already recognises independence of the judiciary. Wike made this assertion…
Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has warned that the various criminal activities of kidnapping, bombing and assault on the people in some parts of the country which are being referred to as banditry must be appropriately addressed as terrorism. Governor Akeredolu noted that infiltration of the country’s borders and burning down of railway are…
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday October 25, 2021, depart for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to participate in the investment conference organized by the Future Investment Initiative Institute. The President will also perform the lesser Hajj in Madina & Makka before returning to the country on Friday. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity,…
The Oyo state Governor, Seyi Makinde has ordered the installation of Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras in all the correctional facilities across the state. Makinde gave the order on Sunday when he visited the Abolongo Correctional Centre, Oyo, which was attacked on Friday night by unknown gunmen, and hundreds of inmates escaped. It was reported that…
The International Facility Management Association (IFMA) Nigeria Chapter called for the effective maintenance and sustainable management of public facilities and infrastructure. The Association made this call at its second edition of Facility Management Advocacy day held on Thursday, October 21, 2021, in Lagos. Speaking the president of IFMA (Nigeria Chapter), Mr. Segun Adebayo stated that…
Rivers State Government is to initiate criminal proceeding against Saipem Contracting Nigeria Limited for breach of trust, which led to abandonment of the State’s gas turbine generator unit and accessories in The Netherlands since 2012. The decision to file criminal proceeding against Saipem Contracting Nigeria Limited was taken at the 15th Executive Council meeting presided…
A Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed Nov. 10 for hearing the application of leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, challenging the competency of the charge preferred against him by the Federal Government. Justice Binta Nyako, on Thursday, fixed the date after counsel to the IPOB leader, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, informed…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC on Thursday, October 21, 2021 arraigned a former Board Chairman of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) Dr. Ngozi Olejeme for abuse of office and fraud of over N1Bn. Olejeme was arraigned before Justice Maryam Hassan Aliyu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Jabi Abuja on a…
The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) and Shomolu Local Government have agreed on re-introducing the monthly environmental sanitation on a voluntary basis. The exercise is slated for the last Saturday of every month between 7 am and 10 am, beginning from November this year. Speaking at the stakeholders’ meeting where the agreement was reached, the…
The Oyo State government on Wednesday announced its renewed plans to bring back some of the mendicants who have left the provided Akinyele Resettlement Centre back into the facility. The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Inclusion, Alhaja Omolabake Kafilat Olayiwola, stated this during an assessment visit to the facility, saying that the state government…