ASABA—DELTA State Commissioner for Transport, Mr Vincent Uduaghan has decried what he described as high level of gross indiscipline and misappropriation of funds in the state transport company.

LAGOS State Head
of Service, HoS, Mrs. Folashade Jaji, yesterday, told members of the State House of Assembly, that the former Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola and the former Attorney General of the State, Mr. Ade Ipaye approved the renewal of a five-year tenure of office of members of the state’s Judicial Service Commission.
Jaji, was on Monday summoned by the house during plenary to appear before it, yesterday, Tuesday, July 28 to explain the rationale behind the elongation of tenure without due process.
This was in response to the resolution of the House on July 2, 2015 that the tenure of office of members of the commission had ended and that the board should be dissolved forthwith.
In her defence, Jaji said that she did not unilaterally send the letter renewing the five-year tenure of office of members of the commission, but that she got an approval from former Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Ade Ipaye and former Governor Babatunde Fashola on February 24, 2015, a week after she was appointed as HOS, that the tenure of office of the members of the commission should be renewed for another five years.
The Assembly then, pardoned Jaji for retracing her step on the matter.
She apologised for the mistake, and said that she has since written letters to the members of the commission including Mr. Teslim Animashaun, Mr. Kunle Othman, Mrs. Abisola O. Oshodi and Mrs. Folashade O. Iwajomo that their tenure had ended.

“Although the details of the purported grant remains shrouded in secrecy, the said traditional monarch attempted to confirm the allegation by delivering to the Imiefo kindred, the sum N2million only, said to be their share of the amount allegedly paid by your company to the monarch. “Our instruction is to declare categorically that the traditional ruler of Okpella does not have the legal or customary authority to grant consent for the exploitation of the ancestral land of Imiefo kindred without the consent of the principal members of the kindred.

Dolphins Basketball club of Lagos at the weekend, out-dunked the defending champions, First Bank of Lagos 77-72 in the final of the 11th Zenith bank Women Basketball Championship held at the indoor sports hall of the National Stadium, Surulere Lagos. The champions carted home the Zenith Bank giant trophy as well as pocketed the N1.2m star prize.

THE Anambra State congress of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was held weekend in Awka, with Prince Kenneth Emeakayi emerging the state chairman.

Rangers Int’l FC of Enugu coach, Imama Amapakabo, said on Monday that the Nigeria Premier Football League had improved when compared to previous years.

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, in line with Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, directive has vowed to publish the names of banks’ loans defaulters if the loans remained unpaid.

The Lagos State of Assembly has summoned the state Head of Service, Mrs. Folashade Jaji to appear before the House on Tuesday 28th, July over the elongation of the tenure of office of members of the state Judicial Service Commission.

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday, called on the state Ministry of Information and Strategy to embark on public enlightenment campaign to sensitize the public on the danger that noise pollution poses on the health of citizens of Lagos state.

Jose Mourinho believes Eden Hazard has the leadership skills to be a candidate for the Chelsea captaincy in the future.
Hazard has become Chelsea’s biggest star and played a major role in the club winning the Premier League and Capital One Cup last season.

The quiet community of Ijanikin Otto has been thrown into mourning, following the murder of a four-year-old boy, identified as Ibrahim Jamiu Hassan, by a teenager, who reside in the same compound with the victim.

All Imo State Government offices were shut Monday, following the industrial action ordered by the leadership of the labour unions operating in the state.

ABEOKUTA – Former Presiident Olusegun Obasanjo has appealed to Nigerians to support Nigeria Police in order to ensure safety and sanity in the country.

As part of effort to imbibe reading culture among young Nigerians, a Non-Governmental International Organisation known as Gracelink Foundation, has donated educational materials to Federal government-owned secondary school, FGC, Kwali in Kwali area council of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.

DELTA Elite Forum, a socio-political group in Delta State, has expressed confidence that the state governor, Sen Ifeanyi Okowa will deliver prosperity to the people of the state through his prosperity agenda.