Police ban illegal use of siren, tinted glass in Adamawa
The Police Command in Adamawa has banned unauthorised use of sirens, tinted glass and covered number plates in the state. The ban is contained in a statement issued by DSP Suleiman Nguroje, the spokesman of the command, on Tuesday. Nguroje said that those acts could mislead security personnel as well as create fear in the […]
APC membership registration: C’ttee sets agenda for smooth exercise
The Seven-Man State Supervisory Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Membership Revalidation and Registration Exercise has charged the state caretaker executives in Lagos to ensure rancour-free, smooth exercise to achieve success in the interest of the party.
Nigeria has $900bn dead capital in real estate, agric-PWC
…Lists 10 areas for accelerated economic growth By Providence Adeyinka Nigeria holds as much as $900 billion worth of dead capital locked up in residential real estate and agricultural land, including federal government’s abandoned properties estimated at N230 billion, said PWC Nigeria. Dead capital refers to unregistered real property, and is considered lost value because […]
COVID-19: Everyone must be vaccinated to defeat pandemic — FG
…As APC charges members to observe protocol during registration By Omeiza Ajayi The Federal Government has said every Nigerian was at great risk of contracting the COVID-19, declaring that everybody has to be vaccinated in order to defeat the pandemic. Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce PTF on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the […]
Food security: Lagos partners IITA to train 13,548 youths in Agribusiness
Lagos State Government in collaborating with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the Africa Projects Development Centre, APDC, has concluded plans to train 13,548 youths in the state in the various agricultural value chains in a five-stage model within the next five years.
Buhari has never clamped down on media — Presidency
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said yesterday that the federal government has never clamped down on the media. President Muhammadu Buhari had severally been accused of muzzling the media, but when asked if the recently raised-alarm on alleged smear plots against Buhari was an attempt to provide justification for […]
Elder statesman, Prince Tony Momoh dies at 81
Buhari, Osoba, Obi, Dania of Auchi, Agba, Ibori, Sanwo-Olu, Amaechi, others mourn By Clifford Ndujihe, Olasunkanmi Akoni, Omezia Ajayi, Johnbosco AgbakwuruOzioruva Aliu & Olayinka Ajayi ELDER Statesman, media czar, lawyer and politician, Prince Tony Momoh, yesterday, passed on exactly 85 days to his 82nd birthday. Born on April 27, 1939 in Auchi, Edo State as […]
South-East governors ban open grazing, want criminals flushed out of forests
By Peter Okutu & Peter Duru GOVERNOR of Ebonyi State and Chairman Southeast Governors’ Forum, Engr. David Umahi, yesterday said the zone had before now banned open grazing of cattles within the region. The governor announced this during an APC stakeholders meeting at the Christian Ecumenical Centre, Abakaliki. The governor who said the Southeast Governors’ […]
Effium/Ezza crisis: 20 guns, offensive weapons recovered
…As Ebonyi CP directs immediate prosecution of 50 warriors By Peter Okutu EBONYI State Police Command, yesterday, stated that it has recovered 20 pump action guns and many other offensive weapons from those arrested in connection with the crisis in Effium and Ezza Effium communities in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state. Speaking with […]
Ganduje’s proposed ban on cattle movement: Law’ll be unconstitutional, says Senate
…Senators Olujimi, Bwacha agree with Ganduje …We’re studying Ganduje’s proposal — Reps …NASS’ll give Nigerians reviewed constitution in June this year, Senate By Henry Umoru & Levinus Nwabughiogu THE Senate yesterday shut down the proposal by Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, that cattle movement from the north to the southern part of the country be […]
Corps member, one other docked over alleged love scam
A serving corps member in Kogi, Sam Abiola, and one Adebiyi Sodiq, were on Monday arraigned before a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, on separate charges bordering on love scam. The Ilorin Zonal office of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), arraigned Abiola on one count charge, while four counts were preferred against […]
Tony Elumelu Foundation announces 3 senior executive appointments
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has announced three senior executive appointments, effective yesterday. This follows the launch of the 2021 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme, on www.TEFConnect.com, which this year prioritises the economic recovery of small and medium scale enterprises and young African entrepreneurs, following the disruptive effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Tony Elumelu Foundation, which […]
COVID-19: Nigeria to receive 16 million vaccine doses
…75 healthcare workers infected in one week …FG warns airlines against imposing ‘new testing regime’ on passengers …Cautions states on rising case fatalities …Warns MDAs against forcing workers on GL12 to resume …Ensure full enforcement of COVID-19 health protection regulations 2021, IGP orders AIGs, CPs …PTF declares Kogi ‘high risk’ for COVID-19, warns against visiting […]
Presidency replies Ohanaeze, Northern Elders: ‘FG not appointing Police IG based on ethnicity’
By Kingsley Omonobi Following calls on President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint the next Inspector General of Police from the South East which lost out in appointment of service chiefs, the Presidency said, yesterday, that appointment would not be based on ethnicity but ability to secure lives and property in the country. The IGP, Mohammed Adamu’s […]
Detail & Avedia hits huge milestone with Oak pensions “Retire today” campaign
“People do not buy goods and services. They buy relations, stories and magic.” This quote by the renowned marketing guru Seth Godin captures aptly the widely successful “Retire Today” campaign by Detail and Avedia (D & A) and Oak Pensions Limited. While the pension industry experienced a major shift through the Pension Transfer Window initiative by […]
Alao-Akala, ex-Oyo deputy gov, others storm APC’s stakeholders’ meeting in Ibadan
TOP gladiators of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, yesterday, stormed the stakeholders meeting of the party in the state, in readiness for the commencement of the party’s membership registration and revalidation exercise.
