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The Osun House of Assembly on Monday passed the Osun Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps Bill 2020 for first reading after it was presented by the Speaker, Mr Timothy Owoeye. Presenting the bill before the House, Owoeye said a letter and 40 copies of the draft bill on the establishment of the Amotekun security network was forwarded to him by Gov. Gboyega Oyetola. He said that the governor requested accelerated passage of the bill into law. Owoeye said that the bill emanated from the Forum of South West Governors in order to address insecurity in the region and the…

Some road users, including Mrs Funmi Akingbagbohun, Chairman, Ikeja Branch, Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), on Monday called on the Lagos State Government to complete the construction of the Agege Pen Cinema Flyover within the stipulated time. In separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN); they, however, commended the efforts of the government, saying the construction of the flyover would eradicate gridlock in the axis. They said that the state government should see to the completion of the project ahead of the rainy season. A correspondent of NAN who visited the site, reports that various construction activities were…

The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria, on Monday described Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau as a coward and challenged him to come out of hiding. “Shekau should be bold enough to face security forces, if he is truly the courageous leader of Boko Haram he claims to be,” the Council said at a press briefing in Kaduna conducted by its Secretary General, Nafi’u Baba-Ahmed. It noted that Shekau’s confession of the murder of Sheikh Jafar Adam, exposed his complete ignorance of Islam and its laws. “Shekau gleeful confession to the brutal murder of late Sheik Ja’afar Adam revealed his…

The Kwara government says it will revoke over 5,000 plots of land sold illegally by the immediate past administration. Bolaji Edun, the Director-General of Kwara Bureau of Lands, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in llorin. According to Edun, the immediate past administration signed over 5,000 Certificates of Occupancy for plots of land in the state located at Budo-Osho. “The immediate past administration signed over 5,000 Certificates of Occupancy without following due process governing land acquisition in the state “Several of the land allottees at Budo-Osho did not pay the required fees or…

The Federal Government on Monday in Abuja, began the process of implementing establishment of Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZs) across the six geopolitical zones in the country. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, at a two day Inception Workshop for development of the project organised in collaboration with the African Development Bank(AfDB), said it was long overdue. Nanono said SAPZs would boost value addition to agriculture, improve competitiveness and act as potential for sustainable economic development. He stressed that the project would help reduce food importation, guarantee food security and nutrition at low and stable prices and boost…

The Wife of the President  Mrs Aisha Buhari, says the Federal Government is committed to building of  the capacity, visibility and knowledge of youth with disabilities to enable them to be self-reliant and productive. Buhari, represented by Mrs Pauline Tallen , the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, said this in Abuja on Monday at the opening of a three-day workshop on Monitoring and Life Enhancing Programme for youth living with disabilities. “In line with the discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (prohibition) Act, the Federal Government under the leadership of Muhammadu  Buhari is committed to continually build the capacity,…

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Monday flagged off a Special Intervention Patrol (SIP) for the Jebba-Bode Saadu-Olooru road axis in Kwara. The News Agency  of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the SIP programme is part of the activities of Kwara Command of the FRSC to mark the 32nd anniversary of the corps. The flag off, which held at the Unit Command of the FRSC at Bode Saadu, is targeted at halting the trend of increasing crashes and fatalities along the route. The Zonal Commanding Officer RS8 of the FRSC, Mrs Amauche Nwaka, said that the FRSC was established to…

The Oyo State Government said on Monday that four contracts would be terminated for failing to meet up with the performance specifications and schedule. Prof. Raphael Afonja, the State Commissioner for Public Works and Transports, made this known in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that Gov. Seyi Makinde recently said that the administration was compiling the list of non-performing contractors in the state. He lamented the agony being experienced by people living in the affected areas where road construction works were ongoing. Speaking with newsmen on the ongoing road projects in the state, Afonja said “we have got…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said it was yet to take any decision on the resumption for the collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) remaining after the 2019 general elections. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. Okoye, however, said that the commission would look into the matter later to determine when it would resume the distribution of the uncollected cards to the owners. NAN reports that INEC stopped the collection of PVCs on Feb.…

The Federal Government is building the capacity of workers and stakeholders in the health sector to respond appropriately to health humanitarian crisis in the country, Dr Abdulaziz Mashi, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, said. He made this known at the opening of a five-day capacity building workshop on humanitarian focal persons for health sector response to humanitarian crisis on Monday in Abuja. Represented by Mr Joseph Amedu, a Director in the ministry, Mashi said that the effort was prompted by the recent social upheavels ranging from natural and man-made factors, which led to population displacement, increased morbidity and mortality.…