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The Lagos State Government has reaffirmed its decision to ban commercial motorcycles (okada) and tricycles (keke) on major roads in Lagos metropolis. In a statement issued by his office on Friday, the state Deputy Gov. Obafemi Hamzat said that the government was determined to reduce accidents and vices associated with the use of motorcycles and tricycles. Hamzat said that the ban would promote security of lives of Lagos residents. He said the government took the decision after evaluating the rate of crime and accidents recorded in the state. “It is not to punish anybody or restrict people from doing certain…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, has convened the National Steering and Technical Committees maiden joint meeting for the Geo-Referenced Infrastructure and Demographic Data for Development (GRID3) Nigeria. In a statement by her Special Adviser on Media & Communications, Yunusa Tanko Abdullahi on Friday, the Minister took the action in her capacity as the chairperson of the GRID3 Nigeria National Steering Committee. According to the statement, the Committees are to support the Nigerian government’s efforts to use geospatial data in the country’s continued pursuit of sustainable development for Nigerians. As members…
President Muhammadu Buhari joins Kaduna State Executive Council and indigenes in celebrating Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, who turns 60 on Sunday, February 16, 2020, congratulating him for distinguished service to the nation. President Buhari felicitates with former Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises and Minister of Federal Capital Territory, his family and friends, affirming that his zeal to drive change through inclusive leadership and resilient spirit leaves a legacy that continues to attract and inspire younger people across all walks of life. As Governor El-Rufai turns 60, the President believes his foresight, wisdom and unusual capacity to mobilize…
The Oyo State government will, on Monday, name and inaugurate managers for motor parks in all the 33 local government areas across the state. Prof Raphael Afonja, the state Commissioner for Works and Transport, disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Ibadan on Friday. Afonja said that the park managers would be in charge of the N200 revenue collection from each commercial vehicle operating in the state. He said that the park managers would be the eyes of the government in each of the local government areas. According to him, the managers will collect the revenue on behalf of the state…
By Harry Awurumibe, Head, Abuja Bureau President Muhammadu Buhari has been commended for the Federal Government’s approval for the award of the Calabar- Odukpani- Itu Federal Highway project at the cost of Fifty Billion Naira (N50.2b). The approval which was given at penultimate Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) in Abuja will cover roads crossing Cross River, Akwa Ibom and Abia states respectively. The gesture has however been commended by Senator Ita Enang, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta Affairs. “I, on behalf of the people of Cross River, Akwa Ibom and Abia states, and indeed the commuting…
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has felicitated with His Excellency, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, the Executive Governor of Kaduna State, on the occasion of his 60th Birthday on Sunday 16th February, 2020. Lawan said Governor El Rufai’s life evinces the importance of vision, focus, tenacity, wisdom and courage in leadership. The Senate President said those attributes have propelled El Rufai to the outstanding successes that he has recorded in every role that providence has called him to play in the public affairs of Nigeria. “Whether as the Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, Secretary of the National Council on…
The Presidency has cautioned a section of the political class against misleading the public and inciting protests against the heads of military institutions. A statement by Senior Presidential Media Aide, Garba Shehu, says this has become necessary in view of received reports that about two thousand men and women have been hired to demonstrate against Nigeria’s service chiefs on Monday. Shehu states further: “This imminent gathering is the latest in a series of demonstrations orchestrated by the opposition to embarrass the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. “As part of this overall scheme, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, with its belligerent…
Two non-academic unions of the University of Ibadan (UI) on Friday commenced an indefinite industrial strike over the failure of the institution’s management to meet their demands. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the unions – Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) – locked the UI gate, thus stalling academic activities in the campus. Speaking with NAN, Mr Wale Akinremi, Chairman of SSANU in UI, said the industrial action would continue until the university management yielded to their demands. He noted that the initial seven and 14-day ultimatum had…
Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has enjoined Amnesty International (AI) to put an end to its “reckless distortion of facts in its desperate bid to satisfy its “puppeteers by undermining Nigeria’s Military campaign against terrorism in the North East (NE). Acting Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu made this known on Friday in Abuja. He said:” We urge members of the public to please discountenance AI report, as it is not a true and realistic reflection of troops’ counter-terrorism operation in the NE”. He accused AI of targeting Nigerian Military in support of Boko Haram/Islamic State of West African Province…
Yobe Governor, Mai Mala Buni has approved N220.7 million for the payment of retirement benefits to180 retirees from the 17 local government areas of the state. Alhaji Abdullahi Bego, the commissioner for information disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Damaturu. He said that over N163.4 million would be paid to 132 living retirees while over N57. 3 million would be paid to next of kins of 48 deceased retirees. “This is batch 39 in the long list of benefit payments to local government retirees as recommended by the Standing Committee on Verification and Settlement of Outstanding Liabilities of…