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President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with the first interim Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Adebisi Akande, on his birthday and wishing him long years, good health and more strength to keep serving the nation. The president’s congratulatory message on the occasion of Akande’s 81st birthday was conveyed in a statement by Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, in Abuja on Thursday. The President joined all members of the governing party, government and people of Osun, family, and associates of the elder statesman in celebrating the virtues of selflessness and sacrifice…
An Ibadan-based trader and mother of six, Badirat Jimoh, on Thursday, prayed a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve her 22-year-old marriage to her husband, Musibau, over alleged gross irresponsibility. In her petition before Chief Ademola Odunade, the court’s President, Badirat, a resident of the Idi-Osan area of Ibadan, said that her husband had no milk of human kindness in him, hence the need for her to part ways with him. She added that Musibau was not responsible for her welfare and that of the children. The defendant consented to the prayer of his estranged wife and was silent…
Sen. Nicholas Tofowomo, representing Ondo South Senatorial District, says he has met with management of Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) and other stakeholders to resolve the 10-year-old blackout in his constituency. Tofowomo, who made this known on Wednesday in Okitipupa, assured residents of the affected areas of uninterrupted power supply now that the bottleneck involved had been resolved. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that communities in Ondo South Senatorial District were disconnected from the national grid about 10 years ago over alleged piling up of utility bills. NAN reports that communities like Ode-Aye and Igbokoda in Okitipupa and…
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, declared that the Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Operation Amotekun was established to complement the work of the security agencies and bridge the gaps in the security of the geopolitical zone. He made this position against the backdrop of the statement credited to the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami, in which the Minister claimed the outfit was illegal. The Governor claimed that the Minister’s comment was misguided, as according to him, he was not empowered to make such declaration. A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary…
The recent petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against the Director of Administration of the Nigeria Intelligence Agency (NIA), Alhaji Ismail Yusuf, may have been authored by a faceless individual, just as it has been found to be frivolous and written with intent to cause mischief, investigations have revealed. In the first place, it was discovered that the petitioner’s claim to being a former staffer of the NIA is false. A copy of the petition sighted and purportedly sent to the EFCC on 17th November 2019 by one Aliu Ismail Oguche, discovered that the allegations contained therein…
Sen. Nicholas Tofowomo, representing Ondo South Senatorial District, says he has met with management of Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) and other stakeholders to resolve the 10-year-old blackout in his constituency. Tofowomo, who made this known on Wednesday in Okitipupa, assured residents of the affected areas of uninterrupted power supply now that the bottleneck involved had been resolved. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that communities in Ondo South Senatorial District were disconnected from the national grid about 10 years ago over alleged piling up of utility bills. NAN reports that communities like Ode-Aye and Igbokoda in Okitipupa and…
The new finance bill signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari should excite Nigerians across board, especially low-income earners, the self-employed, micro, small and medium-scale enterprises (MSME). According to the Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) the Act has five strategic objectives; Promoting fiscal equity by mitigating instances of regressive taxation; Reforming domestic tax laws to align with global best practices; Introducing tax incentives for investments in infrastructure and capital markets; Supporting Micro, Small and Medium-sized businesses, in line with our Ease of Doing Business Reforms; and Raising Revenues for States and Local Governments. In a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has suspended the ongoing registration exercise for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in 243 centres across the country. The board’s Head, Media, and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, in Lagos. According to him, the suspension of the exercise in the affected centres is to allow the board to conduct a third-party recruitment examination, scheduled for Jan. 16. “The reason for the suspension of the exercise in the 243 centres nationwide by the board is that the centres are…
Mrs. Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed, Honourable Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, has reassured us of the government’s intent to fix the economy and the taxation and spur growth. It won’t be easy, of course, but with expectations stirred, all eyes are now on the performance of the 2020 Budget that has just recently been signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari. After the President assured his government’s backing for bankers to fearlessly extend loans for genuine business needs, and for the organized private sector to get on board, Mrs. Ahmed has sought to reassure Nigerians nay the outside world…
The Police Command in Kaduna State has confirmed the death of six people during an attack on the Emir of Potiskum, Alhaji Umaru Bubaram, on Kaduna-Zaria highway on Tuesday night. The command spokesman Yakubu Sabo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the incident occurred at about 11:00 pm. NAN gathered several people might have been abducted by the attackers as empty vehicles were left at the scene when government officials visited on Wednesday. It’s not clear as to the degree of injury sustained by the Emir, but Sabo said the monarch was at the Barau Dikko Hospital in…