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President of Senate Ahmad Lawan says that officials of the National Assembly do not tamper with job slots as being reported in some sections of the media. Lawan also said the National Assembly was committed to keeping with the practice of Federal Character principles in employment and other matters. Lawan made the statement while fielding questions at a news conference in Abuja on Monday. He said that members of the National Assembly were representing people and could not have ”hijacked” any employment process in the country. According to him, employment opportunity was for every qualified Nigerian to apply and that…

The Ogun House of Assembly on Monday screened 17 commissioner-nominees out of 18 sent before it for confirmation by Gov. Dapo Abiodun. The screening of the nominees, which held inside one of the committee rooms of the assembly complex in Abeokuta, was presided over by the Speaker, Olakunle Oluomo. During the exercise, which lasted about four hours, all the nominees‎ were asked various questions concerning their professional competence, experience, and capacity to serve the state. The nominees included Afolabi Afuape Oludotun Taiwo, Ganiyu Hamzat, Funmi Efuape, Kehinde Oluwadare, Jamiu Omoniyi, Toyin Taiwo, Tunji Akinosi, Ade Akinsanya, Adeola Odedina, Sidi Osho,…

The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) says Nigeria has recorded steady growth in its economy due to the political will of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. In a statement signed by its Chairman, Niyi Akinsiju in Abuja on Monday, BMO said the country had recorded a number of positives on the economic front. “We have seen how Nigeria has within a few days recorded some landmark strides on several fronts relating to the economy. “One of them is the N5.2 billion trading surplus recorded by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for the month of August. “It is gratifying that the…

Specifically,  one event in recent weeks that probably did more than anything else to convince Nigerians to look differently at the out of ordered situation in the country is the Punch Newspaper’s front-page editorial publication titled, “Buhari Lawlessness: Our Stand, published on Wednesday 11th December, 2019, where the News organization in furtherance of the responsibility which instrumentality of participatory democracy and election of leaders confer on it chronicled the failings, failures, and violations of human rights of Nigerians by the present administration. And as a symbolic demonstration of its protest against autocracy and military-style repression, declared that the PUNCH (all our…

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has approved the redeployment and posting of the recently promoted senior officers to different positions. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said the redeployment was to reinvigorate the system for professional efficiency. The new postings, according to Musa, include the redeployment of Maj.-Gen. E.O Ogunkale from Command Army Records, Lokoja to Defence Headquarters as Chief of Defence Standards and Evaluation. He said that Maj.-Gen. A.O. Uthman had been redeployed from Nigerian Army School of Signals, Apapa, Lagos to Defence…

The Edo Government has sealed some offices at the University of Benin, including the Office of the Vice Chancellor, over alleged tax evasion. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the offices were sealed in the early hours of Monday by officials of the Edo State Board of Internal Revenue (BIR). The other affected offices were the Bursary, Open Registry and Senate Chamber. The Public Relations Officer of the university, Dr Benedicta Ehanire, said that it was not true that the institution was sealed. Ehanire said: “As you can see, I am in my office working. My boss is also…

The Electricity Consumer Protection Forum on Monday opposed the request by power Generation Companies (Gencos) and Distribution Companies (DisCos) for N1.2 trillion bailout from the Federal Government (FG). The group’s National Coordinator, Mr Adeola Samuel-Ilori, made its position known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. NAN reports that the GenCos and DisCos had recently asked the FG to urgently inject the amount into the sector in order for their operations to survive. Samuel-Ilori said that it was improper for privately-owned entities to be asking the government for bailouts when they ought to be looking…

The Ekiti State House of Assembly on Monday, passed the state N124.724billion Appropriation Bill for 2020. This followed the adoption of the report of the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation at plenary. Presenting the report, the Chairman, Mrs Olubunmi Adelugba said the budget was made up of N71.186billion recurrent expenditure, representing 57 per cent and N53.538 billion capital expenditure, representing 13 per cent. Adelugba said that the committee observed that the budget was perfectly in order, and would consolidate on the achievements recorded in 2019 by establishing a fiscal framework for the expected transformation of all sectors of the…

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has lifted the suspension on Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, Senator Rochas Okorocha, Mr. Osita Okechukwu and Pastor Usani Uguru Usani. A statement by APC spokesman, Lanre Issa Onilu says it is in line with the party’s deliberate policy of fairness and actions targeted at ensuring harmony within the party across the country. “Through the suspension, our party has shown the capacity and willingness to implement its own rules and enforce discipline when there is an infraction. “We have also shown that no individual is above discipline and…

The Not Too Young To Run movement has reaffirmed its commitment to continue to promote political inclusion of youth, women and People With Disabilities (PWDs), for transformative politics and purposeful leadership, while reflecting on the movement’s successes and future prospects going into the next phase of Nigeria’s political dispensation. Having successfully reduced the age of running for the Presidency, the House of Representatives and State Houses of Assembly from 40 to 35 years and from 35 to 25 years respectively, the leadership of the movement has vowed to mitigate any hindrance to increase youth representation in elective offices. Rising from…