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Deputy Governor of Imo State, Engr. Gerald Irona has charged statutory aides in his office to remain productive while adding value to the Rebuild Imo Administration of Chief Emeka Ihedioha. The Deputy Governor gave the charge during a parley with statutory appointees in his office who paid him a visit, Sunday evening at his Oguta residence. According to him, the appointment of his aides was based on merit, urging them not to betray the confidence reposed in them. He used the occasion to reiterate the commitment of the Imo State government to seeing that the Imo State Oil Producing Areas…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has forged a formidable alliance with some key stakeholders in the Downstream Sector of the Petroleum Industry with a view to stamping out the ugly incidences of oil pipeline vandalism while ultimately sustaining the prevailing sanity in the supply and distribution of Petroleum Products across the country. Leading a team of critical stakeholders to the site of a recent oil-pipeline fire in Baruwa Community, Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos, Engr. Yemi Adetunji, Chief Operating Officer, Downstream of the NNPC, said it had become imperative for players and stakeholders in the industry to come…

Aides to the Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege; and the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ahmed Wase, are groaning over the alleged refusal by the National Assembly to pay their full entitlements. It was, however, learned that those in the offices of the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan; and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, were not affected. The workers, who are aides to the presiding officers, alleged that though their appointments were made between June and July 2019, they have only been paid two months; October and November. It was learned on…

Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has approved the inclusion of 2,673 additional retirees into the monthly pension payment scheme of the state government. A statement by the Director-General, Rivers State Pension Board, Ijeoma Samuel, the approval followed the completion of biometric data capture of the new pensioners. This is in addition to the 15,400 pensioners currently receiving monthly pensions, the statement said. According to the statement, the State Monthly Pensions Payroll now has 18,073 pensioners while the biometric capture was ongoing for public servants retiring between August and December. It said that an ICT Department would soon start the biometric…

Ibrahim Shehu-Gusau, embattled President, Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), has said that the federation will work diligently to unravel all corrupt practices in the federation. Shehu-Gusau said this on Sunday in a news conference to address the situation of things happening in the federation. He said that the measure was in keeping with the President Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment to accountability and transparency, “On the inauguration of our Board in July, 2017, I was confronted with an allegation in respect of USD150,000 paid to the AFN. “I was accused of mismanaging the funds and in keeping with the President Muhammadu Buhari’s…

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Sunday advanced reasons why the ninth Senate is in a hurry to deliver on some of the targets set in its legislative agenda. Lawan said the Senate is conscious of the need to act very fast before the 2023 politics start to slow down governance. The Senate President spoke at the End of Year Get-Together/Award ceremony which was organized by the Senate management for the staff of the Senate. Lawan said: “We came with our own ideas, our own agenda as Distinguished Senators of the ninth Senate. “We passed our agenda. What we…

Rivers state Governor Nyesom Wike has approved the inclusion of 2,673 additional retirees into the monthly pension payment scheme of the state government. According to a statement on Sunday by the Director-General, Rivers State Pension Board, Ijeoma Samuel, the approval followed the completion of biometric data capture of the new pensioners. This is in addition to the 15,400 pensioners currently receiving monthly pensions, the statement said. According to the statement, the State Monthly Pensions Payroll now has 18,073 Pensioners while the biometric capture was ongoing for public servants retiring between August and December 2019. It said that an ICT Department…

The Ekiti State Independent Electoral Commission (EKSIEC) on Sunday declared the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (NAN) winners of all the 16 Chairmanship seats in the local government election conducted on Saturday. Results of the 177 Councillorship seats were, however, still being awaited at the time of filing this report. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Chairman of the commission, Justice Jide Aladejana, had declared the results in Ado Ekiti. Aladejana said contrary to reports, no death was recorded at any polling booth on Saturday. ” Nobody was killed at Ward 7 Unit 006 in Ikere on…

The ninth Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria made history on Thursday, December 5, with the passage of the 2020 Appropriation Bill into law, thereby fulfilling the promise of the legislature to return the budget cycle to January – December period as it used to be. Until few years after the return to democracy in 1999, Nigerians had become used to the January to December budget cycle such that individuals, businesses, and corporations plan their activities in line with the cycle, but the ritual was distorted due largely to disagreement between the legislature and the executive, resulting in not…

You may argue that it is early days yet in the life of the 9th Senate of the Federal republic of Nigeria, presided over by Senator Ahmed Lawan and you will not be wrong. Inaugurated on 11, June, 2019, the current session of the upper chamber of the National Assembly is barely six weeks old. Even then, two days after our inauguration, we proceeded on a short recess to enable the leadership and the bureaucracy carry out some housekeeping, especially the allocation of offices to all Senators. We resumed duty on 2 July and were scheduled to embark on our…