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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State Governor, on Tuesday, launched the 100 security patrol vehicles his government earlier purchased to enhance security operations in the State. Governor Makinde, who equally launched the State’s Security Code 615, declared that the welfare of security officials would be the top priority of his administration. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, quoted the Governor as making the declaration at a brief event to mark the distribution of the 100 Kia Rio units to security agencies in the state. According to the Governor, with the launch of sophisticated…

By Wole Oye, ABUJA The state-of-the-art corporate head office of T. Pumpy Concept in the heart of Abuja has been commissioned amidst glamour and fanfare. Dame Paullen Tallen, the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development commissioned the multimillion naira edifice. The tastefully furnished office is located at No 12, Moronvia Street, Off Aminu Kano crescent, Wuse II district, Abuja. Speaking at the glamorous ceremony, the Minister commended T. Pumpy Concept Boss, Mr Akintayo Adaralegbe, for what he’s doing to boost housing for all in the Federal Capital City. She, however, charged him to engage more women so as to…

Mr Bigg’s, the Quick Service Restaurants (QSR) being run by UAC Restaurants Limited is raising the bar of Customer’s lifestyle experience and excitement, as it has gone ahead to activate more contemporary restaurants in Lagos and other states. Mr Bigg’s launched its model restaurant at Northwest Filling Station at VGC, Lagos in a grand event which took place in July, this year. The store which houses both Mr Bigg’s and Debonairs Pizza counters is exquisitely designed with great interior finishing, which is an embodiment of taste, class, and convenience, with wooden wall, features, suspended pendants lighting, floral arrangements, and wall…

The Senate has mandated its Committee on Power to investigate the activities of power generating and distribution companies with a view to unraveling the cause of unsteady power supply in Nigeria. The investigating committee has four weeks to submit its report to the Senate for consideration. The decision by the upper chamber to probe power generation, transmission, and distribution in the country was reached sequel to a motion considered during plenary on Tuesday. Sponsor of the motion, Senator Chukwuka Utazi (PDP, Enugu North) said Nigeria, with a population of 200 million and an annual growth rate of 2.6 percent per…

By Harry Awurumibe, State House, ABUJA Newly elected Executive Governor of Bayelsa state, David Lyon who was earlier on Monday presented to President Muhammadu Buhari at Presidential Villa, Abuja has pledged to serve all Bayelsans. Lyon who was led to meet with the President and the leader of his political party, All Progressives Congress (APC) by the National  Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole; State Leader/ Minister of State, Petroleum, Timipriye Silva and co-chairmen of the APC Bayelsa Governorship  Campaign Council- Governors Abubakar Badiru (Jigawa) and Abubakar Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi) promised that he will run an inclusive government in Bayelsa. Said he, “Gentlemen…

Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa, said they visited former President Goodluck Jonathan after Saturday’s governorship elections in recognition of his position as the father and leader of the state. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Minister of State for Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva, led APC leaders including governor-elect David Lyon, to visit the former president’s home on Monday. Sylva noted that as a former president and leader of the State, Jonathan deserved to be respected and honoured by all Bayelsa people, irrespective of their party leanings. “Being a former president of the country and…

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Most Revd Justin Portal Welby has responded to an open letter by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) urging him to use his good offices and leadership and his “friendship with President Muhammadu Buhari to prevail on him to obey court orders most recently involving activists Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare who remain in arbitrary detention despite a court order for their release.” This development was disclosed today by SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare. SERAP had in the letter to ArchbishopWelby expressed “serious concerns about the disturbing trends by state governments and the federal government to…

Human Rights Lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, has warned that if nothing was done to address impunity in the electoral system, Nigeria would continue to witness the decreasing rate of voters turnout in future elections. Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), gave the warning on Monday in Abuja, while speaking as a panelist at a Digital Voting Summit, organized by RestoreNaija, an NGO. According to him, the country’s democracy is being turned to war by the ruling class. “We are talking about 34 per cent voter turnout in 2015. “If this trend of electoral brigandage, unprecedented electoral violence and thuggery…

The Oyo State Government says it is putting in place measures to stop open defecation by providing mobile toilets and water in rural communities in the state. The Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Mr Kehinde Ayoola, made this known in Ibadan on Tuesday while addressing newsmen at the commemoration of the 2019 World Toilet Day. Ayoola said that the government was taking proactive steps to stop open defecation in the state through the state’s Rural Water and Sanitation Programme. He said that the present administration would take seriously the business of recycling in the state, saying that the step…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, transmitted a letter to the Senate, seeking consideration and passage of six Aviation Bills. The President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan read the letter during plenary. The President, in the letter, said: “Dear Distinguished Senate President; Transmission of Six Aviation Sector Bills to the National Assembly for consideration and passage into law. “Pursuant to Section 58 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended, I formally request that the following six bills be considered for passage by the Senate.” The bills include Civil Aviation Bill 2019, Federal Airport Authority of…