President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, 29 May, 2024, announced that Nigerians and other commuters would enjoy free train rides on the Abuja Metro Line until the end of the year. The President made this declaration while flagging off the re-launch of commercial operations on the Abuja Light Rail. “Our dear Landlord, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), I have heard you say there will be free train rides for two months. I want to appeal to you to make it until the end of the year. Let us give the people reasons to celebrate,’’ the President said before…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike In a surprise move, Bayern Munich have named Vincent Kompany as their new coach on a three-year contract on Wednesday, 29 May, 2024. Kompany, 38, joins Bayern despite seeing his Burnley team relegated from the Premier League this season. “I’m looking forward to the challenge of FC Bayern. It’s a great honour to be able to work for this club – FC Bayern is an institution in international football,” said Kompany in a club statement. “I’m now looking forward to the basics: working with the players, building a team. Once the basis is right, success will follow.”…
A total of $142.5 million was paid to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) last year by The Shell Petroleum Development of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC) and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo). SPDC paid $112.5 million while SNEPCo remitted $30 million compared to $59.04 million by SPDC and $20.73 by SNEPCo in 2022. The contributions came from the Shell companies on behalf of themselves and their respective partners –. Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC); TotalEnergies, EP Nigeria Limited; NAOC; and Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited – as statutory contributions to the interventionist agency. “Our support for…
Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, 29 May, 2024, commissioned the first solarised Medical Oxygen Pressure Swing Adsorption Plant in Nigeria and the Level 2 Newborn Unit at the Jericho Specialist Hospital, Ibadan. This was as he launched the Oyo State Strategy for the Scale-up of Medical Oxygen in Health Facilities (2024-2028), noting that his administration remains committed to providing essential healthcare infrastructure and supporting initiatives and ideas aimed at improving healthcare delivery in the state. According to him, the launch of the strategy for scaling up medical oxygen in health facilities across the state fits perfectly with the…
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday, 29 Ma, 2024, inaugurated the 4.779KM Yebumot-Adeta Roundabout and Adeta- Oloje roads. He instantly renamed the roads after two giants from Ilorin in honour of their contributions to growth and the prestige of the capital city. Yebumot Adeta is named after retired Major-General Mohammed Abdullahi Adangba, while Adeta to Oloje Road is rechristened Sheikh Yahya Murtadha Agodi — a late prominent Muslim scholar. “One of the social contracts we have with the people is to deploy resources to improve the condition of living through the provision of infrastructure. The launching this morning of…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday, 29 May, 2024, marked the first anniversary of his second term with a unique infrastructure gift to Lagosians. The Governor launched a fleet of new high-capacity ferries, fabricated and assembled in Lagos to cruise the State’s inland waterways and create a new transportation choice for commuters in the largest mega city in sub-Saharan Africa. The 15 boats have the capacity to carry 40 passengers each as against the 20 passenger limit in the existing vessels. The ferries were manufactured by Caverton Marine in a factory jointly run by Lagos State Government and the…
Oyo State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Hon. Olusegun Olayiwola, has met with the chairmen of the 33 Local Government Areas of the state, who were recently sworn-in by the state governor, ‘Seyi Makinde. Olayiwola, who met the chairmen at the Ministry, on Wednesday, charged them to be of good conduct and to serve their people with commitment and focus. According to Olayiwola, Governor Makinde has in the last five years been running a people-oriented government and it is expected that the chairmen will follow the governor’s example by delivering the dividends of democracy to their respective councils.…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State has revealed that bandits killed his elder who left behind three wives and 27 children. Radda said his saddest moment was any time he received news of bandits’ attacks in the state. The Governor made this disclosure on Wednesday, 29 May, 2024 in Katsina at a press briefing for his one year in office. “My saddest moment is when I receive calls that people were killed, houses burnt and women raped by bandits in a particular village. The only way to appreciate that is to put yourself in their shoes, and…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A Benue State High Court presided over by Justice T. T. Asua has restrained the Benue State Government from probing the administration of the former Governor of the state, Chief Samuel Ortom. Recall that the Benue State Government recently set up a commission of inquiry into the funds (income and expenditure) of Benue State Government from May 29, 2015, to May 28, 2023, to probe the immediate past administration of former Governor Ortom in the state. The order stopped the panel from sitting, pending the hearing and determination of a motion on notice filed by former Governor…
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Wednesday, 29 May, 2024, commissioned the Sagamu-Iperu-Ode-Sapade road, as part of activities to mark his first year for the second term in office, even as he announced award of contract for the construction of the Siun-Ogere-Iperu-Ilisan road. It would be recalled that the Govenor on Tuesday was in Ogijo, in Sagamu Local Government Area to commission the popular Hospital road in the town, where he vowed to sustain the tempo of the ongoing infrastructural transformation across the State. Speaking at the commissioning of phase one and two of the eight kilometres road, the…