A team of technical engineers from India has arrived in Ogun State to begin the process of converting vehicles from fuel to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). The move signals the commencement of the E-Mobility and Gas Mobility Programme of the state government, which involves the conversion of mass transit buses from fuel to gas and tricycles and motorcycles to electric. The four-man technical team will work on the pilot project, initiate the first phase of the Gas Mobility Programme and further prepare a process map to scale up and do a phase-wise implementation on all the commercial buses in the…
Author: Khadijah Olowode
The Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, on Tuesday, 18 July, 2023, received the esteemed members of the Association of Retired Police Officers of Nigeria (ARPON) at the Force Headquarters, Abuja led by its 1st Vice President, AIG Paul O. Ochonu (Rtd), NPM, and 2nd Vice President, CP Samuel Adetunji, Rtd. The meeting, held with members of ARPON under the auspices of the Retired Officers Consultative Forum, lends credence to the IGP’s commitment to fostering a strong relationship with retired officers and leveraging their valuable experience to achieve the mandate of the Nigeria Police Force. During the…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike At least over N1 billion worth of seized drugs have been destroyed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Delta State. The drugs, it was gathered, weighing 5,723.310kg, were burnt at Ogwashi-Uku in Aniocha South Local Government Area of the state. The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the agency, Major Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd), said the public destruction of the drugs was dedicated to the late Ivan Omhonria, the two-year-old minor who was killed by a stray bullet on Thursday, 13 July, 2023 in the Okpanam area of Delta State where operatives of NDLEA were chasing drug…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike A Federal High Court presided over by Justice S.A Amobeda sitting in Kano has stopped the State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission from investigating the alleged missing N100 billion from the state’s Local Government Council accounts. Justice S.A. Amobeda, on Tuesday, 18 July, 2023 also stopped the anti-graft commission and its agents from inviting, investigating, arresting, and intimidating local government chairmen in the state, pending the determination of the applicants’ motion on notice. The court gave the restraining order upon an exparte application moved by counsel to the applicants, Morgan C. Omereonye. The applicants are 15 local government…
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has assured Nigerian workers of the readiness of the government to review the salaries of its workers as a move towards cushioning the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy. The President of the Senate, gave the assurance while receiving in courtesy, the Governor of Ekiti State, Abiodun Oyebanji and members of the National Assembly from the state. Akpabio also noted that the removal of fuel subsidy by the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration was to address corruption in the Petroleum sector. He said the removal of fuel subsidy was the beginning of fighting…
Ecobank Nigeria Limited says it will appeal a judgement by the Federal High Court in Lagos, presided over by Hon. Justice Liman, which delivered a judgment in favour of Honeywell Flour against the bank and ordered it to pay the sum of N72 billion. The bank said it believe that the judgment is perverse and cannot stand the test of time. It also noted that it would vigorously challenge same, and remain confident that it can reverse this judgment at the higher courts. Sources from the bank stated that the instant suit was an action filed in 2018 for the…
My brother, I am delighted to extend my heartfelt congratulations on your appointment as the Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs and Strategy to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. This is a well-deserved recognition of your remarkable talents, dedication, and immense contributions to public service. Your appointment to such a critical role underscores the trust and confidence that the President has placed in your capabilities. Your wealth of experience and expertise in public affairs and strategy will undoubtedly prove invaluable in shaping policies, fostering effective communication, and advancing the national agenda. Throughout your career (as a member…
One of the leading lights in Agege political turf, in the aquatic state of Lagos, Alhaji Azeez Yusuf who is popularly known as Ninolowo is set once again to empower his people by giving cash and other valuable items to them. The Gambia-based lawyer and businessman through his Ninalowo Empowerment Foundation will be making this possible on Thursday, 20 July, 2023. The event which will also attract many dignitaries is billed to take place at the Ninalowo Foundation Office on Adebambo Street, Papa Ashafa Dopemu, Agege, Lagos. This is not the first time the philanthropist Ninolowo will be doing this,…
In a quest to further develop tourism potentials of Lagos State, the League of Tourism Officers in the 20 Local Governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas recently took a practical step with the state Ferry Service LAGFERRY) to actualize the objective. Therefore, on Thursday, 13 July, 2023, the Tourism Officers in Lagos councils took a boat ride with LAGFERRY cruising around the Lagos waterways. The Team enjoyed the ambience of the Lagos Waterways as they took a boat cruise with LAGFERRY’s MF Eko Akete from Five Cowries Terminal, Falomo-Ikoyi through the Five Cowries Creek to the Lagos Lagoon to…
Justice E. A. Obile of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced Peter Ayigi Againpriye, an undergraduate of the University of Calabar, to three years imprisonment for impersonation, obtaining money by false pretence and possession of fraudulent documents contrary to Section 1 (1) (a) and punishable under Section 1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act. He was convicted on Monday, July 17, 2023, after pleading “guilty” to a three count charge brought against him by the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,…