The House of Representatives on Wednesday, 20 November, 2024 directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and the Federal Ministry of Finance to immediately refund the 50 per cent deduction from the Nigerian Shippers’ Council’s account. The House also mandated the Federal Ministry of Finance to release all outstanding 2 percent Port Development Levy Surcharge funds owed to the Nigerian Shippers’ Council. Adopting a motion moved by Abba Ahmed Sani from Zamfara State, the Green Chamber equally mandated its Committees on Shipping Services, Finance, and Public Accounts to ensure compliance with the resolution. Presenting the motion, Sani said the Ministry…
Author: Abimbola Ogunaike
Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo on Wednesday, 20 November, 2024 announced the sack of all the management staff of Edo Specialist Hospital and Stella Obasanjo Hospital, thegazellenews.com reports. Okpebholo also dissolved the Governing Council of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, and other state-owned tertiary institutions. A statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Musa Umar Ikhilor, and made available to newsmen by Fred Itua, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor in Benin City, said the dissolution was with immediate effect. “It is hereby announced for the information of the General Public that the Governor of Edo State,…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has disclosed that the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has ordered the immediate arrest and prosecution of the Head of Police Anti-Kidnapping Squad in the state, Moses Lohor and members of his team for attempted murder. This was confirmed by the Special Adviser to the Osun State Governor on Security, Samuel Ojo, in a statement by Olawale Rasheed, spokesperson to Governor Adeleke after a closed-door meeting with the Governor and the state Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Umar Abba. Thegazellenews.com that the crisis erupted after operatives of the Osun State Police Command Anti-kidnapping Squad led…
Four famous Nigerian singers: D’banj, Olamide, Yemi Alade and Timi Dakolo will be performing at the opening ceremony of the 2024 African Military Games in Abuja which started today, 20 November, 2024 On its X handle, the Nigerian Army wrote, “The stage is set and the legends are coming for the opening ceremony of #AMGA2024. “Watch @Olamide, @iamdbanj, @yemialadee and @timidakolo light up the opening ceremony like never before. It’s happening tomorrow, 20th November 2024.” Twenty five countries are participating in the 2nd African Military Games, AMGA 2024. The athletes will be participating in 19 sporting activities, which will be…
Miss Universe runner-up, Chidimma Adetshina, has announced her decision to quit pageantry. Speaking during a recent interview with Silverbird TV, Adetshina said pageantry has been a traumatic experience for her, just as she also said quitting for personal reasons and relocating to Nigeria from her estranged country, South Africa. “Finishing in the top 2 [at the Miss Universe competition] is still a shocker for me… Honestly, I am done. Pageantry was a real traumatic experience for me,” she said. “People still don’t understand how I felt. There were times when I almost quit during the Miss Universe contest. I’m really…
The Nigerian Senate has removed the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar from office, just as it also gave reasons for his removal. The removal followed the two-third majority of Senators required to validate the resolution of the legislative Chamber. The Senate Leader, Michael Opeyemi Bamidele had sponsored a motion seeking the “invocation of the provision of Section 157(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended for the removal of the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT.” Bamidele adduced reasons for his removal saying: “Senate has been inundated with serious…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the dissolution of the Governing Council of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka, Anambra State, and the removal of Prof. Bernard Ifeanyi Odoh, the institution’s new Vice Chancellor. Tinubu also approved the removal of Mrs Rosemary Ifoema Nwokike, Nnamdi Azikiwe University registrar. The Council, led by Ambassador Greg Ozumba Mbadiwe, includes five other members: Hafiz Oladejo, Augustine Onyedebelu, Engr. Amioleran Osahon, and Rtd. Gen. Funsho Oyeneyin. Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information & Strategy, who made this disclosure through a statement, said the sacking of the Governing Council and officials followed reports that the…
By Ibrahim A. Jagaba In a move that promises to potentially record huge success against illicit drug racketeering in Lagos State, the number one, northern traditional youth chief in 17 southern states of Nigeria, Ambassador (Dr) Sani Salisu DanMuttaqa, has, while, declared his palace’s readiness to kick-start an effective partnership with the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), in the fight against substance abuse in Lagos State. In addition, he has advised that capital punishment should be given a look-in towards permanently solving drug related menace in Lagos State, the commercial nerve centre of Nigeria. Speaking moments after an official…
As the nation grapples with the inevitable realities of macroeconomic reforms being implemented by the Government, the need to focus on boosting the non-oil alternatives that will aid full diversification of the national economy has become more critical than ever, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said on Tuesday. The Governor said decades of dependence on importation of finished goods and export of a single commodity had made foreign exchange the sole determinant of the nation’s economic stability, stressing that the same factor remained a fundamental contributor to the current economic situation. Sanwo-Olu emphasised the need to harness export potential and…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and his Osun counterpart, Ademola Adeleke, have knocked the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) Abdullahi Ganduje, for saying the APC would take over Oyo and Osun states after winning Ondo State on Saturday, 16 November, 2024. Speaking with newsmen in Akure on Sunday,16 November, 2024 after the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) declared the APC candidate, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, as the winner of the governorship election in Ondo State, Ganduje had declared that the APC aimed to achieve political homogeneity of the South-West by further displacing the Peoples Democratic Party from Oyo and Osun…