The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) have agreed to work together to curb the menace of substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking in communities across the country. According to a statement on Saturday by the spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, this was one of the agreements reached at a meeting when the National President of ALGON, Hon. Aminu Muazu Maifata led other leaders of the umbrella body for all local government chairmen in the country on a courtesy visit to the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig Gen. Buba Marwa…
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A total of 2,659 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) across Nigeria have been pre-qualified for the final phase of the NNPC Foundation Business Pitching Exercise. Billed to hold from July 2nd to 10th, 2024, the exercise is an integral part of the NNPC Foundation’s Financial Literacy Program for Nigerian youths that witnessed the engagement of over 284,000 corps members, who underwent rigorous training and assessments. Speaking on the exercise, the Managing Director of NNPC Foundation, Mrs. Emmanuella Arukwe said the selection criteria will focus on the feasibility and sustainability of the business idea, market relevance, competitive edge…
The Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, under the leadership of the Minister, @GboyegaOyetola, has achieved an exceptional milestone by emerging as the overall best performing ministry in the Ease of Doing Business ranking. This was revealed on Friday, 28 June, 2024, at the town hall meeting, by the Special Adviser to the President on Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) and Investment, Dr. Jumoke Oduwole. According to her, the town hall meeting, chaired by the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, was organised to receive an update of the report on Regulatory Reform Accelerator (RRA) in line with President…
The Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Ogun State branch, has felicitated the Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun on his election as the Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum. In a letter written to the Governor by the Union and jointly signed by its Chairman, Com. Waidi Oloyede and the Secretary, Com. Dr. Bola Lawal through the Office of Head of Service at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, the senior citizens described the appointment as a well-deserved honour, borne out of the feat recorded in the governance of the state. They added that the governor’s unparalleled goodness and generosity to the people was…
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede has ordered the arrest of two officers of the Commission allegedly involved in the manhandling of a female staff of Regional Hotel, Ojo, Lagos. The officers were sighted in a viral video assaulting the staff of the hotel in an early morning sting operation in Lagos. The operation yielded a sizable number of suspects who are still being profiled. The EFCC’s boss has also ordered detailed investigations of the operation carried out at the hotel and assured that appropriate disciplinary measures would be taken against any…
The Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has commissioned a new fire station donated by Senator Henry Seriake Dickson to the Federal Fire Service (FFS) in Bayelsa State. The fire station is based in Toru Orua, a community located in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Speaking at the commissioning ceremony on Thursday, Tunji-Ojo, who praised the senator’s gesture, noted that the new facility would enhance the agency’s ability to respond to fire incidents in the state. He said: “It takes an exposed mind, a visionary personality to understand what is happening here today. With this, you are making…
The Democratic Front (TDF) has called on Nigerians to see the recent visit by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to former President Muhammadu Buhari, who he has never had any kind words for, as a mere attention seeking ploy and an overwhelming desire to be noticed, no matter what his original intentions might be. In his usual stimulus to action that will generate controversy since his ignominious lost of the last Presidential elections, Atiku had suddenly visited the former President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, even when he never had any good thing to say about him before. Chairman and Secretary…
Ogun State Government will from Monday, 1 July, 2024, next week begin allocation of 200 housing units to Subscribers of the Kobape phase III housing scheme. This was disclosed on Thursday, 27 June, 2024, by the state Commissioner for Housing, Alhaji Jamiu Akande Omoniyi while speaking at a press conference on the activities of his ministry. The commissioner added that the housing policy of the Dapo Abiodun-led administration was not for profit making, but rather as a social service to the people of the state and those in Diaspora who desire to live and work in the Gateway State Omoniyi,…
Governors from the southern part of Nigeria under the aegis of the Southern Governors’ Forum, have called for the consideration of the cost of living and ability of each state to pay the new minimum wage just as they advocated that each State be allowed to negotiate the new wage with the labour unions. This was contained in a Communique issued at the end of their meeting held on Monday, June 25, 2024, in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. In their 16 points Communique, the Forum called for strengthening of fiscal federalism and devolution of powers and expressed concern over…
An aviation expert, Dr Godwin Emmanuel, has expressed grave concerns over recent developments that caused President Bola Tinubu to travel abroad on chartered flights. Emmanuel, who said that the public shame that befell Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, as its president flew abroad for engagements in chartered flights was unquantifiable, urged the Presidency to prepare a supplementary budget providing new aircraft for the President and Vice President Kashim Shettima, and pass it to the National Assembly for legislative approval without delay. Speaking in Lagos on Thursday, 27 June, 2024, Emmanuel said President Tinubu’s trip on chartered flights had reduced his…