The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Edo Command, on Tuesday in Benin began the Yellow Ribbon project campaign. At the event, Mr Babayo Maisanda, Controller of Corrections in the state, said that the campaign was to replicate the Controller General of Correctional Service (CGC), Ja’afaru Ahmed’s commitment to service delivery in partnership with all stakeholders. He said that such partners in service delivery to inmates include the Prisioner Rehabilitation And Welfare Action (PRAWA). He explained that the “Yellow Ribbon Project was to promote effective reformation, rehabilitation, re-Integration and prevention of stigmatisation of ex offenders which are among the key objectives of…
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The Akwa Ibom House of Assembly on Tuesday expressed concerns over the activities of criminals who operate around the Uyo main market in the state capital.Mr Anietie Eka (PDP-Uyo constituency), who moved the motion under matters of urgent public importance, described the development as unhealthy.He said that the market had become a breeding ground for armed robbers, rapists and cultists, saying that something should be done urgently. Eka expressed concerns over the safety of unsuspecting members of the public who constantly fell victims to the activities of the criminals.He urged the state government to quickly intervene in the interest of…
Sixth seed Serena Williams battled sluggish conditions to defeat fellow American Kristie Ahn 7-6(2) 6-0 to begin her French Open campaign on Monday. Playing an opponent she beat in straight sets at the same stage at the U.S. Open less than a month ago, Williams found herself struggling to win points on Court Philippe-Chatrier where the roof was opened just before the match. Williams started with three aces to win her opening game but the 102nd-ranked Ahn started moving better and chased down her opponent’s heavy groundstrokes, which on most surfaces would have ended up as winners. Ahn, who was…
The Lagos State Council, Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), has urged people not to despair or lose faith in the labour movement over suspension of the much publicised nationwide industrial action. The state Chairman, Mr Gbenga Ekundayo, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. “Quite expectedly, Lagosians would feel disappointed; however, they should not despair or lose faith in our labour. “When labour leaders go into a negotiation, it is for a purpose, and when that purpose is not served, we press home the demands of our own by…
Chief Bisi Akande, a former governor of Osun and pioneer Interim Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), has appealed to those agitating for Nigeria’s break-up to bury such thought.Akande made the appeal on Monday in Ibadan during the inauguration of a project owned by Chief Adebayo Adelabu, a former CBN deputy governor and APC governorship candidate in the 2019 elections. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that Akande, alongside other prominent Nigerians, were in Ibadan for the 50th birthday anniversary of Adelabu.He said that allowing Yoruba to break away from Nigeria might lead to bloodshed and avoidable civil war that…
Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has inuagurated the operations of Max Air flights from Abuja to Jos on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the inauguration followed the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Plateau Government and Max Air on Sept. 1, 2020 to boost business activities and tourism in the state . Lalong said after he had landed in Jos from Abuja that the day was historic in opening more business opportunities for the state. He added that the launch of the flight operation was part of his administration’s policy of economic rebirth. He…
Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has met with families of policemen and members of Civilian Joint Task Force ( CJTF) killed by insurgents in an ambush on Friday in Borno. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that several security personnel were killed with some injured when the governor’s backup convoy was attacked along Baga – Monguno road. A statement by the Special Adviser, Media and Strategy, Malam Isa Gusau, said Zulum had on Monday met with the bereaved family of fallen policemen at the police headquarters in Maiduguri where he promised to assist the affected families. Zulum said he…
Tanzania will introduce an electronic budgeting system in the 2021/22 financial year in a move to reduce revenue loss and strengthen financial accountability, a senior official said on Monday. Mary Maganga, the Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, said the new system known as ‘PlanRep’ is web-based planning and budgeting system. According to Maganga, PlanRep will replace the spreadsheet programme used by government agencies, institutions and corporations. She told a five-day capacity building training seminar on the electronic budgeting system in the capital Dodoma that the new system will incorporate strategic plans, revenue projection, budgets, expenditure…
The leadership of the National Assembly said, on Monday, that the Assembly would break the jinx of not being able to pass the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) after several attempts. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan and the Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila assured Nigerians that the time had come for the passage of the bill. They spoke at a meeting of the leadership of the National Assembly with the Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Silva, Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari and some other top officials in the Petroleum sector. The…
President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated seasoned banker and politician, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, on the occasion of his 50th birthday, Sept. 28. Adelabu, a former Deputy Governor, Operations, Central Bank of Nigeria, was Oyo State gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 elections. In a statement by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Monday Buhari congratulated the politician and astute businessman on attaining the Golden age. The president lauded the Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Fellow, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), for his strides in professional life. He…