By Beauty John, LAFIA The Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), has threatened to shutdown all states of the Federation, if the financial autonomy of state Houses of Assembly is not implemented. National President of the association, Comrade Mohammmed Usman, who led other National officials of the association on a courtesy visit on the Speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi, reiterated this in Lafia,Thursday. Usman said that the implementation of the financial autonomy for the state Houses of Assembly would strengthen the institution, legislative duties of the state lawmakers and would ensure optimal productivity by…
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has once again bring to the notice of the general public, lovers of democracy and other stakeholders in the forthcoming Edo State governorship election holding on Saturday, September 19, 2020, plots by the All Progressives Congress and the leader of the party in Lagos, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to deploy private jets and helicopters to move money from Lagos to Edo State to rig the poll in favour of the APC. In a statement on Thursday, Chris Osa Nehikhare, recalled that Edo electorates were on Tuesday awaken to a vexatious broadcast by Tinubu, where he insulted…
President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick has restated the Federation’s support for, and endorsement of, the Nigeria Pitch Awards as the seventh edition of the glamorous awards has now been scheduled for the month of November in Asaba, Delta State. Speaking in Abuja on Thursday, Pinnick extolled the assiduity, creativity and ingenuity that the organizers of the awards, Matchmakers Consult International Limited bring into the entire packaging of the event each year, and advised that the same laudable qualities should be retained and even improved upon for subsequent processes and ceremonies. “I am impressed by the…
Governor of Oyo State Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, led top government functionaries and other stakeholders to host the second edition of the state’s inclusive budget initiative, where he declared that his administration will not relent in its determination to turn the state around through people-centred projects. Governor Makinde, who spoke at the Budget Consultative Forum ahead of the 2021 Budget of the state, said that in his quest to positively influence the state’s economy and enhance the quality of life, his administration has approved the payment of N1.65 billion for the remodelling of Primary Health Care Centres (PHCs) across the…
Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has praised Nigerian-born Ms Pearlena Igbokwe who was recently promoted to Chairman, Universal Studio Group, a division of NBCUniversal, one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies. In a congratulatory message made available to the press, Obi expressed delight at what he described as Igbokwe’s major strides and new leadership position, which he said was a thing of great joy and source of pride to the country. Noting that Igbokwe was the first black woman to head Universal Televion, Obi said her story…
Negative sentiment continued on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday with the market capitalisation declining further by N8 billion. The market capitalisation lost N8 billion to close at N13.344 trillion against N13.352 trillion achieved on Wednesday. Also, the All-Share Index dipped 17.57 points or 0.07 per cent to close at 25,532.74 from 25,550.31 posted on Wednesday. Accordingly, Month-to-Date gain moderated to 0.8 per cent while Year-to-Date loss increased to -4.9 per cent. The downturn was impacted by losses recorded in large and medium capitalised stocks, amongst which are; Dangote Sugar, Custodian Investment, Caverton, Ecobank Transnational and Oando. Capital market…
Gov. Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna State, has pledged to ensure that the Kaduna airport and the state were safe and secured for the people, staff, passengers and surrounding communities. The governor made the commitment when he received a delegation of Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, led by the Managing Director, Capt. Hamisu Yadudu on a courtesy visit in Kaduna, on Thursday. He explained that the problem of banditry has taken a new dimension in the Northwest zone, saying the recent resurgence in Kaduna was as a result of operations in neighbouring states of Katsina and Zamfara. The governor however…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has concluded sorting and distribution of sensitive materials to the 18 local government areas of Edo, ahead of the Saturday’s governorship election in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who was at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) premises in Benin, venue of the distribution on Thursday, reports that the sensitive materials have all been despatched. Speaking to newsmen after the exercise, Prof. Olayinka Raji, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Ogun drafted to support in the Edo poĺl, said the sensitive materials arrived in Benin on Monday. “We were here…
The Seven-Man Disciplinary Committee Set up by Zamfara State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has expelled Sirajo Garba and 125 others for violating National Executive Council resolution of the party and anti-party activities. Garba, with membership registration 01002642 from Dodo Ward, Gusau Local Government Area, is the Chairman, Marafa’s faction of APC. The New Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the National Secretariat of the APC had earlier directed the State Chapter of the party to set up a disciplinary committee to sanction any member who violated the directive of its NEC. The directive was for the withdrawal…
Nigeria’s COVID-19 curve is flattening, Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha has said. Mustapha made this on Thursday in Abuja at the 66th joint national briefing of the task force. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the PTF was established by President Muhammadu Buhari on March 9, 2020, to coordinate and oversee Nigeria’s multi-sectoral inter-governmental efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19. “Looking back at our National Response, using science, data and experience from other countries, we cannot but say that tremendous progress has been made and that we are beginning to notice…