By Adeboye Ado There was jubilation in Lagos on Thursday as leaders of over 150 Anti-Corruption Civil Society Organisations gathered with their supporters to celebrate what they termed the first step in the cleaning process for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. They hailed the President Bola Tinubu administration for showing a bold will to fix the wrongs in critical areas of the Nigerian system and doing the right things in seemingly complex circumstances. They noted that the suspension of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria,…
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**Targets 1 million jobs By Harry Awurumibe, Editor Abuja Bureau The federal government will seek a leglegislative support for automative industries in Nigeria, targeting between 500,000 to a million jobs. Abia State Governor Alex Otti,.who was one of the five state governors who briefed State House Correspondents after the maiden NEC meeting on Thursday at Presidential Villa, Abuja, also revealed that federal government is seriously working out ways to mitigate the harsh economic effects of the removal of subsidy in petrol and foreign exchange. Said he: “As part of the inaugural National Economic Council (NEC) meeting today, major focus was…
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor Abuja Bureau The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) again Thursday 15th June, 2023 arraigned the former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Dibu Ojerinde over allegations bordering on official corruption, abuse of office and forgery. According to a press statement made available to journalists in Abuja on Thursday by the ICPC Spokesperson, Mrs Azuka Ogugua Ojerinde was docked alongside his children, Mary Funmilola Ojerinde, Olumide Abiodun Ojerinde, Adebayo Ojerinde, Oluwaseun Adeniyi Ojerinde and six companies linked to him, namely: Doyin Ogbohi Petroleum Limited, Cheng Marbles Limited, Sapati International…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday appointed eight think tanks to assist in the realisation of his renewed hope agenda towards breathing a new life to the economy and security of the citizens. One of the astute men and women appointed is Mr. Zacch Adedeji, an industrious, brilliant, vibrant, result-oriented and an accomplished professional who was prior to the appointment, the Executive Secretary of the National Sugar Development Council. When Mr Zacch Adedeji was appointed as the fifth substantive Executive Secretary of the National Sugar Development Council in March 2021 by former President Muhammadu Buhari, stakeholders in the sugar sector…
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President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, held a closed-door meeting with the 14th Emir of Kano and former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, at the State House.Sanusi’s visit, which is the first since the President assumed office, comes barely one week after the President suspended Godwin Emefiele as the CBN Governor.The agenda of the meeting is unclear as of press time. Sanusi served as CBN chief from June 2009 to June 2014 when Emefiele took over from him. On Friday, the President suspended Emefiele as the apex bank’s chief and directed that the bank’s Deputy…
The leadership of the Labour Party in Osun State on Thursday suspended the National Legal Adviser of the party, Mr Samuel Akingbade, and the state Women Leader, Mrs. Susan Ojo, for attempting to create a faction in LP’s fold in the state. Announcing the decision of the party at a press conference held in Osogbo on Thursday, Osun LP chairman, Adebayo Bello, explained that the executives have also suspended 11 local government chairmen of the party, for attending a meeting called to create a faction. Bello also accused the suspended members of lending support to the attempt to jeopardise the…
The Director, Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Air Commodore Ayodele Famuyiwa, says the military airstrike of Jan. 24 in Nasarawa State only targeted and eliminated terrorists. Famuyiwa said this while reacting to questions at a bi-weekly news briefing on the operations of the armed forces, on Thursday in Abuja. He said the air strike was carried out after series of intel and surveillance, adding that innocent civilians were not killed as being speculated in some quarters. He faulted the report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) alleging that the NAF bombarded herders who were evacuating their cattle in…
The Kano State Government has appealed to Saudi Arabian Government to establish a medical centre in the state. Gov. Abba Yusuf made the request during a dinner held to mark the successful conclusion of the “Cardiac Programme for Adults”, sponsored by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre in the state. The initiative, led by the King Salman Volunteering Team, in collaboration with the Islamic World League and other medical volunteers, conducted free cardiac surgeries for 12 patients in Kano State. Represented by the Deputy Governor, Aminu Gwarzo, Yusuf said that a fully equipped medical centre would not only…
The Police Command in Ekiti has declared a 15-year-old boy, Rotimi Ajewole missing. This is contained in a statement signed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abutu Sunday, on Thurday in Ado-Ekiti. “Ajewole of Osobe Street, Ikere-Ekiti, left home on June 6, 2023 at about 07:00a.m. to an unknown destination and never returned. “He is 15-year-old, dark in complexion, speaks Yoruba languages fluently and has no tribal mark,’’ Sunday said. According to him, the command has commence investigation to know his whereabouts. The PPRO urged anyone with useful information concerning the current location of the boy to contact…