November 19, 2019

Oshiomhole Didn’t Pay Salaries, Pensions In 18 LGs – SSG

November 19, 2019 2:56 am

Secretary to Edo State Government, Osarodion Ogie, has said All Progressives Congress (APC), National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, left behind unpaid salaries of workers in 18 local government areas when he was governor.

Ogie said this during a visit by a team of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College Study Tour Course 42 at Government House, in Benin.

Representing Governor Godwin Obaseki, he said at the time Oshiomhole left office as governor, the 18 councils could also not pay pensions, adding that the reasons the local governments are indebted is due to the collection of taxes by non-state actors, who …

Nigeria’s Inflation Rises To 11.61%

November 19, 2019 2:56 am

National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) yesterday, said that inflation rose by 11.61 per cent (year-on-year) in October 2019 from 11.24 per cent recorded in September, 2019 with major increases recorded in food. On a year-on-year basis, the composite food index rose by 14.09 per cent in October 2019 compared to 13.51 per cent in September 2019.

“This rise in the food index was caused by increases in prices of meat, oils and fats, bread and cereals, potatoes, yam and other tubers, fish and vegetables. On a month-on-month basis, the food sub-index increased by 1.33 per cent in October 2019, up …

AMCON Reports 1,000 Chronic Debtors Owing ₦3.96tn

₦1bn Debt: AMCON Takes Over Ex-Minister’s Assets

November 19, 2019 2:50 am

Following the order of Hon. Justice Chuka Austine Obiozor of the Federal High Court, Lagos, the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has taken over two properties belonging to Mr Ademola Seriki, in Lagos and Abuja over an outstanding indebtedness of nearly ₦1billion.

The case between AMCON and Seriki, a former Minister of State for Defence as well as a former Supervising Minister for Mines and Steel Development has lingered for a while with the bad bank waiting for the obligor to pay up.

In a statement yesterday, AMCON said it does not in the first instance resort to the …

Don’t Demand Money During Immunisation – UNICEF

November 19, 2019 2:49 am

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned health workers in Cross River State not to demand money from parents during immunisation of children against measles.

UNICEF Consultant in the state, Iyabo Ajibola, who handed down the warning, yesterday during the commencement of measles vaccination second dose immunisation in Calabar South, said it is not acceptable that health workers demand money because the Federal Government, UNICEF and other partners have made vaccines available free of charge.

She said: “It is important to say vaccination of measles second dose is free and no person should demand money from parents because the …

Timipre Sylva: Petrol Price Should Be ₦181 Per Litre

Sylva: How Dickson Made APC Victory In Bayelsa Much Easier

November 19, 2019 2:49 am

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipreye Sylva has `thanked’ Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa for making it much easier for the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), David Lyon, to win the Nov. 16 election.

He disclosed this after presenting the Bayelsa Governor-elect, David Lyon, to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday.

Sylva attributed the electoral victory of the APC candidate to what he described as “poor performance by the Bayelsa State government”.
He said: “It’s been a very hectic week but I will like to bring in this Eritrean proverb, …

Noise Pollution: Lagos State Seals 8 Mosques And Churches

November 19, 2019 2:48 am

As Lagos State joined other countries of the world to commemorate the 2019 United Nations International Day of Tolerance, the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, (LASEPA) embarked on a clampdown of some religious outlets comprising of mosques and churches across different areas of the State for causing noise pollution and disruption of peace within their vicinity.

Following the clampdown exercise of these religious outlets by LASEPA, the General Manager of the Agency, Dr. Dolapo Fasawe said there is no hiding place for any religious organisation that cannot operate within the ambit of the law, regardless of their faith inclinations.

She …