February 25, 2020

Uzodinma

Uzodinma Sets Up Taskforce On Road Project Monitoring

February 25, 2020 3:10 pm

The Governor of Imo state, Senator Hope Uzodinma has constituted a six-man taskforce committee to monitor, evaluate and revoke some road projects whose contractors are either inactive or have abandoned their work.

The committee, according to our reporter is chaired by the Deputy Governor, Professor Placid Njoku.

It would be recalled that the Governor had yesterday during an unscheduled inspection visit on Assumpta roundabout/Port Harcourt road axis, directed the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works to immediately terminate the contract and re-award it to a more serious contractors who will be able to finish the work before the rain sets in.

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Gbajabiamila’s Security Kills A Newspaper Vendor In Abuja

‘We Will Not Stand For This’ – Femi Blasts Police

February 25, 2020 9:54 am

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila says the House will not standby while police brutalise and kill innocent Nigerians.

The Speaker said this at the public hearing conducted by the House Committee on Police Affairs on enhancing the police force for better service delivery.

The new assertion is coming in the wake of crisis engulfing Sagamu, Ogun where operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad allegedly killed Kazeem Tiamuyu (Kaka).

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The anger over the alleged killing has turned to protests which has claimed more casualties.

The Speaker

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Senate

Reps To Confer Immunity On Senate President, Speaker

February 25, 2020 9:54 am

The bill to confer immunity on the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives has scaled second reading despite opposition.

The bill also seeks to confer immunity on presiding officers of the State House of Assembly to shield them from prosecution when they are occupying their offices

The bill sponsored by Segun Odebunmi was considered on Tuesday and passed through second reading despite opposition from members.

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The Presiding officer, Femi Gbajabimila initially expressed reservation on presiding over the debate to prevent conflict of interest.

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Senate Task NEDC To Rebuild Religious Buildings

February 25, 2020 9:53 am
Following the wanton destruction of religious and public institutions by the Boko Haram insurgents across the Northeast, Senate on Tuesday adopted a motion asking the North East Development Commission (NEDC), to embark on reconstruction and rehabilitation.

The decision followed a point of order by Senator Aisha Dahiru Ahmed Binani representing Adamawa Central Senatorial district, explaining that attacks being orchestrated by insurgents still continue unabated.

She pointed out that the Boko Haram attack on Garkida in Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa State on Sunday has left much to be desired, while calling on government’s intervention to mitigate the pains

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Bayelsa

Bayelsa And The Fall Of A Narccist

February 25, 2020 9:53 am

Following the inauguration of the reconstituted National peace Committee of the All progressive Congress, it is widely anticipated that the Chief Bisi Akande led Committee will resolve all lingering issues considered to be fuelling the hostilities within the ranks of the ruling party. Regrettably, the nullification of the electoral victory of the candidate of the All Progressive Congress at the Bayelsa State Governorship Election by Supreme Court appears to have undermined this glimmer of hope. Apparently, the pronouncement of the Apex court presents a window of opportunity for a section within the party hierarchy, which has consistently advocates for the …

FG Moves Bill To Ban Plastics Production

February 25, 2020 9:53 am

The National Assembly and the Federal Ministry of Environment are said to be putting the finishing touches to a bill meant to outlaw the production of plastics in Nigeria. It was gathered that the bill is meant to protect aquatic life in the Gulf of Guinea, of which Nigeria’s territorial waters is directly linked to.

A member of the Senate Committee on Marine Transport, Sen. Tolulope Odebiyi, disclosed this in Lagos at the launch of the Maritime Action Plan for Marine Litter and Plastics Management in Nigeria. Sen. Odebiyi, who drafted the proposed bill, represented the Chairman of the …

El-Rufai

El-Rufai Wants To Be Vice President – Arewa Youths

February 25, 2020 9:52 am

The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, President-General, Yerima Shettima on Tuesday insisted that Nasir El-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State was working towards becoming the Vice President in 2023.

Shettima, who spoke with reporters, made the remark while condemning the governor for saying the Southern part of Nigeria should be allowed to produce the country’s next president.

El-Rufai had said the North had no justification to hold onto power at the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s second tenure in 2023.

The governor had stressed that the South should be allowed to produce the country’s next president in the interest of …

Kenya To Privatise Sugar Factory

February 25, 2020 7:10 am

Industry experts count the high cost of production and poorly funded government factories with aging machinery among the problems facing the East African nation’s sugar industry. According to a statement, the government would act on all of the recommendations made by a task force formed to focus on reviving the sector, Reuters quoted Kenyatta’s office to have said in a statement. The task force recommended reintroducing a levy.

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“The sugar levy will be charged on consumers so as to raise the revenue needed to assist farmers to develop

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World’s Oldest Living Male Is Dead

February 25, 2020 7:09 am

Local Japanese authorities announced the death of a 112-year-old Japanese man recognised as the world’s oldest living man.

Chitetsu Watanabe, a resident of the central Japanese city of Joetsu, received an official certificate as the world’s oldest living man from Guinness World Records on Feb. 12.

He was born on March 5, 1907, and died on Sunday at a nursing home.

After graduating from agricultural school, Watanabe moved to Taiwan to work at a Japanese sugar production company there.

 

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Following an 18-year stint there, he served in …

Olisa Metuh

Breaking: Metuh Guilty Of ₦400m Money Laundering

February 25, 2020 7:09 am
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday found the Peoples Democratic Party’s, PDP, former Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh guilty of ₦400 million money laundering.

Ruling on the first count in his judgement, Justice Okon Abang ruled that a former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, unlawfully transferred the sum of N400 million to the defendants in November 2014.

Abang held that Metuh and his firm. Destra Investments Limited reasonably ought to have known that the sum of N400 million paid to them formed part of the proceeds of the unlawful activity of the ex-NSA because they had no form of a …

Breaking: Kaduna Assembly Speaker, Shagali quits

February 25, 2020 7:08 am

Aminu Abdullahi Shagali, on Tuesday morning, resigned his position as the Speaker of Kaduna State House of Assembly.

According to sources from the Assembly, he tendered his resignation before the house during the plenary session.

The 40-year-old lawmaker was elected as the Speaker of the 5th Kaduna State Assembly on 8 June 2015.

He has been representing Sabon Gari constituency in the Kaduna State House of Assembly since 2011.

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He was elected under the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), one of the opposition political parties founded by his mentor Muhammadu …

Amotekun

Insecurity: No Going Back On Amotekun – Lagos Assembly

February 25, 2020 7:07 am

The Speaker of the Lagos House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has declared that the new security outfit, Operation Amotekun, has come to stay in the state and the South West.

The lawmaker stated this on Monday at a public hearing on a bill to establish the security operation in Lagos state.

According to Obasa, the outfit had become important for the security of the lives and properties of the people of the region.

Read Also: Amotekun Is A Beautiful Idea – Buhari Media Org.

“I’m sure we all recall the incidents before the establishment of Amotekun, the killings, maiming, kidnapping

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