Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun, has said he would not renege on his promise of make payment of full salaries and pension to workers and retirees, if reelected. Oyetola said this during an engagement programme with members of The Triangular Group of Pensioners on Sunday in Osogbo. Represented by his Special Adviser on Civic Engagement, Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, the governor said those who were spreading false information that he would stop payment of full salaries and pension are enemies of progress, whose minds are not always with positive development. The governor, who said his priority is to always see the state’s workforce happy and productive, said the era of half…
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The Kebbi State Hisbah Board has seized more than two hundred cartons of alcohol of different brands in an early morning operation which took place in Birnin Kebbi on Saturday, March 12. The Hisbah operatives who acted on a tip-off swooped on a particular location around old market area where a car which was loaded with the banned product was about to be offloaded for sale to the general public. The Board’s Commandant, Alhaji Suleiman Mohammed, who disclosed this to newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Saturday, said this run contrary to the laws of Kebbi state which banned…
Nigeria’s former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR has commended Governor Hope Uzodimma on the laudable developmental strides that Imo State is witnessing under his administration. *The past President paid the compliment* during his *85th* birthday celebration, hosted by the first family of Imo State at the Banquet Hall of Government House, Imo State. *Speaking on the sidelines of the celebration, the former President* called for improved engagements with genuinely frustrated militants members of society to de-escalate conflict and promote peace. Governor Hope Uzodimma on his part, thanked the former President for *his support* and his political journey through the years.…
PRESS RELEASE The Transmission Company of Nigeria wishes to notify consumers of electricity that the current load shedding being experienced nationwide is as a result of very low power generation by the Generation Companies (GENCOs) for TCN to wheel through the transmission grid to distribution companies nationwide. The media has been awash with reports that TCN has reduced the load allocation to distribution companies. That information is incorrect. The correct position is that TCN can only transmit the quantum of power generated by GenCos through the national grid to distribution load centres nationwide. For clarity, TCN does not generate electricity…
The Senate has set aside a court order which purportedly halted the further amendment of the 2022 Electoral Act. Senate President Ahmed Lawan carried on with the amendment at the behest of President Muhammadu Buhari who requested the expungement of section 84(12) of the 2022 Electoral Act despite a restraining order. Mr Buhari, who appended his assent to the bill on February 25, urged the members of NASS to remove the section which mandated the resignation of political appointees before contesting in any election. Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had filed a lawsuit against any further amendment of the…
The Nigerian Army says troops of ”Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK)” eliminated 17 Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Damasak, Mobbar Local Government Area of Borno. Damasak, the main town of the Mobbar Local Government Area, is located near the confluence of the Yobe River and Komadugu Gana River, adjoining the border with Niger 34km from Difa in Niger and 3km between Damasak and the border with Niger. Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa, Theatre Commander, Operation Hadin Kai, North East Joint Task Force, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Maiduguri. The…
Ahead of next Tuesday governorship primary, Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke has called on delegates and party stakeholders to support his candidature as he is prepared to defeat the incumbent governor at the July elections. In a statement issued on Saturday, the frontline governorship contender appealed to his supporters not to be distracted as he urged them to prepare for the Tuesday governorship primaries. Adeleke called on party delegates to ignore any distraction and get set to attend the state Congress even as he assured them that his candidature is a strong ticket for the PDP to win the governorship…
The Federal Government on Thursday approved the request by the United States of America, for suspended Commander of the Police Intelligence Response Team, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari, to be extradited over the $1.1million wire fraud perpetrated by Abass Ramon aka Hushpuppi and 4 others. Government’s approval was made known by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) when he filed an application before the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja for Kyari’s extradition. The application marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/249/2022 was filed under the Extradition Act. The AGF said the application followed…
The Ondo State Committee on Drug Control on Wednesday cautioned students against consuming energy drinks and other illicit substances. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the committee, which was on sensitisation visit to Aquinas College, Akure, said such substances were capable of damaging the brain and other vital parts of the body. A member of the committee, Mr Olafusi Omotiba, who addressed the 3, 500 students of the college, said that enhancers could harm growing brains and hinder its optimal performance. Omotiba added that drug abuse has negative effects on students’ academic careers, asking them to avoid any gathering…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Ondo State Council, has received the untimely death of Sola Taiwo Ilesanmi, one of the Brightest journalists in the state, with a rude shock and sadness. In a Press Statement signed the Chairman, Adetona Aderoboye and the State Secretary, Leke Adegbite, Ondo NUJ describes Sola as a Very Hard working, Highly Cerebral, Humble, Brilliant and Caring media man, who would be missed by virtually all sectors and prominent people in the state and beyond. The Statement notes that Sola who died during over a month of an undisclosed illness, had always been an excellent…