Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti on Wednesday directed all junior workers on GL 02 to 07 to resume work on Nov. 2. Mr Fayemi gave the directive in a statement in Ado Ekiti by the Head of Service, Peju Babafemi. ”The state government has reviewed the steps taken so far to contain the spread of the COVID-19. ”All workers on GL02 to 07 have been directed to resume work with effect from Monday, Nov. 2, 2020,” he said. Workers in the state have been observing the stay-at-home directive of the state government on March 23 since COVID-19 surfaced in the…
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Former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has emerged as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization, WTO. Iweala emerged winner of the highly competitive race after polling 104 votes from 164 member countries to defeat her opponent, South Korea’s trade minister, Yoo Myung-hee. With the development, Iweala has become the first female and first African to occupy the office. Recall that she had received support from 79 countries, Speaking during a virtual press conference last Friday, she said the 55-man African Union (AU) officially endorsed her over her only opponent, Yoo Myung-hee of South Korea. DAILY POST
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Makurdi Zonal Office, has arrested one Patience Simon Robert, an impostor who, while posing as an officer of the EFCC, allegedly defrauded many people with propositions of employment in the EFCC and Nigeria Customs Service, NCS. Patience was arrested following a complaint by a victim whom he collected N1.5million from under the pretext of helping to secure jobs for his children in the EFCC. The complainant equally revealed that the suspect tricked his younger brother into the part with the sum of N300,000 after promising to get his children employed in the NCS.…
The Deji of Akureland, in Ondo State, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi, has thrown his weight behind the arrest and prosecution the hijackers of the #EndSARS protests who wreaked incalculable havoc across the country. Oba Aladelusi in a statement in Akure by his Chief Press Secretary, Michael Adeyeye frowned at unwarranted killing, maiming of innocent and destruction of property across the country. The statement said that “His Majesty is in support of the government’s effort to apprehend these criminals with a view to visit the full wrath of the law on them. He, however, appealed to the youths in Akure to be…
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu will react later today to the claims by Nigerian Army that the state government invited soldiers to restore sanity at Lekki Toll Gate. The Nigerian Army, on a statement Tuesday night, said that the decision to deploy its men to Lekki Tollgate on October 20, where peaceful #EndSARS protesters were gathered, was based on the request of the Lagos State government. When contacted to react on the claim, Lagos State government official who spoke on anonymity, said, ‘The state governor will react to this at the appropriate time, probably, later today. “We have to…
The Pan Niger Delta Forum has told President Muhammadu Buhari to take full responsibility for the shootings of peaceful #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki toll gate on October 20. The forum, in a statement by its spokesman, Mr. Ken Robinson, on Tuesday called on Buhari to order an immediate commencement of actions that would bring the perpetrators of the dastardly act to book. PANDEF backed the calls made by the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria for a thorough investigation into the tragic incident. “PANDEF calls on President Muhammadu Buhari to, as Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federation,…
A lawyer, Olukoya Ogungbeje, has filed N10bn fundamental rights suit against the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, and 10 others over the shooting at #EndSARS protesters at Lekki tollgate in Lagos. In the suit before the Federal High Court in Lagos, Ogungbeje is urging the court to declare that “the brutal shooting and killing and use of brute force against unarmed, defenceless and peaceful protesters/Nigerian citizens engaging in the #ENDSARS peaceful protest on October 20, 2020, at the Lekki tollgate was “illegal, unlawful, undemocratic, oppressive, wicked and unconstitutional.” Ogungbeje…
The lawsuit instituted against All Progressives Congress leader, Bola Tinubu, and tax consultancy firm, Alpha Beta Consulting, by a former Managing Director of Alpha Beta, Dapo Apara, has suffered a setback due to the burning of the Lagos State High Court in Igbosere in the wake of the #EndSARS protests. Apara’s lawyer, Mr Tade Ipadeola, stated this during an interview on Tuesday. He said, “Everything in Igbosere High Court got burnt, including the registrar’s copy of our application. In fact, the whole building was burnt to ashes. So, we will have to file again. The registry has been moved to…
GRACE EDEMA writes on the faceoff between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, which has led to a strike of about seven months by lecturers of the nation’s ivory towers Aside from passing the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and the post-UTME, one of the fears of Nigerian admission seekers is the unknown number of years they may spend in the public tertiary institutions when and if admitted. When students are unable to finish their programmes at the specified time due to one industrial action or the other, they get weary as their hopes are dashed and…
President Muhammadu Buhari has re-appointed the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, for a second term in office. Buhari made this known in a letter sent to President of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan on Tuesday. He said in accordance with the provision of Section 154 (1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), “I am pleased to present for confirmation by the Senate, the nomination of Professor Mahmood Yakubu for appointment as Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for a second and final term.” Prof Yakubu was first…