MOJEC International has reiterated its commitment to transform the electricity sector of Nigeria. The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of MOJEC International, Ms. Chantelle Abdul, said this while receiving a delegation from the Lagos State Ministry of Energy and Mineral The courtesy visit was led by Lagos Commissioner of Energy and Mineral, Olalere Odusote. Speaking during the visit, Abdul said MOJEC aims to solve issues around metering since its inceproblem She said, “Lagos State stands as the state that contributes the most to the national GDP, and as such any solutions to a nationwide problem should be coming out…
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The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has released fresh guidelines for the reopening of schools nationwide. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that this followed the earlier directive by the PTF that schools were free to reopen as of October 12. Addressing journalists at Thursday’s briefing of the PTF in Abuja, the National Coordinator of the task force, Dr Sani Aliyu, said the fresh guidelines which schools must strictly adhere to were developed by the PTF in conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Education and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Aliyu added, “Schools and educational bodies that…
The African Democratic Congress in Ondo State has wielded the big stick against some of its state executives that endorsed candidates of other political parties. National Vice Chairman of the party, Mr Peter Edeh, disclosed this at the party’s grand finale rally held in Akure, adding that “the suspension of our former State executives and chieftains are base on alleged anti-party activities”. Some members of the Peoples Democratic Party, All Progressives Congress, and the Zenith Labour party also announced their defections to ADC. He urged the defectors to deliver votes for the party to liberate the state from suffering and…
The African Democratic Congress in Ondo State has wielded the big stick against some of its state executives that endorsed candidates of other political parties. National Vice Chairman of the party, Mr Peter Edeh, disclosed this at the party’s grand finale rally held in Akure, adding that “the suspension of our former State executives and chieftains are base on alleged anti-party activities”. Some members of the Peoples Democratic Party, All Progressives Congress, and the Zenith Labour party also announced their defections to ADC. He urged the defectors to deliver votes for the party to liberate the state from suffering and…
ONE of the protesters involved in the End SARS protest in Ughelli was Thursday night confirmed dead following a clash with the police at the Otovwodo junction axis of Ughelli, Ughelli North local government area of Delta State. The death of the protester is coming on the heels of the death of a police corporal identified as Corporal Stanly Etaga who was also killed during the clash. The AK47 rifle and ammunition of the slain policeman who until his death was attached to the Ughelli ‘A’ Division police station, Ughelli, was also unaccounted for at the end of the melee…
Former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s candidate for the World Trade Organization’s director-general has been selected as one of the two final candidates for the position. WTO members selected two final candidates, Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee, to advance to the final round in the race to lead the Geneva-based trade body, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. By advancing two women to the final round of the selection process, the WTO is set to have the first female director-general in its 25-year history. Okonjo-Iweala served two stints as Nigeria’s finance minister and one term as foreign affairs minister. She…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, has distanced himself from the attack on former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose. Recall that Fayose was attacked by hoodlums during the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship campaign in Ondo State on Wednesday. Reacting to the attack, Fayose accused Makinde and a chieftain of the party, Bode George of being responsible for the assault he suffered. However, Makinde, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary Taiwo Adisa, said he wouldn’t want to join issues with Fayose. He said: “I believe that ex-Governor Fayose and his handlers need to look far away from Oyo…
Hon. Tajudeen Adefisoye representing Idanre/Ifedore federal constituency has assured very confidently that the two local government areas in his federal constituency would be delivered to the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the governorship election scheduled for Saturday, October 10, 2020. Adefisoye gave this assurance on Thursday, October 8, 2020, in a statement signed and made available by his Special Adviser on Media, Oluyemi Fasipe. The statement also captured the charges given to the Unit leaders that visited Adefisoye in Idanre on Thursday for final consultation in preparation for Saturday’s governorship election. Adefisoye was also emphatic that his support for Governor…
President Muhammadu Buhari has again warned that any government agency that carries out recruitment without authorisation in 2021 will be sanctioned. The president also said Nigeria’s economy performed better than that of many other countries despite facing serious challenges due to the coronavirus pandemic. President Buhari said this while presenting the 2021 budget estimate to a joint session of the National Assembly in Abuja on Thursday. He urged the legislature to pay close attention to the revenue as much as they do to the expenditure, as “the 2021 budget drives MDAs to generate revenue, no matter how little.” He said…
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), says only workers captured on the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System platform will be paid salaries. He said this during the presentation of the proposed 2021 Budget of N13 trillion to the National Assembly on Thursday. Before presenting the proposed budget, Buhari gave a breakdown of the performance of the 2020 budget. He explained that the decision not to pay federal workers not captured on the IPPIS was to reduce personnel cost. This is coming amidst the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities over IPPIS and other matters. He said,…